Normally, bright sun and hard shadows are the last thing you want for a portrait, but this time around it worked. 🙂
Hasselblad 500CM, 250mm/f5.6 Zeiss Sonnar lens
Ultrafine Extreme 400 film
Author: johnmeadowsphotography
An amateur photographer in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
I Like This Combination!
On Canada Day (July 1st) I was in High Park, Toronto, early in the morning. I was shooting Ultrafine Extreme 400, and while I have shot it before, this is the first time I developed it with Pyrocat-HD. I love this combination! Hasselblad 500CM, 50mm/f4 … Continue reading I Like This Combination!
In Stereo
I am having fun with my Revere Stereo 33 camera (replacing a Stereo Realist that has major issues) ! These are a couple my first colour stereo pair images (with Fuji C-41 colour negative film), taken in Guildwood Park recently. To view them properly I … Continue reading In Stereo
Telephoto in Ashbridges Bay
I need to use my Sonnar 250mm/f5.6 lens on my Hasselblad more often. It performs very well wide open, and makes handheld shots practical. Hasselblad 500CM, 250mm/f5.6 Zeiss Sonnar lens with orange filter Ilford HP5 Plus film, developed in Pyrocat HD
Early Morning in the Distillery District
Around 7 am in the Distillery District here in Toronto. Very few people about. Just how I like it these days! 🙂
Voigtlander Bessa R2M, 35mm/f1.7 Ultron lens
Kodak TMax 100 film, developed in TMax Developer
A Visit to the Bluffs, Part 1
My shooting has slowed down over the last couple of weeks due to back problems. This past Saturday I went out early to the Scarborough Bluffs but I only lasted about forty minutes before back pain drove me back to the car and back home. … Continue reading A Visit to the Bluffs, Part 1
Back to the Guildwood
From another roll I shot last weekend at the Guildwood Hasselblad 500CM, 50mm/f4 Zeiss Distagon lens Ilford Pan F Plus film, developed on Rodinal
Early Morning in the Guildwood
I have not been to Guildwood Park in Scarborough for quite some time, but I went out early last Saturday morning. Around 7 am I had the park to myself, except for a couple of joggers.
Hasselblad 500CM, 50mm/f4 Distagon lens
Ilford HP5+ film, developed in Cinestill DF96 Monobath
In the Middle of the Road
I go for a walk every morning at 5:30 am. The streets and the sidewalks are pretty much deserted. I took this image standing in the middle of the road with my Samsung Galaxy 9+ smartphone.
Tulips in May
I live close to the East York Civic Centre here in Toronto, and it was nice to see flowers (mainly tulips) in bloom in the garden out front yesterday. Sony A7ii, 55mm/f3.5 Micro-Nikkor lens
My Third Eye 