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The Dark Side

Heath OFee — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:10:32 +0000

The two rolls of Ilford Delta 3200 black and white film that I shot in New York finally came back from the lab in Vancouver I sent them to.

I think I’m a little bit in love with this film. The grain, the contrast, the drama – it’s all amazing.

I’ve still got a whole lot of learning to do with this film stock, but I was happy with quite a few of the images. I think the self-portrait below was worth the cost of sending these rolls away for processing.

#FilmFriday

Equipment:
– Mamiya 645 1000s
– Mamiya Sekor C 80mm f/2.8
– Ilford Delta 3200

Meet Rob

Heath OFee — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 13:10:37 +0000

Everybody, this is Rob. He’s from New Zealand and runs triathlons like a crazy person.

I can’t seem to resist a closup portrait when I’m around somebody wearing super reflective sunglasses – so if you ever meet me, beware.

#FilmFriday

Equipment:
– Canon FT-b
– Canon FD 50mm f/1.4
– Kodak Gold 200

Holga SP

Heath OFee — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 13:10:57 +0000

In keeping with my portrait theme this week, I thought I’d share this self-portrait I took with my trusty Holga. Nothing too exciting…just me doing what I love to do

To all of my Canadian readers: Happy Canada Day! I hope you all have a wonderful long weekend!

To all of my American readers: Enjoy your holiday weekend as well…you’ll get your holiday wish on Monday

Two for One

Heath OFee — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 13:10:59 +0000

This past weekend I was in Moyie Lake, BC for an annual boys golf trip…and I’m currently in recovery mode. An awful lot of beer was consumed and there wasn’t much sleep to be had, so my body is a little bit angry with me.

I didn’t have the chance to do any serious shooting, but I did get a few shots of the boys hanging out around the firepit. I’ll probably be sharing a few more later in the week, but for now, here’s a combination portrait/self-portrait. When my buddy Fraser put on these super reflective Ray Bans, I couldn’t help but use them (and him) to shoot a self-portrait. I guess I could have stopped down the aperture a bit so both he and I were in focus…but there was beer to be consumed

Aarrrr!

Heath OFee — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 13:53:07 +0000

Yesterday was my oldest nephews’ 3rd birthday party, and he and his parents decided on a pirate theme. I thought it might be cool to get some fun pirate props and set up a photobooth somewhere in the house where the guests could ham it up in front of the camera. I had never done anything like this before, so it was a bit of an experiment, but (for the most part) I’m quite happy with how the shots turned out.

This was my setup:

– Canon 50D paired with 24-105mm on a tripod with cable release
– Single 430ex slightly above and camera right through a shoot through umbrella @ full power, triggered by cheap Cactus V5 wireless triggers
– White sheet for a backdrop

I wanted the guests to feel like they could do whatever they wanted in front of the camera without me being there to make them nervous, so taped my cable release to a tripod leg, set the camera to the 10 second self timer and left instructions on which button to press on the release. People seemed to love it!

So, if you have any specific questions about the setup or if you have any pointers on what I could do better next time, I’d love to hear them! For now, here’s a self-pirate-portrait…enjoy (Oh, and forgive the shoddy cloning in this shot…it was late last night and I just wanted to get something up!)

Canon EOS 50D, Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L, 24mm, F 5.0, ISO 100, 1/200 sec

Parkade Self-Portrait

Heath OFee — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 22:45:51 +0000

I know it’s a little late to be posting a photo, but I thought I might as well throw one up today since I was finally able to find a few spare minutes to process a shot. This shot is definitely a bit of an experiment for me, as I’ve never really tried too hard to take a self-portrait. I’ve always liked the idea, but never really spent the time thinking about how I wanted to do it…that is until I saw these convex mirrors. I thought it would make for a cool portrait while still being a relatively interesting frame all on it’s own. I kinda like the idea that even though I am the focal point of this image, I still sort of just blend in with the rest of the scene. I also really like the way you get two views of the parkade in this shot: a semi close-up of the parking signage, and the distorted fisheye view from in the mirror.

Canon EOS 50D, Canon EF 50mm f/1.4, 50mm, F 1.4, ISO 100