When the sun goes down outside it comes up inside!

#yyjtintypephotographer

Courtney 
Natural light 8x10 clear glass ambrotype created in the Historic Pendray House.

Limited sessions are still available before the holidays. 

Honest Portraits ~ Historic Process

@courtneylhattie 

#pendrayhouse #wetplate #tintype #ambrotype #yyjtintypephotographer

I love the light in this room! It’s never the same moment to moment. 

#chasingshadows #yyjtintypephotographer #yyjphotographer #yyjarts

Ukulele no. 2
8x10 glass plate ambrotype

#yyjtintypephotographer #tintype #wetplate #ambrotype #yyjmusic #kalaukulele

This is such a lovely, simple image. And tho the subject may be simple, there is so much work that goes into creating these plates. At times I think it’s just not worth the effort, then a piece like this comes along. Doing this work, this process, means so much to me that I can’t stop, won’t stop!

This image embodies the way I like to work, it’s quiet, subtle, not yelling or demanding attention, but you know that there’s some fun 
in there just waiting to get out.

I might offer some limited edition prints of this one, what do you think?

#wetplatephotography #wetplateprocess #tintype #ambrotype #yyjtintypephotographer #kalaukulele #art #yyjarts #yyjmusic #vancouverislandtintype #yyjphotographer #artislife

‘Catherine the Great’, my Burke &James 8x10,  came out to play with the ukuleles today. 

What a great day I had shooting plates and getting inspired again. 

I have some open space for portraits, or ukuleles, still available this month if you’d like to book a session. It’s kinda fun, actually! 🤫

#yyjtintypephotographer #yyjtintype #wetplatecollodion #tintype #kenminerphoto

Contemplating on when these windows were last cleaned, but thinking ‘dirty windows make good diffusers’

#yyjtintypephotographer

‘Lean On Me - A Poppy Love Story’
2024

Original 4x5 tintype/mixed media in recycled pallet wood frame.

#poppies #tintype #yyjtintype #yyjtintypephotographer #yyjarts

Facebook reminded me that I have been exhibiting my work in gallery shows for over 25 years!

I was in a photo group called ‘Uncommon Light Image Alliance’ in the late ‘90’s and we did several shows around Winnipeg. The show in the article was at the Assiniboine Park Conservatory (no longer standing).

The color photo was taken outside of @fortune_gallery during my ‘Broken’ show a couple years ago.
 
I have work going up this month @artgalleryvic for the ‘winter small works show’ and @metchosin_artpod  for the ‘Peace & Joy Squared’ show.

#yyjphotographer #yyjtintypephotographer #photography #artiswork

David, 1985

It was the summer of 1985, I was 19 and working on a traveling carnival. I had my Pentax K1000 and a class one drivers license. David rode with me in the truck I was driving. In the long downtime between shows he would get out his guitar and belt out Bob Dillon songs as the rest of the crew milled around, waiting to move on.

#pentaxk1000 #carnivallife

I call this one ‘les orteils de Monsieur. rose’

#monsieurrose #mrpink #montréal

I call this one ‘Consulting the Oracle’. On many street corners of Old Montréal it is common to see people checking their location on their phone - The Oracle, to find their way through the maze of cobble stone streets. I know we did it quite often.

#oldmontréal

At the other end of the street, this Lotus was having its photo day.

#oldmontreal #lotus #supercar

It was a lovely morning in Old Montréal, saw this beautiful 1965 Porsche having a photo shoot in this quiet little street surrounded by buildings dating back to the 1700’s. The owner was gracious enough to let me snap a photo.

#oldmontréal #1965porsche

I don’t know what this Old Montréal street art was actually about, I suspect there was a bit of gossiping goin’ on!

#oldmontréal #vieuxmontreal #montrealstreetart

Caught a ‘Death Metal’ busker in Old Montréal yesterday.

#busker #oldmontréal #vieuxmontreal

Second day, second photography exhibition. This time ‘World Press Photographers Exposition’ - @expoworldpressphotomtl 

Very different work than yesterday’s exhibit. Very moving, powerful, thought provoking, serious work.

#keepthepressfree #freedomofthepress #thepowerofphotography #photojournalism

Public art in Quebec City

.#publicart #quebeccity

Made up to the Mount Royal Chalet today and caught a glimpse of Leonard Cohen.

#montreal #leonardcohen #mountroyalchalet

Went to Musée McCord Stewart, home of the William Notman Collection. Notman was a prolific photographer working in the wet collodion process in Montréal from 1856, with his studio in operation by his sons until 1935.

Unfortunately, only a small selection of his work was on display, and I was not able to arrange a visit to the archives, so I bought a book of his work instead.

While I didn’t get to see Norman’s work, there was an impressive and inspiring exhibition at the museum. Here is a description from the museum website:

“The exhibition Portraits and Fashion – Quebec Photographers Beyond Borders brings together prints by 17 photographers who are shining a spotlight on Quebec talent on the international stage:  Max Abadian, William Arcand, Richard Bernardin, Alex Black, Sacha Cohen, Cristina Gareau, Andréanne Gauthier, Royal Gilbert, Shayne Laverdière, Carl Lessard, Monic Richard, Norman Jean Roy, Étienne Saint-Denis, Nelson Simoneau, Oumayma Ben Tanfous, Xavier Tera and Villedepluie.”

#wetplateportrait #photography #williamnotmanphotographicarchives @museemccordstewart

Married 31 years and 1 day today. Where the heck did that time go?

#happyanniversary #quebeccity #chateaufrontenac

Winnipeg has a ton of great public art and accessible galleries all across the city. I didn’t have a lot of time to explore as much as I might have liked to, but seeing what I did see at Assiniboine Park, and in the Assiniboine Park Pavilion Gallery, especially the Pooh exhibit, sparked some hometown pride in me. I’m happy to call myself a ‘Winnipeger’!

#assiniboinepark #assiniboineparkpavillion #hometownproud #winnipeg

Managed to get a proper hamburger and a proper breakfast at a couple of my old Winnipeg hangouts! Nothing on Vancouver Island beats a Red Top ‘Lot-O-Burger’!

#redtopdriveinn #salisburyhousewinnipeg

Next adventure. 

I haven’t been on a train since that time in Thailand. 

#viarail #traintravel #montréal

Winnipeg Human Rights Museum No. 4

#winnipeghumanrightsmuseum #winnipeg

Winnipeg Human Rights Museum No. 3

#winnipeghumanrightsmuseum #winnipeg

Winnipeg Human Rights Museum No. 2

#winnipeghumanrightsmuseum #winnipeg

Winnipeg Human Rights Museum No. 1 

#winnipeghumanrightsmuseum #winnipeg

I stopped by the property where my childhood home once stood. This 5 acre piece of land was my playground, my sanctuary, my classroom, and my escape. I spent hours canoeing on the river on my own, walking the dogs, or just quietly sitting on the riverbank watching the wildlife. (There were also some epic bush parties ‘down by the river’ when I was older!!)

Through selling off small parcels of land over the years before my time, and by expropriation by the Manitoba Government for a highway project, this 5 acres was the last piece of a 60 acre farm that my grandfather bought in 1946.

In 1992 the government finally got the last piece of land from my parents, which is earmarked for a future overpass. The house was torn down and the land plowed over, leaving no trace of my grandparents legacy, no trace of their children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. 

All that may be gone, but the river remains, as do my memories.

#youcannevergohome 
#stvital #winnipeg #nostalgia

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Ken Miner is Victoria BC's only full time tintype photographer. Ken has been working in the wet plate for over 10 years and has been exhibited numerous times in the Sooke Fine Art Show, has had several solo gallery shows and has had work published in many publications including Enchanted Living, UK.

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