Category: Photography
I am a Calgary photographer and much of what I write about will come back to my greatest passion. I have twenty years of experience in various iterations of capturing images and hope to impart some of my experience in a fun and entertaining way.
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A Quick Film Developer From 1950: Ethol 90
While some of you love the process of developing your own negatives, I’ve found it boring sometimes. Some of the developers out there take a long time. So, when I came across a seventy-four year old article talking about a 90 second quick film developer in production, I was intrigued. Then, when I went to Continue Reading
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6 Essential Landscape Photography Tips from the 90s
In August 1997, both Popular Photography and Outdoor Photographer Magazines released landscape tips and advice curated from professional photographers. From this coincidence, one can only assume each had a mole in their respective editing rooms. I was curious if the advice given regarding landscape photography was much different in the 1990s than it is today. Continue Reading
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Popular Photography’s First Issue
Time Capsules I love looking at old magazines. They feel like little time capsules, as they are a mix of pop culture and bite sized info that publications thought the general public wanted at any given time. I also find it fascinating what used to be considered acceptable and seeing the wax and wane of Continue Reading
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Is Stop Bath Necessary? The Final Answer
When it comes to film developing, it seems like everyone has their own way of doing it. Especially when it comes to some very specific techniques. Almost nothing is more controversial than the debate of stop bath vs water. Once, on a forum, I asked people how they used photo flo, and I must have Continue Reading
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Photography In the 1990s: Resources From 1997
Every so often, while I am indexing photography’s historical materials, I come across something I have to stop and smile at, in this case: a list of websites about photography in the 1990s. This was an interesting time because like this, much of the time you’d get a list of sites like this on paper. Continue Reading
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The History of Minolta: 1989
1989 was an exciting year in photography. Autofocus SLRs were exploding. Canon and Nikon were staking their claim with their respective systems, but one company was already working on their second generation of these revolutionary automated wonders: Minolta. They changed everything with their Maxxum system in 1985 and would hope to do it again with Continue Reading
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Canon T90: A History
The mid 1980s was a time of transition in photography. Many companies were adopting autofocus systems. It seemed as though Canon was taking a more traditional approach. They were producing and releasing what is arguably the most advanced manual focus camera ever made: The Canon T90. The Canon T90 was released in 1986, and is Continue Reading
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My Best Instant Photos
Every year I say something to myself other photographers may be familiar with: “This is the year…this is the year where I get my photo catalog in order!” and then another year goes by. If you think I’m going to tell you that 2025 is finally when I get my shit together, I’m sorry to Continue Reading
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Leica Ads of 1965
Have you ever owned or tried a Leica? Me, I’ve held a few and shot a couple, and I did videos on them, but one thing is for sure, we have all heard the name. Being a part of the analog photography community, it’s impossible not to come across an owner, or a photo in Continue Reading
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Gold Plated Rare Film Cameras of the Past
If you’re interested in learning about or seeking to buy rare film cameras, look no further. In 1983 at the height of the golden age of cameras, Modern Photography published an article featuring literal gold cameras. Needless to say, it took a dedicated and wealthy photographer to purchase one. I was curious though, as to Continue Reading
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