My Nikkormat FT3 has returned from the shop in perfect working order. These were some of the first things I saw through its viewfinder after it had been repaired. All but the bottom photograph were shot at my new favourite focal length of 24 mm. The last image in the series was taken at 50 mm (I think.)
Wolfville, Nova Scotia /
In the summer of 2003, I travelled from Edmonton, Alberta, where I was a post-doctoral fellow in chemistry, to Wolfville, Nova Scotia, to visit a colleague then at Acadia University to work on a small, collaborative research project. I took with me a Nikon F65 film camera, equipped with a 28-80 mm zoom lens. The gallery above shows a selection of photographs I made in and around Wolfville during the trip. The town sits close to the Bay of Fundy, which experiences the largest tidal range in the world.
Terry Fox /
Terry Fox is one of several neighbourhood cats who frequent our corner lot, which I suspect serves as a shortcut for animal traffic between houses. He has taken to whiling away the sunny springtime afternoons by slumbering on our deck. And to leaping into the house through my office window whenever it is open—much to the annoyance of our own cats, who, despite their advanced years, always seem ready for a fight. It looks as if he is sleeping in these photographs, but he is in fact wide awake and steadfastly ignoring me, as cats in their regal superciliousness are wont to do.
I made these exposures with my new-to-me Nikon FE mounted with a 180 mm f/2.8 AI-s lens, set to minimum focus distance at f/8. Despite the fact that Terry, who was unequivocally aware of my presence, resolutely refused to look at me, I love the way these photographs turned out. This lens is spectacular. I look forward to using it in portraiture.
Vancouver Alleyway Vignettes /
A pair of diptychs, featuring garbage and green waste bins, seen on a sunny Saturday in Kerrisdale. These four photographs were selected from the test roll of Ilford Delta 400 Professional that I exposed using a new-to-me Nikon FE equipped with a 50 mm f/1.8 E-series lens.
