The best aspects of the film and analog photography community is that most people are eager to hang out and shoot together. This post shares some memories of pre-covid times, along with two of my fellow CCR co-hosts and photography friends. On this walk I was able to hang out with John Meadows, Bill Smith...
Have you tried long exposure photography? Want to create some mystery, drama and an ethereal feel to your images? When shooting film we need to consider reciprocity failure. When we first learn about photography, we’re taught to control camera shake and to use the fastest shutter speeds available to create sharp images. Later on, we...
Recently, I had the honour and pleasure of hanging with my great friend John Meadows at the Only Cafe where we both “shot” each other! It was an honour being part of John’s project and I felt it only fitting that I return the favour. I shot a few portraits of John too. John is...
Every photo taken with any given lens tells a story, is it any different with a super/ultra wide? Which lenses are capable of telling the best stories, the meaningful ones, the dramatic ones? Most landscape photographers would likely tell your there isn’t a better lens for story telling than the wide angle. What is a...
Is film better than digital? The animosity between some from either community puzzles me. In fact, it annoys me to a level I’d rather not discuss. Photography is a perfect marriage of art and science. Regardless of the medium you choose to use to make an image, it’s still photography. Either approach will get you...
