Category: 35mm

Pre-Season

Not far from our family home is a lawn bowling club that Janice and I often pass by during evening walks. When open it is full of bowlers, but right now it is quiet in the pre-season, with only the long evening shadows.

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Voigtlander Bessa R 35mm rangefinder, 
15mm SuperWide Heliar lens
Polypan F film @ EI 50, developed in Ilfosol 3

Colour Riot

I’ve mentioned before that black and white is my photographic mother tongue, but it is fun to go on a colour riot from time to time. This is a detail of multiple layers of graffiti, in Toronto’s Bloor and Keele area.

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Nikon FA, 28mm/2.8 Nikkor lens. Kodak Ektar 100 film

More Mist

One more from the Beaches last Saturday. The steam rising off the still water was really quite something!

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Pentax Spotmatic SP1000, 200mm/4 Takumar lens
Ilford Pan F+, developed in Rodinal
Toning and Vignetting in post

The View

The light down at the Beaches yesterday morning was incredible, as was the scene. Very cold, but dead calm, allowing the gathering of mist on the water. This man was excited by the scene, as he raced from spot to spot capturing the moment on his smartphone. Different gear, but a kindred spirit.

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Pentax Spotmatic SP1000, 50mm/2.8 Carl Zeiss Jena lens
Ilford Pan F+ film developed in Rodinal

Texture and Sharpness

This image is from a visit to High Park in the fall of 2015. The combination of the Rollei RPX 25 film, Rodinal developer and the Zeiss Sonnar 50mm/1.5 lens mounted on my Contax IIIa made for very good sharpness, I love these slow speed films! (I left the sprockets etc. in the scan because I liked the way it looks 🙂 ).

Contax RPX 25015

Formalism is Where You Find It

Last Saturday in Milton I was struck by the geometric patterns of the pipes etc. on this wall, with the bright sunlight and contrasty film throwing them into stark relief.

CMs 20 Rollie LC008

Canon P Rangefinder, 35mm/2.5 Voigtlander Skopar lens
Adox CMS 20 II film, developed on Rollei RLC Developer

The Track

This past Saturday I met up with my fellow hosts of the Classic Camera Revival podcast to record future episodes and go for a photo walk. We met up in Milton, which has this great park downtown, including a no longer used, but preserved stretch of rail.

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Canon P rangefinder, 35mm/2.5 Voigtlander Skopar lens
TMax 400 film developed in Ilfosol. 
Toning and vignette in post

Shadows

The low sun of a Canadian winter can make for some interesting shadows.

CMs 20 Rollie LC021

Canon P 35mm rangefinder, 35mm/2.5 Voigtlander Skopar lens
Adox CMS 20 II film, developed in Rollei RLC Low Contrast Developer,
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