On an outing to Nose Hill Park in Calgary recently, I was struck by how trees were taking over an old road that had once been paved.
Nikon F4S, 17mm/3.5 Tamron SP lens
Kentmere 100 film
Tag: Trees
Early Morning Tree
Likely the last film post for a while. I am still shooting film, but travel is keeping me away from my darkroom. This is the base of a tree in the early morning light in Niagara-On-the-Lake.
Rolleiflex 3.5E3 TLR (Xenotar lens)
Rollei SuperPan 200 film
Yes More Trees
One of my favourite trees in the city, in the Beaches.
Rolleiflex 3.5E3 (Xenotar lens)
Rollei RPX400 film
Vignette and tone added in post
Dead trees at Fish Creek
There are a lot of fallen trees at Fish Creek Provincial Park in Calgary, making an interesting contrast with those still living.
Nikon F4, 28mm/f2.8 Nikkor lens with red filter
Rollei SuperPan 200 film
Tree in the Beaches
Rolleiflex 3.5E3 (Xenotar lens)
Rollei RPX400
Trees in Oakville
From a recent visit
Nikon N90s, 20mm/2.8 Nikkor lens
Bergger Pancro 400 film
A Lamp In the Trees
I came across this on Sunday in Philosopher’s Walk at the University of Toronto campus.
Voigtlander Bessa R2M, 50mm/f2 Heliar lens
JCH Streetpan 400 film
Hope
I don’t normally post more than one post a day, but this is not a normal day. Yesterday we went to Stanley Park in Vancouver, and walked through a forest of huge cedars. Everywhere we saw fallen trees, giants that had come crashing down, or stumps of trees that had to be cut down for one reason or another. In this sense, the forest was a cemetery.
And yet wherever a giant tree had fallen, new trees, new life was flourishing; amidst the chaos of decay, hope for the future, proof that life endures. So not a cemetery, but proof that life, and hope, cannot be held back.
Courage.
The Light Shining Through
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
A Reaction
Sometimes an image surprises me. Last Saturday afternoon before a concert I had a little while after the rehearsal to wander around with my Hasselblad. I didn’t finish the roll until earlier today (a couple of attempts at self-portraits: the less said the better). I don’t even remember taking this image but the darkness of the forest in this image really struck me; is the shard of sunlight coming through enough to overcome it? It’s funny when an image hits close to home.
Hasselblad 500 C/M, 80mm/2.8 Planar lens
Rollei RPX 400 film stand developed in Rodinal
My Third Eye 