March 7, 2022

Bearspaw Classic Car Show and Shine

35mm, Alberta, C-41, Calgary, Canada, Canon Rebel 2000, Kodak Ektar 100 No Comments

Every summer, I try to attend as many interesting events as I can and bring along a camera. In the past, I’ve attended and photographed hot air ballooning, show jumping, live music, the Calgary Comic Expo, and the engine run-up on a WWII Lancaster bomber, to name a few. But since the pandemic started, I […]

February 24, 2022

Around Banff #2

35mm, Agfa XRG 200, Alberta, Canada, Canon Rebel 2000 No Comments

These photos are from in and around Banff. The first two photos are of Cascade Ponds, just across the highway from Banff. Sarah and I met up with a friend here and spent an afternoon catching up. I ended up with a terrible sunburn.

February 17, 2022

Burnsland Cemetery

35mm, Alberta, Calgary, Canada, Canon Rebel 2000, cross-processed, Lomography Slide / X-Pro 200 No Comments

I shot these while wandering around Burnsland Cemetery when I was first experimenting with cross-processed film. I like some of the statues in Burnsland, but overall I don’t think it’s as picturesque as Union Cemetery, which is right across the street.

February 7, 2022

Olympic Plaza Part 2

35mm, Alberta, black & white, Calgary, Canada, Kodak Tri-X 400, Praktica MTL3 No Comments

During the Calgary 1988 Winter Olympics, the medal ceremonies were held downtown at Olympic Plaza. Today, Olympic Plaza is a public gathering space open for everyone to enjoy. In winter, the plaza is turned into a public skating rink, and in summer, it is sometimes flooded to become a wading pool.

January 25, 2022

Flat Santa

35mm, Alberta, C-41, Calgary, Canada, Canon EOS 3, Fuji Super HG V 400 No Comments

It’s not uncommon to see deflated and flat Santas, reindeer, snowmen, etc. on people’s lawns during the day over the Christmas season. Then they all get plugged in and reinflated in the evening.

January 10, 2022

Sarah’s Guitar Fund

35mm, Alberta, black & white, Calgary, Canada, Canon EOS 3, Kodak Tri-X 400, Xtol No Comments

I shot this a while back when Sarah was saving up for a guitar. At the time, I thought that maybe I should make my own jar and call it ‘Dan’s Camera Fund’. But then I thought that’s what my pay cheque is called!

January 7, 2022

Zoo Animals #2

35mm, Alberta, Calgary, Canada, Canon EOS 3, Kodak Hawkeye Traffic Surveillance Color 400 No Comments

Here are more animals from the Calgary Zoo, this time shot on Kodak Hawkeye Traffic Surveillance Color 400 film. The last photo is of the Transalta Rainforest building at the zoo.

January 4, 2022

More Detritus from the Flood

35mm, Alberta, black & white, Calgary, Canada, Canon Rebel 2000, Orwo NP22 125 No Comments

2013 Calgary flood detritus in Fish Creek Park

These photos depict more of the debris and detritus left behind by the 2013 flood in Calgary. I shot these while testing a roll of Orwo NP22 film. For a roll of film that expired in 1993, it has aged fairly well. It’s box speed is 125 ISO, but I shot these at 64 ISO […]

December 30, 2021

A Winter Day

Alberta, Calgary, Canada, Holga 120 CFN, light leaks, Lomography Color 800, medium (120), square, toy camera No Comments

One of the things I love about Calgary is that some days, when the weather is right, you can see the Rocky Mountains looming large in the west. You can see them on the horizon of the first two photos.

December 27, 2021

Barbed Wire

35mm, Alberta, Canada, Canon EOS 3, Kodak Gold 200 No Comments

These photos are the result of my fascination with the barbed wire fences found at Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park.

December 16, 2021

Lake Louise

35mm, Alberta, Canada, Canon EOS 3, Fuji Super G Plus 100 No Comments

These photos are from a trip I took to Lake Louise five years ago. I had taken many more photos that weekend, but unfortunately those rolls of film were lost in the mail when I sent them to The Darkroom for processing. I lost 8 rolls of film due to some sort of mishap with […]

December 13, 2021

First Impressions of the Pentax Spotmatic SP II

35mm, Alberta, black & white, Calgary, Camera Reviews, Canada, Fuji Neopan Acros 100, Pentax Spotmatic SP II, Xtol No Comments

I bought the Pentax Spotmatic SP II on a whim back in May. It has some good reviews online and since I already own many M42 lenses, including a 50mm f/1.4 Super-Multi-Coated Takumar, I decided to buy it. My SP II is in great condition. Cosmetically, there are some very minor scratches but no dings. […]

December 9, 2021

Lundbreck Falls

35mm, Alberta, Canada, Canon EOS 3, Kodak UltraMax 400 No Comments

Five years ago, I took a road trip with my photography club down to Lundbreck Falls, a 2-hour drive south of Calgary via the Cowboy Trail. While I was shooting photos from the top of the falls, a man walked up and decided to stretch out on the rocks. Naturally, I had to snap some […]

December 6, 2021

Around Olympic Plaza

35mm, Alberta, black & white, Calgary, Canada, Canon Canonet QL17 Giii, JCH Street Pan 400 No Comments

These photos were shot in and around Olympic Plaza in downtown Calgary.

November 30, 2021

Elbow Falls in Winter

35mm, Alberta, C-41, Canada, Canon Rebel 2000, Kodak Kodacolor VR 1000 No Comments

After a fairly long stretch of -20 °C temperatures last winter, Sarah and I headed to Elbow Falls in the hopes that we might see a frozen waterfall. It was a gorgeous day at the Falls and a brisk wind made it quite chilly, but after a short hike, we discovered that Elbow Falls had […]

November 26, 2021

Field of Crosses

35mm, Agfa APX 400, Alberta, black & white, Calgary, Canada, Canon EOS 3, Xtol No Comments

Every November, just before Remembrance Day, thousands of white crosses are placed row on row along Memorial Drive. This is the Field of Crosses, an annual memorial honouring the 3500 men and women from southern Alberta who gave their lives in service to Canada, many during the world wars. I shot these on a roll […]

November 22, 2021

The Bel-Aire ‘Special’

Alberta, Bel-Aire 'Special', black & white, Calgary, camera modification, Canada, Fuji Neopan Acros 100, medium (120), square, Xtol No Comments

I shot these photos using the Bel-Aire ‘Special’, which is the new name I have given to my Belair X 6-12 Jetsetter modified to accept a 100mm Anastigmat Special lens mounted in a Compur Rapid shutter. After my successful attempt to shoot Instax Wide with the new lens and shutter, I took a trip to […]

November 4, 2021

Detritus from the Flood

35mm, Alberta, Calgary, Canada, Canon Rebel 2000, Rollei Digibase CN 200 Pro No Comments

In 2013, Calgary suffered its second flood in 8 years. The Bow & Elbow Rivers overflowed their banks and flooded much of the city. Downtown was hit particularly hard. These photos are from further downstream at Fish Creek Park many months later. Some of the detritus from the flood is still visible in a few […]

November 1, 2021

Early Morning at The Zoo

35mm, Alberta, Calgary, Canada, Canon EOS 3, Fuji Velvia 50 No Comments

These were shot one early morning at the Calgary Zoo on Fuji Velvia 50. I bought a 100 ft bulk roll of expired Fuji Velvia 50 on eBay for cheap. The seller owned two rolls, and when he opened one and shot some photos with it, he found that the film had color shifted and […]

October 28, 2021

Art Found Under Bridges

35mm, Alberta, black & white, Calgary, Canada, Minolta XG-M, Mr. Zhu 100, Xtol No Comments

I love it when I find art around the city in places where it has no reason to belong other than just for the sake of art itself. These photos were all taken on a walk through Fish Creek Park.

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