After the Storm

Walking on the Dallas Road waterfront, Victoria, BC.
(Camera: Yashica-Mat TLR; Film: Kodak T-Max 100)

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Eating Icons

Tomley's Market, Johnson Street, Victoria, BC.
(Camera: Pentax Espio 115G; Film: Fuji Superia 200)

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An Ocean of Kelp

Bull Kelp on Taylor Beach, Victoria, BC.
(Camera: Olympus Stylus Epic; Film: Kodak Tri-X 400)

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Guanacaste Ranch

Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica.
(Camera: Yashica T4 Zoom; Film: Kodak Ektar 100)

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Pearls, Hammers, and Photos

Winter vineyard, Naramata, BC.
(Camera: Horizon Kompakt; Film: Kodak T-Max 100)

I spend a lot of time on-line (probably far too much) reading about photography, searching for a few pearls of wisdom in what often seems like a vast, largely barren sea of opinion. But every once in a while I encounter a great bit of insight that makes the effort worthwhile. And it’s easy to identify good advice when you see it — it’s always so true and so obvious that you wonder why it hadn’t occurred to you before. I had that reaction recently while watching the latest installment in DigitalRev TV’s entertaining “Cheap Camera Challenge.” Continue reading

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SeaTac Finale

Waiting to begin the the last leg of a long journey home, at SeaTac airport, Seattle, Washington.
(Camera: Olympus XA 2; Film: Kodak T-Max 100)

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Wooden Orca

At Sooke Harbour House, Sooke, BC.
(Camera: Yashica T4 Zoom; Film: Ilford XP2 Super 400 chromagenic)

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Abandoned

Off Store Street, Victoria, BC.
(Camera: Olympus XA2; Film: Kodak T-Max 100)

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Favourite Cameras: Yashica Electro 35 GSN


“Cool” is a difficult thing to quantify, but you know it when you see it. At least, you know what you think is cool. I’m not sure why it is exactly that some cameras strike me that way, and others don’t. And chances are good that the ones I think are really cool won’t seem that way to you. Buy having said that, is there anyone out there who honestly doesn’t think the Yashica Electro is cool? Seriously — just look at it! Continue reading

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Twist and Turn

French Beach Provincial Park, BC.
(Camera: Hasselblad 503cx: Lens: 80mm f/2.8 Zeiss Planar; Film: Fuji Acros100)

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