Show at Pynelogs 2011
The theme of the show was "From Film to Digital". The show covered the last 15 years of my photography and the different techniques that have been learned in the transition from film based photography into the digital era.
"Hiking into Shangri-La"
This photo was captured on transparency (slide) film in 35mm format.
Different types of film had different "palates", meaning they had different color casts and contrasts.
Often the photographer would choose specific kinds of film for specific subject matter, depending on how they wanted the final image to look or feel.
This photo was made in the summer of 1997.
"Swansea Ranch"
Shot on black and white film in medium format, this is one of the first photos that I made on a medium format camera. The larger format gave me sharper detail and smoother grain than the 35mm camera that I had been using in the years previous.
This photo was made in the fall of 1997.
"Bavin Bay Cottonwood"
Captured on black and white film with a 1940's era view camera that used a rare metric size of sheet film. I had to hand cut each sheet of film in complete darkness to the proper dimensions. Then, one at a time, each sheet was loaded into the camera to make a single exposure.
This photo was made in April 1999.
"Punta Conejo"
This photo was made on medium format black and white film. I used a 1950's era rangefinder camera that I had picked up second hand at a pawn shop. Due to the misalignment of the lens to the film plane, it was rare to get a photograph that was consistently in focus!
This photo was made on a road trip to Mexico in the fall of 1999.
"The North Saskatchewan River"
This photo was captured on medium format black and white film. Using a special developer I was able to accentuate the grain of the film.
Using very high resolution scanning, the grain is preserved in this digital print.
This photo was made in the fall of 2001.
"Snow Crystals and Tire Tracks"
Was captured on large format black and white film.
Using a view camera the photographer can use the tilt and swing characteristics of the lens relative to the film plane to get the whole image in focus without increasing the depth of field (f-stop).
This photo was made in the winter of 2005.
"Fall in the Bow Valley"
This photo was captured on black and white film using a Pentax 67 medium format camera.
I used this camera for several years before I bought my first digital camera.
This photo was made in September 2007, on one of the last rolls of film I ever put into my Pentax 67.
"Assiniboine Sunrise"
A digitally captured color photo, processed normally in the computer.
This photo was made in the summer of 2010.
"Burnt Trees in the Mist"
This is a digitally captured black and white photo. Even though the final print is black and white, I always take digital photos in color. This gives me more options in adjusting the contrast of the final black and white image in the computer.
I took this photo in the spring of 2011.
"Bugaboo and the Howsers"
Was captured digitally with three images to make a High Dynamic Range photo.
This photo was made in the summer of 2011.
"Pocket Lakes"
Is a digitally captured HDR (High Dynamic Range) photo.
By overlapping several different exposures of the same image, every pixel in the photo file contains more information than attainable in one exposure. This allows the photographer to make extreme adjustments to the image, much in the way the human eye adjusts to contrast, allowing us to see into shadows and highlights in the same image.
This photo was made in the summer of 2011.
"Conrad Icefield"
Shot digitally with significant contrast adjustments made in the computer, this photo would have been much more difficult to produce on film. Major adjustments in both the processing of the film and paper would be required to even come close to getting the same results.
This photo was made in the summer of 2011.
