The Hipstamatic app on my iPhone will always in one sense be a guilty pleasure, as its affects are digital recreations of classic photographic techniques; my favourite are the wet plate / tintype effects. While no substitute for the real thing, it’s hard to imaging bringing a view camera and a portable darkroom in Podcamp Toronto 2016 yesterday to take a quick portrait of my friend Sylvain.
One more image of the Beaches last Saturday, but this one created using my iPhone and the Hipstamatic app. While most of my posts will continue to be film-based, I will likely continue to post more iPhone-created images. At the end of the day, it’s about the image, not the gear.
For so many people on the subway early in the morning, their faces are their biographies, at least to my eyes.
iPhone 6+, Hipstamatic app
One more from the Beaches last Saturday. The steam rising off the still water was really quite something!
Pentax Spotmatic SP1000, 200mm/4 Takumar lens
Ilford Pan F+, developed in Rodinal
Toning and Vignetting in post
Another image from this past Saturday at the Beaches.
Pentax Spotmatic SP1000, 50mm/2.8 Carl Zeiss Jena lens
Ilford Pan F+ film, developed in Rodinal
The light down at the Beaches yesterday morning was incredible, as was the scene. Very cold, but dead calm, allowing the gathering of mist on the water. This man was excited by the scene, as he raced from spot to spot capturing the moment on his smartphone. Different gear, but a kindred spirit.
Pentax Spotmatic SP1000, 50mm/2.8 Carl Zeiss Jena lens
Ilford Pan F+ film developed in Rodinal
This image is from a visit to High Park in the fall of 2015. The combination of the Rollei RPX 25 film, Rodinal developer and the Zeiss Sonnar 50mm/1.5 lens mounted on my Contax IIIa made for very good sharpness, I love these slow speed films! (I left the sprockets etc. in the scan because I liked the way it looks 🙂 ).
Last Saturday in Milton I was struck by the geometric patterns of the pipes etc. on this wall, with the bright sunlight and contrasty film throwing them into stark relief.
Canon P Rangefinder, 35mm/2.5 Voigtlander Skopar lens
Adox CMS 20 II film, developed on Rollei RLC Developer
This past Saturday I met up with my fellow hosts of the Classic Camera Revival podcast to record future episodes and go for a photo walk. We met up in Milton, which has this great park downtown, including a no longer used, but preserved stretch of rail.
Canon P rangefinder, 35mm/2.5 Voigtlander Skopar lens
TMax 400 film developed in Ilfosol.
Toning and vignette in post
The low sun of a Canadian winter can make for some interesting shadows.
Canon P 35mm rangefinder, 35mm/2.5 Voigtlander Skopar lens
Adox CMS 20 II film, developed in Rollei RLC Low Contrast Developer,
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My Third Eye 
