While one can get caught up in the vastness of many scenes in Scotland, it is also worthwhile getting up close, as in these moss covered paleolithic building stones.
Rolleiflex 3.5E3, 75mm/3.5 Xenotar lens
Fuji Neopan Acros 100 film, developed in Rodinal
The third of the images of the shoot with Zoe this past weekend was created with my 1860’s era Petzal Brass lens, mounted on my 4×5 Speed Graphic. Hard to focus, and a cumbersome shooting experience, but the results are so worth it when I get it!
Ilford FP4+ sheet film, developed in Tmax Dev
The second image from my recent photo shoot withZoë, this time with my Mamiya 645 Pro TL, the most “modern” (relatively speaking) of the cameras I took along for the shoot. Film was one of my last rolls of Plus-X in medium format. F
Yesterday I had a great shoot with Zoë, a talented friend from the theatre world. I was packing three very different film cameras, so I will write three separate blog posts, one for each camera. Today’s image was taken with my Zenit 3M 35mm SLR and Helios 44/2 lens, shot wide open with a yellow filter. Its background swirl and bokeh are unique. I added some vignetting in post to the negative scan.
In the harbour of Lerwick in the Shetland Islands I found this building interesting
Voigtlander Bessa R, 15mm/4.5 lens,
Rollei Retro 80s film developed in Rodinal 1+50, 14 minutes @ 20 c
Taylor Creek Park (close to home in Toronto) is so lovely on an early summer evening 🙂
Voigtlander Bessa R, 35mm/2.5 Voigtlander Lens,
Rollei Retro 80s film developed in Rodinal 1+50 for 14 minutes @ 20 C
The Light in the Princes Street Garden at around 7 pm in June is lovely; the low angle of the sun makes for some great shadows!
Rolleiflex E3, 75mm/3.5 Xenotar lens.
Tri-X film developed in Tmax Dev
I meant to post this image from our Scotland trip and didn’t get around to it until now. The sky cooperated on the morning I took this image of the Scottish coast!
Voigtlander Bessa R Rangefinder,
35mm/2.5 Voigtlander Skopar lens and 25 A Red Filter
Rollei Retro 80s film developed in Rodinal 1+50 for 14 minutes @ 20 C
This post marks the 750th entry in my photography blog, and three-quarters of the way to one thousand has a nice, significant sounding number to it. While I on occasion may wistfully dream of more traffic to my blog, I immediately rebuke myself; it’s not the most important thing. It’s about creating a body of work that I can very occasionally feel proud of (although I’m always only one bad roll of film away from scorning myself as a photographer but that’s another issue.)
Today’s image was taken at the Ring of Brodgar, a stone circle located in the Orkney islands in Scotland. Older than Stonehenge, this place makes you think about time and permanence.
Voigtlander Bessa R Rangefinder, 15mm/4.5 Superwide Heliar lens
Rollei Retro 80s film, developed in Rodinal 1+50 for 14 minutes @ 20 C
I love larger interior spaces, like these spaces in the art gallery we visited in Glasgow. all images taken with Voigtlander Bessa R Rangefinder, 15mm/4,5 Superwide Heliar lens.
My Third Eye 