2014 Photo Log - 35mm Film

As I mentioned back in my Summer Photo Log post I have been shooting a lot of film, mostly due to getting new manual cameras to play with over the year. I'm mostly shooting with a Nikon F80 (my first SLR, still in use), Nikon FE2, a few different Yashica cameras and a Pentax K1000. I also shot some of my last stockpile of colour film on my pinhole cameras. Mixed into this lot of film is both colour and black and white, mostly black and white due to the fact it's easier to get processed. In fact I have some odd size and larger size colour negatives I still need to process but I need to send them out now, just a matter of getting the extra cash to get it done. I'll start with the earliest batch, some newer colour pinhole shots.

I won't talk much about them, they are just a few selected favourites from the rolls. Pinhole is always a hit or miss style, I could shoot an entire roll of 24 or 36 shots and only get one I like.

Next up is some selected images from colour film shot on my manual 35mm's and the F80 which has more modern features like film advance and more accurate light meter. I used a variety of manual lenes, so even on the F80 there was no auto focus in play.

Ad finally the black and white images, same deal as the colour, shot with my various SLR's and manual lenses.

Two images in this lot were actually shot with a digital lens, an 8mm Rokinon. That lens is fisheye to begin with, but it's designed for a DX sized sensor, which is smaller then a 35mm negative. That's why there is so much warping going on in those shots and why you can see the edge of the inside of the camera body. The 8mm works great though since it's a manual focus lens anyway.

Well that's all for now, I just wanted to share a few of my favourites on film from last year.

-Larry M. Holder

Woodstock, New Brunswick - October 2013

Here's some shots I took during Thanksgiving weekend in Woodstock, New Brunswick. It's such a beautiful spot were I was visiting, the images are just stunning.

I also took a few lovely natural light portraits of my partner Jessie. Such a great spot for photos.

That's all for now, till next time!

-Larry M. Holder 

Images Lost In The Mix

I have no idea how I didn't post these last year, these we're some landscape and nature shots from Bloomfield, New Brunswick I took around the beginning of December. I was visiting my mentor, James Wilson, a wonderful person and a great photographer. The shots below I took when out shooting with him, the one of the tree I took after our meeting on the way home, it just caught my eye on the side of the road, enjoy.

I also tried to do an HDR composite, but I'm not a big fan of the outcome, HDR just looks way too fake to me, but here is my result.

Also here is a link to James' website for those interested to see the work of a true master http://wilsonstudio.ca/

-Larry M. Holder 

Alberta Part One : Badlands

Alright I think I've been holding out enough on images from my trip out west, so let me start at the beginning of this photo adventure. We landed in Calgary on October 5th and the next day we were off on our first stop, Drumheller and the surrounding badlands. So what are the badlands? Short answer, the badlands are dry ocean beds, they have been dry for million of years now and the area around Drumheller holds one of the largest fossil deposits in the world because of it.

Pretty interesting stuff, the best to find out about it is of course the Royal Tyrrell Museum, famous for it's dinosaur collection. So off we went to a place I've wanted to visit since I was about 6 and crazy about dinosaurs. I couldn't help feel like a kid again walking through this awesome institution. This is a small taste of the images I collected from my visit.

After that awesome experience we continued on to some other sites around the area.

The most interesting location in my opinion was the Atlas Coal Mine, which was a former coal mine now converted into a museum. Unfortunately the underground section on the site was closed for repair during our visit, but they was plenty to see on the outside. I highly suggest a visit to people who love vintage machines and history in general.

So there you have the first small slice of images from this adventure, check back later for the next part!

Also I am aware I didn't go into much detail about these locations so I am providing links to websites of vast information for those thinking they may wish to visit these places someday.

Drumheller

Royal Tyrrell Museum

Atlas Coal Mine

Alberta Badlands

-Larry M. Holder