Slave to Ikebana

Canon EOS 20D

I bought my wife flowers for all her hard work this week after I had some minor surgery. Prudence the Cat thought they were for her and all her help with my recuperative naps. She stayed with these flowers for about an hour and the results are High Schmaltz.

Approaching Storm

Canon EOS 20D

Thorax Cockpit

Pentax K1000

Kodak HCN 200

My boys on some freaky ride at Colasanti's Tropical Gardens this past February. I like this shot, but this film is not worth it, and it's not even expensive. It's C-41 lab process film and I thought I'd give it a shot before I had my darkroom set-up. The results were a crapshoot. If it's going to be a crapshoot, I'd prefer that it was somehow my raw incompetence that made it such, not the roll in the camera.

Black Diamond

Canon EX Auto

Another photo taken by my father. This one, circa 1979, on a ski lift scaling Mont Tremblant, Quebec. I've been going through boxes of old family photos. I remember this shot--it fascinated me as a child. The ominous purple sky, the freakish corpuscular whiteness of the trees. My parents talked about this particular trip often--the depth of the snow, the spectacular storms, the scenery.

The photos itself is a 5 x 3.5 on Kodak paper with rounded corners. It's not in great shape. The whiteness of the trees has yellowed significantly (it may never have been a very good white) and, as can be seen, there are lots of scratches and fingerprints. But I rather like the "found photo" look. Like something from a Pavement or Califone album sleeve.

Mom's Birthday

Canon EX Auto

My Mom would've been 59 years old today. My Dad took this photo in our living room on Iroquois Street, probably about 1977-78. That's me on the left, and my sister Thea on the right.

The Brides Have Hit Glass

Canon EOS 20D

A second-hand gown in the window of the St. Vincent de Paul Society on Wyandotte St. E.

Ribbon

Canon EOS 20D