Bear’s Fruit and Vegetable Stand

Near Keremeos, BC.
(Camera: Olympus Stylus Epic; Film: Kodak Ektar 100)

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Film Scanning Basics Part 1: To Scan or Not to Scan


So you’ve finally grown tired of the expense, hassle, and so-so results from your local lab, and have decided to take the plunge and get yourself a scanner. As someone who spends a lot of time producing scans of negatives and slides, I say good choice — taking control of your images is both a lot of fun and deeply rewarding. But it can also be intimidating and confusing. Continue reading

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Ponderosa

Ponderosa pine, north of Osoyoos, BC.
(Camera: Fujifilm GA645; Film: Kodak Trix-X 400)

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Sea of Gold

On Botanical Beach, Vancouver Island, BC.
(Camera: Belair X6-12; Lens: Belairgon 90mm; Film: Fuji Reala 100)

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Exploring Botanical Beach

Low tide at Botanical Beach, Vancouver Island, BC.
(Camera: Fujifilm GA645; Film: Kodak Tri-X 400)

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Finlayson Arm

Looking down Finlayson Arm from Gowland Tod Park, Vancouver Island, BC.
(Camera: Olympus Stylus Epic; Film: Kodak Ektar 100)

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Film Photos in Spirituality & Health Magazine

French Beach Provincial Park, Victoria BC.
(Camera: Yashica-Mat TLR; Film: Kodak Ektar 100)


I’m very pleased to see several of my photographs appearing Spiritualy & Health magazine’s special issue, Practice.

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Review: Lomography Redscale XR Film

China Beach, Vancouver Island, BC.
(Camera: Belair X6-12; Lens: Belairgon 90mm; Film: Lomography Redscale XR)

One of the basic tenets of the Lomography movement is that photography should embrace random elements.  Often this means using cameras with generous light leaks, lenses that eschew sharpness in favour of dreamy distortion, or going forth with a  “shoot from the hip” approach to picture making. So when Lomography introduces a new film, it’s not surprising that it aligns nicely with that ethos. Thus we have Redscale — a film purpose-made to generate unusual and random colours. Continue reading

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Lamp and Shadow

Cary Castle Mews, Government House, Victoria, BC.
(Camera: Fujifilm GA645; Film: Ilford XP2 Super 400)

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Inner Harbour in July

The Empress Hotel on Victoria's Inner Harbour.
(Camera: Belair X6-12; Lens: Belairgon 90mm; Film: Lomography Colour Negative ISO100)

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