Film Photography, and Other Analogue Curiosities
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
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
A Walk In The Woods: With The Yashica A and Ilford HP5 My Yashica A is my latest, and favorite acquisitions so far: I’ve spoken a fair bit about it in a recent article where I shot a pack of expired Portra 400 VC. Although I was very pleased with the results I got out Continue Reading
Fixing Light Seals On The Cheap Our cameras are getting old: That’s just a fact. With that age comes the deterioration of certain parts and materials. One of the most common of these are light seals. My Light Seal Issue Often times when you find an old camera, whether it’s been sitting for years or Continue Reading
Camera Ergonomics: What Does It Mean? Ergonomics is a word that gets thrown around a lot. We hear it when someone is describing a camera, and may even use it ourselves. It’s used to describe the design of a camera (or product), and how it feels in the hand. It seemed like kind of a Continue Reading
My Experience: Shooting Squares For The First Time With The Yashica A Up until this point, the only film I’ve ever handled was 35mm. This is the case for many first time film photographers. 35mm is far more accessible, affordable, and easier to get developed at local labs. It’s the family format. So taking step Continue Reading