(Scheduled post while I’m away)
Before 8 am, a tree in Kew Gardens
Rolleiflex E3, 75mm/3.5 Xenotar lens with IR72 filter.
EFKE 820 Aura IR film. 1 sec @ f11
Category: Analog Film
Tracks Revisited
(Scheduled post while I’m away)
I’ve been to these tracks many times. First time I’ve shot them in infrared.
Rolleiflex E3, 75mm/3.5 Xenotar with IR 72 filter,
Rollei Retro 80s film
developed in Rodinal 1+50 for 14 minutes @ 20 C
Evening Lines
(Scheduled post while I’m away)
From a recent walk in Kew Beach, the fence and trees capturing the late day sun. My kind of light
Rolleiflex E3, 75mm/3.5 Xenotar lens with 25A filter.
Ilford HP5+ film
Looking at the Future
(Scheduled post while I’m away).
Recently I was done by the lake and saw this young couple: as they looked out upon the calm waters, I wondered if they were looking at a future together.
Rolleiflex E3, 75mm/3.5 Xenotar lens
Ilford HP5+ film, developed in Tmax Dev, 1+4 for 6.5 minutes
The Don River
This past weekend on another gloriously sunny day I went out to do some more infrared shooting; I am definitely binging!
Rolleiflex E3, 75mm/3.5 Xenotar lens with IR72 Infrared filter.
Exposure 1/2 second @f16
Rollei Retro 80s film,
developed in Rodinal 1+50 for 14 minutes @ 20 C
A Different Infrared Look
Yesterday I went down to the Beaches with a couple of cameras loaded wih EFKE 820 Aura infrared film. This film is no longer made, and the remaining rolls are fetching high prices on eBay etc. I had three rolls of this stock, two years past date and not cold-stored, so there is no way the film should have worked, but it did 🙂
Rolleiflex E3, 75mm/3.5 Xenotar lens with IR72 filter
One second exposure @ fll
Fascinating Tree
This tree is found in High Park, Toronto, and I’ve always found it most interesting. I like the way it is captured by an ultra-wide lens.
Voigtlander R 35mm rangefinder, 15mm/4.5 Super-Heliar lens
Svema Foto 125 Colour C-41 film
An Infrared Outing
This past Saturday I went to nearby Taylor Creek Park to shoot some Rollei Retro 80s film (with my Rolleiflex). One of the advantages of this film is that if you use an infrared filter (such as an IR 72 that looks almost completely opaque to the naked eye) you can do infrared photography, and I just love the ghostly, otherworldly look you get when doing this.
The Rolleiflex is a perfect camera for infrared: as a twin lens reflex camera, the viewing lens is not covered by the filter so focussing is never an issue. On a single lens reflex camera, the filter must keep coming off (for focusing/composition) and on (shooting).
All images taken with Rolleiflex E3, 75mm/3.5 Xenotar lens with IR72 filter
Exposure 1/2 to 1 second @ f16, on Rollei Retro 80s film
Film developed in Rodinal 1+50 for 14 minutes @ 20 C
Portrait of Artist: Brent Morris
It struck me in a moment of after-the-fact obviousness that my images of Brent needed to be in my Portrait of the Artist series. As a podcaster and video game designer, Brent has a lot of creative depth, and as I work more with the vintage Petzval lens for portrait work, to my eyes it is a great lens for capturing the depth of a person’s character, and Brent does have a lot of depth and character!
All images were created with my Speed Graphic 4×5, shot on EFKE Ortho 25 film.
Early Evening
Last Thursday in the early evening I was shooting at the Beaches, with my Rolleiflex, a yellow filter and some Ilford Pan F and HP5+ film. The light was amazing, and I did my best to capture it. This post shows four of the Ilford Pan F examples.
(You knew there was going to be a gazebo picture in there . . .)
My Third Eye 