In 2016 I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Horst Wenzel, a legend in Vancouver for his repair and servicing of vintage and world class film cameras like Rolleiflex, Leica and Hasselblad. Horst passed away in July, 2023.
Read MoreKen Gerberick was a Vancouver art scene legend.
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I was recently honoured and humbled when Vancouver based artist Carol McQuaid invited me to be interviewed for her podcast entitled Two Artists Walk Into a Bar.
This is me right here: Episode 30 - Capturing a Cultural Moment
I say humbled and honoured, and that’s true, but I was also a little intimidated to be in the company of accomplished artists, some of whom I know and admire. The truth is I’ve never really considered myself an artist. I’m a photographer for sure, as well as a communicator and writer, a videographer, a sometime painter and not-very-good guitar player definitely, but artist?
Anyway, Carol made the interview and the experience fun and easy and made me feel like I fit right in. Thank you Carol!
My first trip out with the 10-24mm was to the Richmond Night Market. I thought it would be a fun place to get acquainted with the lens, and it was, but I got completely distracted by the bright lights of the two rides there and wound up spending a lot of time experimenting with slow shutter speeds and pans.
Read MoreFor An Evening with Eckhart Tolle I took with me a Fuji X100T, a Fuji X-T1 with battery grip and an XF 50-140mm lens. Extra batteries and cards. No tripod. The kit worked perfectly.
Read MoreMolly and her friend Amy were visiting Vancouver and I was showing them around Gastown when we passed by the Hotel Europe. The Hotel Europe, AKA "the flatiron building" is one of the most well known landmarks in Vancouver.
Read MoreAfter a little negotiation I acquired the Lynx for the reduced price of $40 on account of its shutter being questionable. Upon additional testing at home, the Lynx's shutter ceased completely. Oh great. I just got hoodwinked by a 20-year-old with a broken camera and a paper bag.
Read MoreI came upon this young couple at a local cafe on West Broadway early one morning. They were the only two in there when I first walked in. They were so quiet, but they seemed to be sharing a special moment of some kind. I noticed how they were sitting very close together in the window light and I thought they might make good subjects for a portrait taken from outside, through the glass.
Read MoreWe were going to be going on vacation as I recall. I was about 10 years old at the time. And my parents decided to buy my brother Lee and me each a camera. My youngest brother Dale was about three at the time, so a little too young for a camera. Anyway, the Kodak 110 appeared.
Read MoreFirst roll from the Yashica Electro GSN processed and a few images posted here. I metered and exposed all the shots using the Electro's in-camera functions (that's pretty much all you can do!). I processed the expired TMax 400 at home using Blazenol 1:25 for 6:30.
Read MoreWe go way back. As you can see by the lack of paint in a few spots, she has seen many a roll of film.
Read MoreI found a 1957 Canon L1 on eBay and, somewhat to my surprise, won the auction and got a good deal on it. I added a 50mm F1.4 thread mount lens and ran a roll of TMax 400 through it.
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I'm currently running the first roll of film through my recently acquired Yashica Electro GSN. With a handy little adapter from The Yashica Guy, the electronic exposure function seems to be working. I've got a roll of TMax 400 in it, which is a bit too much ISO for bright sunny days and requires an aperture of around F16 in order for the camera to find a shutter speed that will work. It has a max. 1/500 sec.
