Last night I had fun doing photography at the dress rehearsal of the Alexander Showcase Theatre’s production of Lend Me a Tenor. This fast-paced comedy kept me really busy! I highly recommend this show — it is a lot of fun!
Category: Available Light
Back to Ann Arbor
It wasn’t the nicest weather in Ann Arbor for the FPP meet-up, so getting into the covered arcade was a nice break.
Voigtlander Bessa R, 15mm/4.5 Super Heliar
Tri-X developed in Xtol 1+1 for 9 minutes @ 20
Some work in post
In the Library
Here is another image from the recent Film Photography Podcast Meet-up in Ann Arbor. Thanks again to our tour guide Heather Gardner for taking us on a photowalk that included a fascinating college campus, including this impressive library. I had barely enough light to shoot handheld (1/15th of a second).
Voigtlander Bessa R, 15mm/4.5 Super Heliar lens
Tri-X developed in Xtol 1+1 for 9 minutes
Irony
Last Saturday both the Gardiner Expressway and Lakeshore Blvd. were studies in gridlock. At the same time, the main hall of Union Station was rather quiet. The irony was not lost on me.
Voigtlander Bessa R Rangefinder, 15mm/4.5 Super-Heliar lens
Tri-X developed in Xtol 1+1 for 9 minutes @ 20 C
Natalia With the Helios
My third post of Natalia, this one shot with a Pentax Spotmatic and one of my Helios 44/2 58mm lenses, on Rollei Retro 80S film. I continue to be amazed at what this film can do with dull light!
By the Crypt
I had the pleasure yesterday of working for the first time with Natalia Nyx, who is a photographer in her own right, and obviously talented on both sides of the lens! Yesterday, on a very dull and muggy afternoon, we shot at St. James Cemetery here in Toronto. I had three cameras with me, including the Speed Graphic and Petzval, and an image from that camera is what I am starting with. (Shot on HP5+ film) More images of Natalia from this shoot to come!
With Friends
I was out with two good friends Bryon and Ken on Saturday evening, and with me I had my Olympus Pen F 35mm half frame SLR (dating from the early 1960’s) with a 38mm/1.8 Olympus Zuiko lens. The film I was shooting was Eastman Double-X, which is actually meant for 35mm movie camera use. It is not particularly fine grained film, and the smaller half frame negative magnifies this, but I like the gritty documentary look, especially for my friends who have both had interesting lives, with a lot of interesting stories to tell.
Amy 3
The final post from our shoot with Amy. Music, like teaching, is a journey.
Rolleiflex 3.5E3, 75mm/3.5 Xenotar lens
Tri-X developed in Xtol 1+1 for 9 minutes @ 20 C
Inside the AGO
I love the Art Gallery of Ontario 🙂 Not only am I regularly inspired by the art it contains, I just love the architecture of the place!
Rolleiflex 3.5E3, 75mm/3.5 Xenotar lens.
Ilford FP4+ developed in Rodinal 1+50 for 14 minutes @ 20 C
Finally a New Photograph!
Preparing for the show, so little time for new photos, finally got a roll developed today. A couple of weeks ago I was at Koerner Hall in Toronto to take in an amazing concert. It is a lovely hall, so I decided to take a chance with a photograph. No flash of course so I had to use a shutter speed of 1/8th of a second. Pleasantly surprised!
Voigtlander Bessa R, 15mm/4.5 Voiglander Heliar lens
FPP EDU 400 film, developed in Tmax 1+9 for 12 minutes @ 20 C
My Third Eye 