From a couple of weeks back, on a Beaches morning so bright, the people on the boards are almost lost in the sun.
Olympus Pen F, 100mm/3.5 Zuiko lens
Rollei RPX 25 film developed in Rodinal 1+50 11 minutes @ 20c
Category: Analog Film
Front of the Truck
Another Olympus Pen half Frame image from last Saturday in the distillery district. This is the front of the other pick-up truck that is gracefully decaying in the area.
Olympus Pen F 35mm half-frame camera, Pentax-M 50mm/1.4 lens mounted via an adapter.
Shot on Rollei RPX 25 film developed in Rodinal 1+50 for 11 minutes @ 20 C
The Light of Late Afternoon
I had a great shoot yesterday with my good friend Jennifer yesterday. The sun was low in the sky, and through the trees on the U of T campus downtown the light took on a lovely dappled quality that I think worked well with the Petzval lens and the 4×5 Speed Graphic. Created using Ilford HP5+ film.
Combinations
Yesterday I took part in an all day choral workshop as a member of the Exultate Chamber Singers, as we began preparing for our 2015-2016 season. The workshop took place in Toronto’s Distillery District, so at lunch I went out with my Olympus Pen F camera, with a Pentax M 50mm/1.4 lens, mounted via an $8 adapter to a Canon EOS to Olympus Pen adapter. Not nearly as cumbersome as it sounds, and coupled with a sharp fine-grained film such as the Rollei RPX 25 I think the combination works.
Back to the Atlas Coal Mine
I just seem to keep coming back to my images from this location! There was certainly a lot to shoot. 🙂 Both images were created with my Voigtlander Bessa R Rangefinder with 15mm/4.5 Super-Heliar lens, on Rollei RPX 25 film, developed in Rodinal.
Music by the Water
While at the Toronto Beaches last weekend, another photographer friend and I can across a saxophone player, playing on the rocks at the waters edge. He wasn’t busking , just playing, in a perfect location for music.
Olympus Pen F 35mm half frame SLR with 100m/3.5 Zuiko lens
Svema Foto 100 film developed in Xtol 1+1 for 9 minutes, 2o seconds @ 20 C
Two Cameras, One Subject
Last Wednesday at lunch on a very warm, humid day I got together with my good friend Adriana for a portrait shoot in Centennial Park in Mississauga. I used two very different cameras: first, my Olympus Pen F, which until I had primarily used for male portraits. With a 100mm/3.5 Zuiko lens mounted, I think this camera works for female portraits as well.
Next, a portrait with my Petzval lens from the 1860’s using my 4×5 Speed Graphic. While normally I shoot close in with this lens, I decided to try moving back, and I like what the old lens did to the background. There is a a dimensionality to the Petzval lens optical formula that I don’t think digital filters can copy; it’s like being in a dream 🙂
My Friend Ori
Here is another portrait (of my good friend and fellow film photographer Ori) using my Olympus Pen F 35mm half-frame SLR and 38mm/1.8 Zuiko lens. The film was Ilford FP4+.
Again I am very happy with the slightly gritty look here, as I feel it suits male portraiture.
Atlas Coal Mine #3
This image was taken with the Rolleiflex on Ilford Pan F fine grained film. One of my favourites from the Alberta trip.
Getting the Filter Right
I’ve always wanted to get a dramatic sky photo, and finally I’ve found the combination! Rollei Retro 80s film, plus a 25A red filter and Polarizing filter stacked together. I took this with my Mamiya RZ67 and 65mm lens early on a Sunday morning at the Beaches, with the sun at a right angle, for maximum polarizing effect.
My Third Eye 