Author: johnmeadowsphotography

An amateur photographer in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Slide Surprise

Last Summer when I was in Quebec meeting up with good friends, I shot one roll of slide film (Fuji Provia 100). It was already expired, stored at room temperature, and I left it sitting around for months before getting it developed. I’m surprised it turned out as well as it did! This lighthouse is in Montreal, and both images were taken with my Rolleiflex 3.5E3 (Xenotar lens).

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Tree Details

There is a fascinating tree in the Beaches: bent, with fascinating textures. I have not been able to get a good full shot of the tree because of the background, so I need to focus on details. Both images created using Hasselblad 500C/M, 80mm Planar, TMax 400 film.

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Ravine Path

Two more from Glen Stewart Park in the Beaches. I will have to return to this location at various times in the spring and summer as the view changes. Both images taken with Hasselblad 500C/M, 50mm/4 Distagon lens on TMax 100 film. Toned in post

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Didn’t Wait

When out last Saturday in the ravine near the Beaches I was waiting to take a photograph of the fence line, waiting for the boy to get out of frame as he walked by, but it looked interesting with him in frame, so I snapped the shutter.

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Hasselblad 500C/M, 50mm/4 Distagon lens
TMax 100 film developed in Rodinal

Veronica #2

Here is one more from my shoot with Veronica this past Saturday. I was very impressed by her ability to create a great expression.

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Hasselblad 500C/M, 80mm/2.8 Planar lens
Rollei RPX100 developed in Rodinal 1+25

Veronica #1

I rarely get a chance to photograph young people, so I enjoyed the chance yesterday to work with Veronica, the daughter of friends of ours.

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Hasselblad 500C/M, 80mm/2.8 Planar lens
Rollei RPX 100 film, developed in Rodinal

The Path of Trees

I had this roll of film sitting in my Rolleiflex  for a few weeks and finally finished it yesterday, and developed it last night. This row of trees is one of the more photographed spots in High Park; easy to see why!

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Rolleiflex 3.5E3, Xenotar lens
TMax 400 film @ E.I. 200, slight pull in development

High Contrast

This image taken at the Beaches seemed to work better for me cropped and with higher contrast, to make the horizon line a bit indistinct.

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Mamiya RZ67, 180mm/4.5 lens
Rollei RPX 25 film

Ropes

Inside one of the art structures on the Beaches. This image (taken with my Kodak Medalist I on respooled Tri-X) was not easy to focus!

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Back to the Gazebo

I’ve shot this Gazebo in the Beaches a lot, so it seemed logical to shoot it with my newly acquired Hasselblad 500 c/m and 80mm lens. I shot on Rollei RPX film, developed in Rodinal. I LOVE this combo of film, lens and developer!

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