Chris Bone

@chrisbone.bsky.social

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Husband. Father. Grandfather. Photographer. Cynophilist. Progressive. Struggling Optimist. Living on Vancouver Island, Canada. #BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #FilmIsNotDead #ShootFilmBeNice #PinholePhotography #FujifilmXSeries

Rose petals that have fallen from a flower in a small vase in the top left hand corner of the photograph. They are lying diagonally across a ceramic coaster in the centre.
A small shop called Madam Calliope's Metaphysical Varieties. There are chairs and planters with flowers by the entrance, which is under a roof overhang.
A walking path leads from the bottom of the photograph and disappears into the forest. Trees and ferns surround the path.
Twisted and bent trees dominate the scene, with underbrush covering the lower area. A black-and-white photograph made with a pinhole camera.
A very young black Labrador puppy looking straight at the camera with his head tilted to one side.
A beach scene at low tide with bands of sand of different tones running diagonally from lower left to centre right. The sand is dotted with sun-bleached oyster shells. In the middle distance is a small band of water with a few boats. On the horizon, there are mountains on the mainland of British Columbia. A cloudy sky occupies the top half of the image. The location is Kye Bay on Vancouver Island.
A large derelict house surrounded by trees and covered in graffiti.
A black and white photograph made with a pinhole camera. It shows Garry Oak trees and underbrush. The trees are fairly skinny and twisted in silhouette against the sky
A rustic fence made from split red cedar logs. It is in need of repair.
An old wooden barn now serves as the Old Farm Market. This black and white photograph shows the end wall decorated with farming tools and various pieces of horse harness. At the bottom are two cartoon-like characters of a mule and a cow.
A grocery store with boxes of produce on display outside. Next door is a restaurant with a sign advertising dim sum, lunch & dinner, and live crab. The location is Chinatown in Victoria, British Columbia.
A live music venue called the Duncan Showroom has old pianos outside for passersby to play. In this black-and-white photograph, there is also a wooden ticket kiosk outside the entrance.
A black and white photograph showing the front of an historic three-storey building in Victoria, British Columbia. The area in front has old ornate gas streetlights, now converted to electric. There are circular patterns with brick surrounds on the ground. A tree casts its shadow at the left-hand end of the building.
A view through a shop window in black and white. A mounted deer head and some dried plants are behind the window. There is a swirly pattern painted on the glass, together with the word 'VINTAGE' partially visible at the bottom of the photograph. An indistinct reflection of the photographer can just be seen.
A black and white triptych of an old garage that has been converted to house several small businesses, including a bakery and coffee shop, an art gallery, a used book store, a hair salon, and an acupuncture clinic. People are sitting at tables outside enjoying coffee and conversations.
Three boxes containing Kiki Pan 320 black-and-white film. The boxes are printed with a cat motif representing Kiki, the office cat at the film supplier's office.
A black and white triptych made up of pinhole photographs of a skatepark. Each photograph shows the graffiti that covers most surfaces around the skatepark.
A black and white photograph of a rainy and misty coastal scene. There is a thin strip of water at the bottom with a jetty extending from the lower right-hand corner, where a group of trees is shown in silhouette. On the opposite side is a steep forested slope extending down to the water. The cloudy sky that merges with mist on the water makes up most of the image.
A black and white photograph of a beach with two small tree-covered islands silhouetted against a dark and moody sky. The sun has almost set. The last remnants of sunlight shine through the clouds on the left of the photograph.
A display outside a picture framing shop. There is a wooden easel with a black synthetic fur hanging from it. For some inexplicable reason, there are wooden sticks like skewers in the fur. A couple of tables contain various items, including a large close-up picture of tree branches covered in leaves. Behind all this is a sign that states, We Frame Pictures.
An old white painted wooden church in a large open grassed area. Steps and a ramp lead up to the door at the end nearest the camera. There are trees on either side and behind the church. Leaves from big leaf maple trees litter the ground.
A row of interesting floating homes of all different shapes and sizes that are moored along a wharf. At the left-hand end of the row is a gift shop. This area receives lots of visitors, particularly when the weather is pleasant. In the foreground is a small area of open water with ripples from a duck and the little splashes from raindrops.
This gnarled old tree in the forest has lost most of its bark. The branches are twisted and bent into interesting contortions, and the roots are exposed. The surrounding forest floor is covered in low plants that are covered in leaves.
The square upper corner of a building with vertical metal siding. Lines from a nearby power pole enter the photograph from the top left and then connect into two flexible conduits running vertically down the side of the building. Loops in the wires cast interesting shadows on the wall.
An old bicycle leaning against a fence made from bamboo canes. The bottom of the wheels are partially covered in dead leaves. The front and rear baskets on the bike contain plants, some of which are flowering. Behind the fence is a garden centre.
Forged is an axe throwing venue in Victoria, British Columbia. Their neon sign is attached to an adjacent brick building with an arrow pointing to the entrance down an alleyway.
A seed head from a plant that I cannot identify against a distinctly out-of-focus background. Part of the seed head is also out of focus and a little blurred. For me, these apparent faults add to, rather than detract from, the appeal of the photograph.
A large tree surrounded by ferns and other plants stands in the centre of the frame. To the left, and behind the tree, are partly obscured buildings. A pathway leads from the bottom of the frame and passes around the tree on all sides. A vertical banner hanging from one of the branches promotes the "Cowichan Public Art Gallery".
Neighbours in Florence, Italy, chatting. The year is 1979. A man on his balcony to the right is talking with a woman at an open window to the left. The woman has an amused expression on her face. The man seems to be making a point by slapping his hand down on the wall of his balcony. Laundry is hanging out to dry.
The end of a roof gable with a striped awning sloping down towards the camera. There is an intensely blue sky above and two shadows cast by trees to the lower right hand side.
A 1930 20/60 Vauxhall Hurlingham boat-tailed roadster at the annual British Car Show in Ladysmith, British Columbia. The car is parked in a shady spot below a tree. The owner of the car appears to be examining one of its lights.
A black and white film photograph of a small group of Garry Oak trees against the sky. Below is an area of rough, pockmarked sandstone.
Sun-bleached tree roots on a rocky shore by the Salish Sea.
Someone with a sense of humour has painted the word ROCK on a small rock lying on the ground. Below the word is an arrow pointing at...the rock. On the ground, there is some moss, along with tree debris and a small plant.
A sepia-toned vertical photograph taken with a pinhole camera. Railway tracks dominated the foreground, then pass over an old steel bridge in the top half of the image.
Looking up at big leaf maple leaves against a background of a clear sky and trees in silhouette.
A mural painted on the side of a building in an alleyway in downtown Duncan, BC. In the foreground is a metal post that prevents vehicles from entering the alley. The post is painted with polka dots.
A lamp with a wooden base and etched copper shade sits on a round table by a large picture window. A potted trailing plant is in front of the lamp. The window offers a partial view of trees and distant hills.
A black and white photo zine titled Opaque, together with two postcards and a personalised thank-you note from the editor.
A wooden pinhole camera on a tripod in front of a small table. On the table is a lamp and a potted plant. To the left is a large window with a view of the street, neighbour’s trees, and some distant hills. To the right are vertical blinds covering another window.
A multi-facetted wooden building that houses the Cowichan Public Art Gallery in its lower level. There is a metal railing across the lower edge of the frame. In the centre of the frame on one of the walls is a gallery sign with a picture of a Jack Russell terrier holding a very large bone in its mouth. The dog is shown partly within a picture frame that is too small with the result that one end of the bone, and the dogs right ear falls outside the frame; a touch of whimsy.
An old wooden post office building with a covered veranda. There is a metal mailbox by the door. A wooden ramp provides access from the dirt road in front. Behind the building is a small train carrying visitors in a circular route around the grounds.
My old folding camera in the foreground with the base of a Coast Salish totem pole behind.
A wooden ramp with railings leads to logging camp huts on display at the BC Forest Discovery Centre. An old folding camera sits on the end of the railing.
An old folding film camera sits on a tripod in my garden. In front of the camera is a low stone wall. Above the wall is a weeping Japanese maple tree and a dwarf Alberta spruce. There are blue aubretia flowers between the rocks in the wall.