a Holga instant christmas!

So I recently acquired a Holga 120SF camera but hadn't been too inspired to take many photos with it in the cold and snow. Until that is, Ryan ever so amazingly gave me a polaroid back for Christmas. It looks pretty ridiculous and renders the fairly terrible viewfinder even more terrible but it is super fun and I think the characteristic look of Holga shots lend themselves to instant film nicely. Here is the first couple of shots as well as my goofy looking camera.

an anamorphic christmas..

so i had been messing around with the panasonic anamorphic adapter for a while, but it was really soft and hard to work with and doesn't produce the oval OOF areas which are one of the greatest things about anamorphic photography. since the iscorama lenses are now selling instantly for thousands of dollars and i wanted to get a handheld rig and rod adapter anyway, i decided to buy up an old (1973, for maximum artifacty weirdness) lomo square front and the Hot Rod PL adapter.

be sure to turn on the HD!

an anamorphic christmas.. from Ryan Glover on Vimeo.

here's the rig:



and below are some of the first shots i have taken with the set up:








update! here's a quick shot with a +2 diopter:

some more anamorphicness

Girls 'Lust for Life' Live in Toronto

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Girls 'Lust for Life' Live in Toronto from Ryan Glover on Vimeo.

GH1 Anamorphic Testing

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GH1 Anamorphic Tests from Ryan Glover on Vimeo.

east coast road trip. Krista's photos. part 2.

My last batch of photos from our trip out East in August. It ended with 4 great days in PEI. The weather was amazing: lots of sun, lots of swimming, lots of jellyfish. It was sad to leave but nothing was sadder then our car breaking down in a little place called Cabano, Quebec. I kept myself entertained by documenting this stretch of the trip but really I just couldn't wait to get home, (despite the chain-smoking, electric-bike riding shirtless French man we befriended). It was a long and exhausting trip home and our little apartment met us with open arms.

Shot on Kodak Portra 160 NC with Nikon primes.

LAKESIDE BEACH in PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

















A very long 24 hours in CABANO, QUEBEC.

autumn.

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autumn. from Ryan Glover on Vimeo.