Author: johnmeadowsphotography

An amateur photographer in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

With Friends

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I was out with two good friends Bryon and Ken on Saturday evening, and with me I had my Olympus Pen F 35mm half frame SLR (dating from the early 1960’s) with a 38mm/1.8 Olympus Zuiko lens. The film I was shooting was Eastman Double-X, which is actually meant for 35mm movie camera use. It is not particularly fine grained film, and the smaller half frame negative magnifies this, but I like the gritty documentary look, especially for my friends who have both had interesting lives, with a lot of interesting stories to tell.

Ken

Bryon

Getting Reaquainted

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It has been a while, but I decided to get out my Olympus Pen F 35mm half-frame SLR last week. Since my recent back injury, I have to be careful about carrying heavy gear for extended periods, so going out with one lens and one compact camera is a joy. :-). Using a fine grain film such as Rollei Retro 80s means I am not sacrificing much by using a smaller format negative.

In the HarbourToronto Police Marine Unit Facility

On the TrailOn the Trail in Taylor Creek Park

Amy 3

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The final post from our shoot with Amy.  Music, like teaching, is a journey.

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Rolleiflex 3.5E3, 75mm/3.5 Xenotar lens
Tri-X developed in Xtol 1+1 for 9 minutes @ 20 C

Amy 2

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Here is the second image from the photoshoot with Amy last week. This image was created with my Zenit 3M 35mm SLR and Helios 44/2 lens, to get the swirly bokeh in the background. The film used was Rollei Retro 80s, and I added some diffusion in post.

Amy playing Guitar

Amy 1

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Earlier this week myself and another photographer had a photoshoot with a cheerful and talented teacher and musician named Amy. I used three different cameras, so I will do three different blog posts. Tonight, I am starting off with the 4×5 and1860’s Petzval lens, shot on HP5+. This lens has a knack of picking up interesting expressions 🙂

Amy with the Guitar

Inside the AGO

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I love the Art Gallery of Ontario 🙂 Not only am I regularly inspired by the art it contains, I just love the architecture of the place!

Inside the AGO

Rolleiflex 3.5E3, 75mm/3.5 Xenotar lens.
Ilford FP4+ developed in Rodinal 1+50 for 14 minutes @ 20 C

Back to Scotland

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While one can get caught up in the vastness of many scenes in Scotland, it is also worthwhile getting up close, as in these moss covered paleolithic building stones.

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Rolleiflex 3.5E3, 75mm/3.5 Xenotar lens
Fuji Neopan Acros 100 film, developed in Rodinal

Zoë 3

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The third of the images of the shoot with Zoe this past weekend was created with my 1860’s era Petzal Brass lens, mounted on my 4×5 Speed Graphic. Hard to focus, and a cumbersome shooting experience, but the results are so worth it when I get it!

Zoe with Petzval lens

 

Ilford FP4+ sheet film, developed in Tmax Dev

Zoë 2

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The second image from my recent photo shoot withZoë, this time with my Mamiya 645 Pro TL, the most “modern” (relatively speaking) of the cameras I took along for the shoot. Film was one of my last rolls of Plus-X in medium format. F

Zoe in the mamiya

Zoë 1

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Yesterday I had a great shoot with Zoë, a talented friend from the theatre world. I was packing three very different film cameras, so I will write three separate blog posts, one for each camera. Today’s image was taken with my Zenit 3M 35mm SLR and Helios 44/2 lens, shot wide open with a yellow filter. Its background swirl and bokeh are unique. I added some vignetting in post to the negative scan.

Zoë 1