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
Author: johnmeadowsphotography
An amateur photographer in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Winter Sun
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.
Early Music
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.
Facade
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
Homage
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
My Friend, Again
Different camera, different pose and different lighting. Same friend at Podcamp 2016 this past weekend. 🙂 (Sylvain)
Rolleiflex 3.5E3 (Xenotar lens),Â
TMax 400 film, image cropped in post
My Friend
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.
Different Gear
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.
Subway, Thursday Morning 0600
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
More Mist
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
My Third Eye 