Category: Analog Film

Forty-One Years Ago

Every now and then I get reminded of the passage of time. I recently ran across these old slides of flowers in my mother’s garden that I shot as a 15 year old in the summer of 1977. I had just gotten my first SLR, my Yashica TL-Electro (which I still have!) a few months prior. This was my first time shooting colour slide film, some private label pre-rolled Ektachrome. The lens was the Yashinon 50mm f1.9, using extension tubes for close focus.

The Underbelly

I shot this image under the Gardner Expressway in Toronto, To me it looks like the decaying underbelly of a city that has lost its way.

Nikon N90S, 20mm/f2.8 Nikkor lens
Kodak TMax 400 film, developed in Microdol-X

Macro

One thing I never seem to do much of is macro (close-up) photography. Last weekend I shot a roll of macro work on my Mamiya RZ67 and 65mm/4.5 lens. Being a bellows camera, the RZ 67 can extend quite a bit, and the 65mm can focus quite closely.


Mamiya RZ67,65mm/f4.5 lens
Fuji Neopan Acros, semi-stand developed in Rodinal

Trees in the Road

More forgotten frames from my roll of film with images of Nosehill Park in Calgary. I love how trees started growing again in abandoned roads.

Nikon F4S, Kodak TMax 100 film developed in Rodinal (Semi-stand)