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Concrete and Sky
826 Yates Street, Victoria, B.C.
(Camera: Olympus XA; Film: Kodak T-Max 100)
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Review: Lomography Belair X 6-12 Camera (Part 1)
With film photography now largely a niche pursuit, the announcement of a new film camera is usually met with a mix of surprise and excitement. But even still, the unexpected arrival of the Lomography Belair X 6-12 sent tremors through the film community. Within days of its unveiling, the “I Shoot Film” Flickr forum spawned a thread jammed with several hundred messages expressing reactions that ranged from unbridled delight to cynical condemnation. Clearly the Lomography people had struck a nerve. And it’s easy to see why. Even after you strip away the layers of seductive hype and hyperbole that seem to cling to every Lomography product, the Belair is potentially a remarkable photographic instrument.
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Library Geometry
Greater Victoria Public Library, Victoria, BC.
(Camera: Yashica 35MF; Film: Ilford XP2 Super 400 chromogenic)
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As the Crow Flies
(Camera: Olympus OM-PC; Lens: Zuiko 50mm f/1.8; Film: Fuji Acros 100)
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Hosaqami
(Camera: Olympus OM-PC; Lens: Zuiko 24mm f/2.8; Film: Kodak Ektar 100)
The new Hosaqami totem pole is located on the grounds of Government House, Victoria, BC. This replica was carved by Chief Tony Hunt and installed in September 2012. The original Hosaqami was carved by Chief Mungo Martin, Hunt’s grandfather, and was displayed on Whale Island in Portsmouth, England, from 1959 until the late 1980s when the ravages of English Channel weather eventually damaged it beyond repair. The remains of this pole are now slowly “returning to the Earth” at Government House, in back of the Cary Castle Mews.
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Favourite Cameras: Yashica 35MF
I have dozens of cameras in my collection. Some are simple point-and-shoot models, there’s a slew of fixed-lens rangefinders, a few medium-format folders and TLRs, a couple of half-frame oldies in the mix, and I have several complete 35mm SLR systems. Yet all this gear has one thing in common: I’ve been able to learn a great deal about it on the internet with a quick Google search. Indeed, these days, it’s rare to find a camera that doesn’t have devoted following and its own Flickr group. However, I recently acquired a Yashica 35MF — a camera that seems to be virtually unknown. Continue reading
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A Million Stars, Each One a Sun
The Cygnus star cloud.
(Camera: Hasselblad 503cx: Lens: 80mm Zeiss Planar; Film: Fuji Acros100; 20-minute exposure at f/4)
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Gary’s Oak Tree
Garry Oak trees, Metchosin, B.C.
(Camera: Hasselblad 503cx: Lens: 80mm Zeiss Planar; Film: Fuji Acros100
While perusing the web site of fellow Canadian photographer Gary Nylander, I came across his photo of an Oak tree in Metchosin. “Hmmm,” I thought, “that tree sure looks familiar.” Sure enough, it’s the same Garry Oak I photographed myself not that long ago. Gary (Nylander, that is) took his photo a few feet to the right of where I positioned my camera, and on a nice foggy day. Small world.
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School of Mondrian #2
(Camera: Olympus OM-PC; Lens: Zuiko 50mm f/1.8; Film: Kodak Ektar 100)
Another shot from the same day as the previous image. Don’t you wonder why so few public buildings are designed to be visually attractive as well as functional? The next time you go walking in your own city/town, take note of how few really nice buildings you see. It’s surprising how rare appealing architecture is really. I don’t agree with everything that Prince Charles has to say on the subject, but I do take his meaning when he quotes Goethe, saying “there is nothing more dreadful than imagination without taste.” Of course, that sentiment applies to many, many things — not just modern architecture.
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