14 Giants

Double yer Darcy!

Holga trickery! I had a little fun with double exposures during The Darcys‘ gig at The Bourbon in Vancouver.  I shot Kirby (far left, far right) from two different angles on a single frame of film, and in the process (rather accidentally) made it seem as though Jason and Mike (center) were playing side by side, [...]

Winter’s a-comin’!

Joe the Barber?

Promises, promises

A trusty old-fashioned Holga photo. Shot a couple of weeks ago here in Burnaby, not far from where I live.

“How much longer do I have to stand here?”

My good friend P. strikes a disinterested-yet-accomodating pose in downtown Toronto.  August 2008.

And now, for something completely unrelated…

The French love anal! Kamloops, BC.  April 2008.  I took this photo in the afternoon.  And then later that same evening - across town - I went outside to the parking lot to find this same van was parked beside my (rental) car AGAIN. Spooky.

Out out damn’d spot!

Make no mistake about it.  In today’s world, working with film (as many of you know I am inclined to do) still requires the use of digital technology.  In the example illustrated below, the medium format negative was first scanned into the computer at high resolution.  I then opened the file in Photoshop and proceeded [...]

Jump on in, the water’s fine

An outtake from the Holga photos I took at Niagara Falls back in August.  The two shots that will be featured in my forthcoming book are much better, much closer, and don’t include all those pesky tourists.

The lawns of Ontario

Toronto. August 2008.  Taken with the Holga.

Walls

You’re looking at the very first photo that appears in the book I’m working on (and a fresh scan of that photo too!)  The shot was taken with the Holga back in October 2006 usng Kodak TX 400 film.  I like the cut-away effect it has, as if someone sliced open a prison wall.  It [...]