Category: Photography

  • A Year in Film: Canon AE-1

    A YouTube video I made showcasing a few of my photographs.

  • Kodachrome Beach

    To be completely honest, I don’t know a lot about Kodachrome film. One evening a few years ago Courtney and I were watching television and scrolled through some titles on Netflix. Up came a movie, assumably from our recommended list, with the namesake of this very famous film. A film about film. I didn’t know…

  • The Power Plant and the Bridge: Learning to Relax

    I thought with this post I’d provide a bit of an update where I’m at with my photography journey. At the start of the pandemic, I acquired a Polaroid SX-70. After learning a bit how to shoot instant film, I kept my eye on the Polaroid SLR 690, a 90s version of the famous SX-70.…

  • Canon AE-1

    So I decided to go “all in” on my photography learning journey. It’s kind of fun when a hobby becomes an obsession. Just over a month ago I became the owner of a Canon AE-1 film camera, this particular bad boy was manufactured in 1983. I purchased it from a local photographer, so it is…

  • Learning Polaroid

    We were on a walk in the west end of Edmonton, cameras in tow. If memory serves, it was late June of 2020. I stood under a tree, trying to steady my hands and manually focus a shot of a leaf. When the photo finally developed, I realized I just took a photo that unlocked…