Ryan HK

Spotted in the wild today... one of my photos from a campaign I shot last summer.

Re-upped on my 8x10 film today... 2 boxes of HP5+ is now the same price as a flight to Europe. 😭

I really miss having regular access to Fujifilm 160NPS & 400H... 😭
A shot from the Calgary Zoo on 160NPS.

It definitely did... Lol. It's been driving me crazy.

An overly uncreative day... Shimming lenses in the studio.

50yr old @ilfordphoto.com FP4 at Sheep River Falls.

Sometimes you miss focus by the smallest amount, aaaaaand manage to gouge the negative down the middle while loading into the Paterson for developing.
508mm @ f7 from inside 5ft is definitely tougher to focus than I expected. 😬

As someone with permanent damage from shooting loud environments, has tinnitus and now has to wear hearing aids to function...
Do yourself a favour and buy the best earplugs you can afford.

A pink Leica M4-2 with a 90mm f/1.25 lens, on a wooden end table.

This morning feels like a 90mm f/1.25 kind of walk with @gloriadog.bsky.social

I haven't had this lens on an M body in close to a year, and had forgot how hilarious it looks.

Managed to tear the film off the spool on the 35th frame... Must have short loaded this one when bulk rolling.
Now for what seems to be a once a year roll rescue!

I guess the one bonus to not having an assistant around for pre-lights, is that I'll never have an out-of-date self-portrait.

Thanks! I have a Glimmer Glass 1 on that lens almost full-time, and I love how it blooms without tanking too much of the contrast in the rest of the image.

When it's -25c, but your friends still want to shoot...
We only lasted about 20min and my autofocus was less than pleased with the situation, but we still had a good time.

Finally made it over here from that other place...

A little BTS from BVC's Esports team portraits...
The space has some great programmable RGB lighting, so I used that ambient light & mixed in a little of my own to shape/control.
GFX 100ii w/ 110mm for the tight.
GFX 100ii w/55mm and Glimmer Glass 1 for the enviro portraits

A little beachside portrait with Ashley and Lyra for Kuma Outdoor.
Got lucky, and the Tsunami warning had ended just before we were scheduled to shoot here.

That's so rad!

Might as well start out here with a little B&W portrait from my time at Cabin Ridge with the Blades Family.