The interior of BCE Place in downtown Toronto is photographed so often that it is difficult to avoid the cliched images that have been taken so often. In this image I tried changing the angle to get the building within the building.
Hasselblad 500C/M, 50mm/4 Distagon lens
llford HP5+ film developed in Ilfosol 3
Slow speed films such as Rollei RPX 25 are contrasty by nature and don’t take kindly to overexposure, and in today’s image I totally blew it. After some work on the scan in post though I can up with this result and I find the effect interesting, although I suppose it could just be considered a post-hoc rationalization.
There are certain spots I am drawn to repeatedly, and this location in High Park is one of them, especially off-season before plants have really started growing again.
Hasselblad 500C/M, 50mm Distagon
Rollei Retro 80S film
It was hard getting a good angle on this wheel at Riverdale farm with a fence in the way but I found some space.
Hasselblad 500C/M, 50mm/4 Distagon
Rollei RPX 400 film
Continuing yesterday’s theme, another mystery roll I developed for the Facebook challenge was an even bigger surprise: it contained images of Pestum, Italy from a trip almost five years ago. I had shot multiple rolls there and this one I guess just got missed. What a thrill when I pulled it out of the tank! All images taken with a Mamiya M645j (since sold) on Fuji Neopan Acros 100 film
As part of a Facebook Seven Day Photography Challenge I have been developing rolls of film I had lying around, sometimes for so long i had no idea what was on them. Christmas has at leas struck twice so far this week: I developed a roll of Ultrafine Xtreme 400 film and it turned out to be from a trip to Cologne, Germany about 5 years ago. Here are a few images.
Train Station
Spiral Stairs
Street Performer at Cologne Christmas Market
Entrance to the Dome Cathedral
Last weekend I got together with friends Sean and Ori for some large format shooting at the unused rail bridge in the lower Don Valley in Toronto. I was shooting my Speed Graphic 4×5, with a 127mm/4.7 Kodak Ektar lens, using Fomapan 100 film.
Here’s a image of my friend Sean, setting up an shot with his 4×5 view camera, taken with my Olympus XA 35mm.
And finally a shot of me! (Image taken by Sean Patenaude with his Nikon, used with permission)
Another view of the trees in High Park. I was drawn to the horizontal branches in this view.
Hasselblad 500C/M, 50mm/4 Distagon
Rollei Retro 80S, developed in Rodinal
I have to admit the symbolism in this image (taken in High Park this past weekend) came to me after the fact. The solitary figure, head in hands, is easy to miss. How many people suffering from depression or other challenges do we overlook?
Hasselblad 500C/M, 50mm/4 Distagon lens
Rollei RPX 100 film
It was a beautiful spring day at High Park in Toronto yesterday, and there is one spot where the combination of the species of tree and the angle of the morning sun made for some great light.
Hasselblad 500C/M, 50mm/4 Distagon lens
Rollei Retro 80S film, developed in Rodinal
Toning added in post
My Third Eye 