174/200 - Howard
During the many festivals that are held in Ottawa annually you can be assured to see your share of camera phones, point and shoot cameras, DSLR's, Micro Four Third cameras etc. However it is unusual to see someone walking around with a working Polaroid Land Camera around their neck, meet Howard.
Howard and his wife were enjoying the Glow Fair festivities and I could not resist engaging him in a conversation. As it happens Howard is professional photographer of some regard, he is based in Ottawa and has been taking photographs since the 1970's. Howard explained that he had to modify the batteries on the Polaroid in order to use readily available batteries, he buys his Polaroid film in bulk along with his other film supplies from the U.S. as it is more cost effective.
I checked out Howard's website www.howardsandler.com and his Howard Sandler flickr feed, some very impressive images are to be found.
Thank you Howard, it was a pleasure meeting you, I'm sure our paths will cross in the future.
This is photo #174 in my second strangers series.
You can find other photographers' work on this project at:
174/200 - Howard
During the many festivals that are held in Ottawa annually you can be assured to see your share of camera phones, point and shoot cameras, DSLR's, Micro Four Third cameras etc. However it is unusual to see someone walking around with a working Polaroid Land Camera around their neck, meet Howard.
Howard and his wife were enjoying the Glow Fair festivities and I could not resist engaging him in a conversation. As it happens Howard is professional photographer of some regard, he is based in Ottawa and has been taking photographs since the 1970's. Howard explained that he had to modify the batteries on the Polaroid in order to use readily available batteries, he buys his Polaroid film in bulk along with his other film supplies from the U.S. as it is more cost effective.
I checked out Howard's website www.howardsandler.com and his Howard Sandler flickr feed, some very impressive images are to be found.
Thank you Howard, it was a pleasure meeting you, I'm sure our paths will cross in the future.
This is photo #174 in my second strangers series.
You can find other photographers' work on this project at: