This image from an early winter morning at the shores of Lake Ontario in February 2014 is from a roll I scanned with my older scanner; I was not happy with how they looked, but recently I rescanned with my new scanner. Much happier now 🙂
Pentax 67, 105mm/2.4 lens
Tri-X film
The artist this time around is my good friend Alex Luijckx, one of the key drivers of the Toronto film shooter community, and founder/co-host of the Classic Camera Revival podcast. (I am also one of the hosts of this show.)
This portrait was taken at a film shooter community gathering last weekend. Alex is shooting his Nikon F5.
Rolleiflex 3.5E3 (Xenotar lens)
Fuji Reala C-41 film
I was going to call this post “Break-up Sex” but that was too much like click-bait. In order to finance getting a Hasselblad kit, I am thinning the herd and one of the kits being moved was was Mamiya Pro TL 645. I took it out for one last time on Sunday and shot a couple of rolls, and now it is sold and gone. Mixed emotions but I want that Hasselblad!
Mamiya 645 Pro TL, 45mm/2.8 lens
Delta 400 film exposed at around E.I. 300 and developed in Ilfosol 3
I’ve mentioned before that black and white is my photographic mother tongue, but it is fun to go on a colour riot from time to time. This is a detail of multiple layers of graffiti, in Toronto’s Bloor and Keele area.
Nikon FA, 28mm/2.8 Nikkor lens. Kodak Ektar 100 film
I like this bench (at a Park near the Beaches). At some point I will need to go back with a view camera and stop right down to get it all sharp.
Rolleiflex 3.5E3 (Xenotar)
Rollei RPX 25 film, developed in Rodinal (Adonal) 1+50
There is something about winter sun in Toronto (other than the fact we don’t get a lot of it). I love its brightness and clarity. I also love the way Rollei RXP 25 film picks it up. This image is from a couple of weeks ago, taken near the Beaches with my Rolleiflex 3.5E3.
My wife Janice belongs to the early music ensemble Sine Nomine, and last night they put on a concert of 14th century music at St. Thomas’ Church in Toronto. I had a chance to take a couple of images with the Hipstamatic: one of some of the instruments used, and the other of the Bapistry at the back of the church.
There is an interesting structure on the Ryerson campus in Toronto: a green house, hiding behind the facade of a muhc older building. I will definitely need to go back and shoot some more when I have more time.
iPhone 6+, Hipstamatic App
Image toned, etc. in Lightroom
I had the pleasure of working with friend and frequent creative collaborator Jennifer Bettencourt this past weekend. In addition to being a talented model, Jennifer is also an accomplished fadista, or singer of Portuguese Fado music. The shoot was inspired by Fado legend Amália Rodrigues, a we were going for a fairly formal look, with some intensity.
Rolleiflex 3.5E3 (Xenotar lens)
Tri-X, developed in Ilfosol 3 1+9
Different camera, different pose and different lighting. Same friend at Podcamp 2016 this past weekend. 🙂 (Sylvain)
Rolleiflex 3.5E3 (Xenotar lens),
TMax 400 film, image cropped in post
My Third Eye 