Yesterday we went to the Vancouver Art Gallery to see the Walker Evans photography exhibit. (Incredible and well worth seeing, by the way. If you’ve never seen top quality silver gelatin prints, this is an exhibit to see!). I happened to look through a doorway and saw a gallery employee in a perfect pose, framed by the building, so I quickly took the shot with my iPhone before he moved.
The lighting and angle for this image of a First Nations carving at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC in Vanacouver gave an expression to the figure I was not expecting.
This is the second of two weeks away from the darkroom, so while I will be shooting film I can’t post it until my return to Toronto. So in the meantime, I will have fun with the Hipstamatic app on my iPhone. 🙂
On my recent walk through High Park, I was struck in this one spot by the amount of light coming through, silhouetting the trees.
Hasselblad 500C/M, 50mm/4 Distagon lens
Kodak Portra 400 film
I thought this image was well suited for today, as I fly back to Calgary for work for a week, then on to Vancouver for a break. It’s two weeks away from the darkroom and the scanner, so except for a couple of images in the queue the blog will slow down for a bit, or perhaps there will be a few smartphone images. 🙂
Hasselblad 500C/M, 50mm/4 Distagon lens
Rollei RPX100 film developed in LegacyPro MicX
The day after brilliant sunshine in High Park, I returned to find a different kind of light: it was mainly overcast, leading to more subtle, pastel colours.
Hasselblad 500C/M, 50mm/4 Distagon lens
Kodak Portra 400 film
Fall was made for colour film, but there is still a hidden world waiting in black and white. These two images to my eyes show a different view of autumn.
Hasselblad 500C/M, 50mm/4 Distagon lens
Rollei RPX100 film developed in LegacyPro MicX developer
Another post anthropomorphizing trees and the changing seasons. While some trees have changed colours, others are still stubbornly staying green as long as possible.
Hasselblad 500C/M, 50mm/4 Distagon lens
Kodak Ektar 100 film
In my first fall colours post yesterday I used the word “defiance” describing the bright leaves still on the tree. The three images today are more about the leaves that have already fallen, covering the ground in colour, but dead and resigned. All three images created with my Hasselblad 500C/M and 50mm/4 Distagon lens, using Kodak Ektar 100 film.
Fall colours are a dazzle of blazing defiance, before the long, quiet sleep.
Hasselblad 500C/M, Kodak Ektar 100 film
My Third Eye 