As I have said before, I don’t often get to create portraits of children, but this past weekend I had the chance to do so with the daughter of a friend in Calgary. My eight year old subject was engaging and enthusiastic, allowing me into her world, and certainly had an interest in the old camera I was using.
Rolleiflex 3.5E3 (Xenotar lens)
HP5+ film developed in LegacyPro Mic-X developer
The last time I had the chance to shoot the Peace Bridge in Calgary it was a grey, drizzly day. Last Sunday morning I lucked out and the low-angled late fall sun made for some great lighting.
Rolleiflex 3.5E3 (Xenotar lens)
Ilford HP5+ @ E.I. 320, developed in Legacy Pro MicX developer
Seen outside the Museum of Anthropology, UBC, Vancouver.
Hasselblad 500C/M, Rollei Retro 400S film,
developed in Rodinal
Beside the Museum of Anthropology at U.B.C, are steps down to Wreck Beach. It’s a lot easier going down than coming up! (Approximately 480 steps by our count)
Hasselblad 500 C/M, 50mm/4 Distagon lens
Portra 400 film
I love images that have interior frames. This image is from the Chinese Garden in Vancouver. It was not a bright afternoon and I did not have a tripod with me to get the smaller aperture/slower shutter speed and larger depth of field I would have preferred for the colour film shot. I took the black and white retro-styled image with my iPhone and the Hipstamatic app.
Hasselblad 500C/M, Kodak Portra 400 film
iPhone 6 Plus, Hipstamatic App
I liked this structure in Vancouver; it seemed to go with the cloudy/drizzly day.
Hasselblad 500C/M, Rollei Retro 400S film developed in Rodinal
Back to fall colours in Toronto, although what struck me about this scene was the monochromatic tree branches looking almost metallic against a background of colour.
Hasselblad 500C/M, Kodak Portra 400 film
For my second Stanley Park image I go to the shore; my eyes were instantly drawn to this magnificent jumble
Hasselblad 500C/M, 50mm/4 Distagon lens
Rollei Retro 400S film developed in Rodinal
I loved the wood grain on the various pieces of Haida art at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC in Vancouver.
Hasselblad 500C/M, Rollei Retro 400S film, developed in Rodinal
The first of a few images from Stanley Park in Vancouver.
Hasselblad 500C/M.
Rollei Retro 400S @ E.I. 200, developed in Rodinal
My Third Eye 