This past weekend I created some portraits of my friend John Russell in Taylor Creek Park. He noticed some tree trunks had been carved at one end, and so we worked it into some of the images.
Hasseblad 500C/M, 150mm/4 Sonnar lens
Ilford HP5+ film, developed in LegacyPro EcoPro Ascorbic Acid developer
A number of weeks ago I went to St. James cemetery with my Canon P rangefinder and Voigtlander 15mm/4.5 Superwide Heliar lens. The camera was loaded with Cinestill 50D film. The lighting was suitably gloomy.
I am still working my way through the film from Vancouver. These are three additional images of the starts leading up from / down to Wreck Beach in Vancouver. All taken with my Hasselblad 500C/M, on HP5+ film, developed in LegacyPro EcoPro Ascorbic Acid developer.
Another image from my shoot last Saturday. This image was taken with my Nikon F4S and the Nikkor 105mm/2.5 lens, which is one of the greatest portrait lenses of all time.
Nikon F4S, 105mm/2.5 Nikkor lens (Pre-AI)
JCH StreetPan 400 developed in Rodinal
Toned in post
As I have said before, I don’t often get to create portraits of children, but this past weekend I had the chance to do so with the daughter of a friend in Calgary. My eight year old subject was engaging and enthusiastic, allowing me into her world, and certainly had an interest in the old camera I was using.
Rolleiflex 3.5E3 (Xenotar lens)
HP5+ film developed in LegacyPro Mic-X developer
The last time I had the chance to shoot the Peace Bridge in Calgary it was a grey, drizzly day. Last Sunday morning I lucked out and the low-angled late fall sun made for some great lighting.
Rolleiflex 3.5E3 (Xenotar lens)
Ilford HP5+ @ E.I. 320, developed in Legacy Pro MicX developer
Seen outside the Museum of Anthropology, UBC, Vancouver.
Hasselblad 500C/M, Rollei Retro 400S film,
developed in Rodinal
Beside the Museum of Anthropology at U.B.C, are steps down to Wreck Beach. It’s a lot easier going down than coming up! (Approximately 480 steps by our count)
Hasselblad 500 C/M, 50mm/4 Distagon lens
Portra 400 film
I love images that have interior frames. This image is from the Chinese Garden in Vancouver. It was not a bright afternoon and I did not have a tripod with me to get the smaller aperture/slower shutter speed and larger depth of field I would have preferred for the colour film shot. I took the black and white retro-styled image with my iPhone and the Hipstamatic app.
Hasselblad 500C/M, Kodak Portra 400 film
iPhone 6 Plus, Hipstamatic App
I liked this structure in Vancouver; it seemed to go with the cloudy/drizzly day.
Hasselblad 500C/M, Rollei Retro 400S film developed in Rodinal
My Third Eye 