Author: johnmeadowsphotography

An amateur photographer in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Still Alive

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March 15th was Expired Film Day (a day to celebrate film that is long past its best before date!). It was a workday for me so I went out one day later this morning, which I think was sort of appropriate :-). I like going for the gusto so I got out a roll of AgfaPan 100 that expired in 1987 (32 years ago!). It’s box speed is 100, but I added 2 stops of exposure and then developed normally. There was a fair amount of base fog, but nothing that couldn’t be fixed in post. Rather surprised at what I got!

All images shot with a Canon Rebel TI and a Helios 44/2 58mm/f2 lens, mounted via an adapter

Chairs Near the Water

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I have often photographed the chairs in the Beaches near the water. Last Saturday was a beautiful day out with friends by the water and this set of chairs caught my eye.

Hasselblad 500CM, 50mm/f4 Zeiss Distagon with red filter
Rollei Retro 80s film, developed in Rodinal

 

A Bright Winter’s Day

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I was out recently with my Nikon F5; the morning had started off rather dark and dull, and I had high speed film (Cinestill 800T) loaded. Then things got rather bright and sunny. I saw this scene and in order to get the shallow depth of field I wanted I had to use a shutter speed of 1/8000 of second!

Nikon F5, Cinestill 800T film