I am in Montreal and hence away from my darkroom, so here is a smartphone image of a light and shadow pattern that caught my eye yesterday morning. Film images to follow soon.
Apple iPhone X, Hipstamatic app
Author: johnmeadowsphotography
An amateur photographer in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The Broadview Hotel
So much architecture has been lost in Toronto over the decades. I am glad the Broadview hotel was spared, and rehabilitated!
Leica IIIa, 25mm/f4 Snapshot Skopar lens with red filter
Rollei Retro 80s film
St. Thomas Train Station #1
My first three images of an old train station in St. Thomas, Ontario.
Hasselblad 500CM, 50mm/f4 Zeiss Distagon lens
Catlabs X Film 80
Three Images from Spirit Rock Conservation Authority
Three images from my recent visit, this time with a different film and a red filter to darken the sky and increase the contrast.
Hasselblad 500CM, 50mm/f4 Zeiss Distagon lens with red filter
Rollei Retro 80s
Fences and Friends
I was out recently and saw this mural with the scaffolding in front of it and it looked to me like two friends reuniting with a fence in-between them. And it reminded me of how today we have some many people obsessed with fences and walls.
Voigtlander Bessa T, 90mm/f4 Leitz Elmar lens
Rollei SuperPan 200 film
Near Gerrard and Broadview
I have always found this structure fascinating!
Voigtlander Bessa R2M,
15mm/f4.5 SuperWide Heliar lens
Rollei RPX25 film
Back to Philosopher’s Walk
I was in Philosopher’s Walk at the University of Toronto recently with my Hasselblad. Late afternoon is a lovely time to shoot there.
Hasselblad 500CM, 50mm/f4 Zeiss Distagon lens
Fujifilm Acros 100 film
Rotting
At the front entrance of the Halton Country Rail Museum are three pretty decrepit busses, waiting for restoration. One was open, so we checked it out. The exterior of the bus can be seen in my second image.
Voigtlander Bessa T, 15mm/f4.5 lens
Ilford HP5 Plus film
The Subway Tunnel of Memory
Two more images from the rail museum in Halton. In one of the barns they have two old TTC subway cars. I remember riding these models when I first came to Toronto in the early 1980’s. Now they live on in a permanent twilight. Weird, and a bit sad to see them empty.
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Voigtlander Bessa T, 15m/f4.5 Superwide Heliar lens
1/8th second @ f4.5
Ilford HP5+ film
Riding the Old Streetcar
Yesterday I was at the Halton County Railway Museum, which has a fascinating collection of old transit vehicles. It was fun riding on an old Peter Witt model streetcar!
Voigtlander Bessa T, 15mm/f4.5 Superwide Heliar lens
Ilford HP5+ film
