Film Photography, and Other Analogue Curiosities
Announcement! I Started an Etsy Shop! So it took me a while to work up the courage to do this, but here it is! My very own Etsy Shop. It’s still a work-in-progress getting all the little details figured out on the shop, but it’s up and running and was much simpler than I expected. Continue Reading
My Experience: Developing With Ilford Ilfosol 3 Developing your own film is one of the biggest upsides to shooting film – or downside – depending on how you feel about it. It’s an aspect that makes you more involved and attached to the photos you create. With many different developers and methods out there, the Continue Reading
Shooting: A Smokey Evening With Kodak Gold 200 If you live in the northwestern part of North America, you’re likely very familiar with a certain invasive element every summer; smoke. Seems like every year, our beautiful clear summers here in western Canada suffer a spell of the sad aftermath of forest fires in the region. Continue Reading
First Impressions: An Ilford FP4 Review When I’m shooting black and white, it’s a different mindset from shooting in color. While I don’t think I compose my images differently, I certainly focus on different subject matter. There are many different factors that can affect a scene in black and white and can run the risk Continue Reading
Letting Go Of The Olympus Stylus Epic In keeping with my last article of deciding whether or not a material is right for me, the same question can be applied to your tools as well: in this case, a camera. Anyone who is remotely interested in photography knows that the options for cameras is truly Continue Reading
Is Kodak Portra 400 Right For Me? Kodak Portra 400 is – for most people – the go-to for color film. So many YouTubers, bloggers and podcasters sing it’s praises, and rightfully so. From the results I’ve seen from people and myself, it’s a beautiful film. It’s no wonder that it has become a favorite Continue Reading
Photo Ventures: My Solo Trip To The Badlands, Part #2 I didn’t really have a plan… All I knew, was I had 3 days to myself in the badlands: I was able to drive and go as far as I wanted, take as many backroads and u-turns as I chose, and park somewhere for a Continue Reading
Photo Ventures: My Solo Trip To The Badlands Part #1 Getting out of your usual routine can do wonders. I did an article a while back on Inspiration and Opportunity. In that article, I mentioned how planning a simple day trip can really help give kick to stagnant creativity. These day trips can either be Continue Reading
My Experience: An Olympus OM-G (OM20) Review It’s where it all began… The first film camera I started with was my dad’s Olympus OM-G. I spoke briefly of this in my very first blog post – one I can’t make myself go back and read. I remember my dad’s camera from my youth, playing around, Continue Reading
Shooting: Kodak Ektar At Golden Hour We’re running out of time… If you’re a photographer in Canada, then like me, you might be feeling the impending doom of winter. With the change in season seemingly overnight, the sudden realization of how much time I have left before it snows really dawned on me. I’m not Continue Reading