This post is the 1000th on my photo blog since its inception, so I wanted to pick an image that fit the occasion. This image from recent day in Banff works for me: it reminds me that photography is a journey as much as a destination, and that the destination will always be partially hidden, awaiting discovery.
Rolleiflex 3.5E3 (Xenotar lens)
Lomography 400 Color film
My next Banff image: trees by the shores of the Bow River.
Hasselblad 500C/M, 50m/4 Distagon lens
Kodak Portra 400 film
There will be a few posts on Banff over the next few days. The first focuses on some black and white images, all taken on Ilford HP5+ film, using my Hasselblad 500C/M camera.
I never tire of how the Banff Springs Hotel merges so nicely with the mountain landscape.
Both images taken with Canon P 35mm rangefinder and 15mm/4.5 Voigtlander SuperWide Heliar lens
Rollei RPX 25 film developed in Rodinal 1+50
When I was in Banff in terms of film I was shooting black and white, not colour; the only colour images I shot were with my iPhone, so here is a comparison of almost the exact same image, one taken with my Rolleiflex, the other with my iPhone. I know colour is more popular these days, but there is still something about black and white that makes it my “mother tongue” as far as photography is concerned.
For my third image from Banff, here is a foot bridge. There is some flare, but I don’t mind it. I like the shadow lines 🙂
Rolleiflex 3.5E3, Xenotar lens
Tri-X developed in Xtol 1+1 for 9 minutes @ 20 C
While walking in Banff I was stuck by how these trees were leaning; it seemed to me to have a certain elegance.
Canon P rangefinder, 15nn/4.5 Voigtlander Super Heliar lens
Rollei RPX 25 film developed in Rodinal 1+50 for 11 minutes
I have just returned from a two week work trip in Alberta, and I did have one weekend for photography, so it was up to Banff on Saturday. The day was brilliant, clear and cold.
Rolleiflex 3.5E3, 3.5 Xenotar lens
Tri-X developed in Xtol 1+1 for 9 minutes
The view of the Rockies from the Banff Spring Hotel never failed to take my breath away on a recent trip.
Voigtlander Bessa R 35mm rangefinder camera,
35mm/2.5 Voigtlander Color Skopar lens,
Tri-X developed in Xtol 1+1 for 9 minutes @ 20 C
As much as I love the natural splender of Banff, from an architectural point of view, the Banff Springs hotel is quite something. This glass-walled room in particular is incredible!
Voigltander Bessa R, 35mm/2.5 Color Skopar Lens
Tri-X @ EI 3200semi-stand developed in Rodinal,
1+100 for 2 hours @ 20 C (gentle agitation every 30 minutes)
My Third Eye 