Sorry for the lack of updates over the last week, but I’ve been on the road quite a bit. I’m visiting friends and family in Eastern Canada and I just came back from the mother of all road trips late last night. I’ll be back to posting regularly in a few days…
Both shots were taken with a Vivitar Ultra Wide & Slim trash camera, and the black border was added in Photoshop. I really like creating diptychs because I feel as if I can tell more of a story with the two images I combine.
One of the things I’m hoping to do the next time I’m in Toronto is visit Mount Hope Cemetery. It’s a very small and out of the way Catholic cemetery that is filled with beautiful old memorial sculpture. I haven’t been there in years and I’m curious to see how much has changed. I’d also like to do a follow up to the series of shots I took there years ago.
The angel in this image was photographed in Mount Hope. I wonder what she look like now….?
I’ve always felt this is one of my best Holga photos.
Sometimes light leaks can do good things…
Taken with a Banner, Diana clone camera.
I always crave a creative challenge because it often gets the ideas flowing in new ways. This was taken during an impromptu studio session with friends where we suddenly decided to try out a non-photographic set of lights. I love using props in my people photographs to create a point of interest. The idea of using a mirror isn’t an original one but it is something I’ve wanted to experiment with. It worked to great affect in this shot.
I rarely do this type of shot where I use a person as a compositional element rather than as the focal point of the photo. I think taking more shots like this is just the thing I need to inject new life into my portraiture. Too often I compose my portraits the exact same way and want to change this.
An unfortunate, but inevitable, side effect of digital photography is the reduction of film production by companies like Kodak, Fuji and Ilford. There just isn’t as much demand as there once was and so, many films have been discontinued and taken off the market. One such film that I wish was still made is the Fujichrome MS 100/1000. I was given a few expired rolls by Johnny Foto to cross-process and the results were excellent. I really wish this film was still around because I haven’t found anything that compares in term of colour saturation and texture when it comes to cross-processing slide film.
Taken in Vancouver’s Chinatown with cross-processed Fujichrome Provia film. This detail is of an old garage that is one of my favorite buildings in this area of the city. I love the way the yellow paint has cracked and is flaking from the walls as the building itself slowly crumbles away.
Lately I’ve been shooting with a new Trash Camera called an Akira that I picked up months ago at Value Village. I really like the look of the results I’ve gotten from it so far, such as the shot above.