Recently while on my most recent business trip to Lethbridge, Alberta I went back to the Japanese Garden, this time with my Hasselblad 500C/M. It is a lovely spot, an oasis of calm.
The Hasseblad shoots twelve images per roll, and so I’ve decided to post one complete roll here; it’s rare that I am happy with all the images on a single roll. This film in this case is Kodak Portra 400.
I recently bought some Lomography brand C-41 400 speed colour film and am happy with the results so far! This image was taken inside the Greenhouse in the Allan Gardens in Toronto. I used my Rolleiflex 3.5E3, with a Rollinar #2 close-up lens attached.
Today i got some E6 (slide) film back that I had shot a few weeks ago at the large Beach Volleyball area at Ashbridges Bay here in Toronto. The scene looked a bit surrealistic to me.
Mamiya RZ67, 65mm/3.8 Mamiya RB lens
Fujichrome Velvia 100 E6 slide film
I was in the Glen Stewart Ravine in the Beaches last weekend. Everything is so green and alive! (Although the tree stump in the second image leaves me wishing I could have seen the tree when it was alive). All images taken with Hasselblad 500C/M, 50mm/4 Distagon lens on Kodak Ektar 100 film.
Two more images from Doors Open at the R.C. Harris plant, this time in colour. Porta 800 was the ideal film to shoot colour handheld with the Hasselblad and 50mm/4 Distagon lens at a fast enough shutter speed to not need a tripod.
I was out last Sunday afternoon shooting a roll of Portra 400 through my early 1970’s Minox EL 35 (at the time the smallest full frame 35mm camera ever made). There is nothing breathtaking about this scene but I just liked the juxtaposition of the colours, especially with the red car.
In my blog post “Light of Other Days” from August 2015 I posted an image taken from inside a hut, looking out through a window, as into another world. The image in that post was in black and white. This is a colour version, shot using my Rolleiflex, on expired Provia 100 slide film. hard for me to choose between the two.
Another just developed slide image from my visit with Michelle and friends in Quebec last summer. IT was a brilliantly bright day, and in this window the sky looked so blue, and I loved the way the reflection was set off by the red window frame.
Rolleiflex 3.5E3 (Xenotar lens)
Fuji Provia 100 slide film
Another slide image I just got back from development; this is a bridge in the Japanese garden in Lethbridge, Alberta. Taken last summer during a business trip.
Rolleiflex 3.5E3 (Xenotar lens)
Fuji Provia 100 slide film
Last Summer when I was in Quebec meeting up with good friends, I shot one roll of slide film (Fuji Provia 100). It was already expired, stored at room temperature, and I left it sitting around for months before getting it developed. I’m surprised it turned out as well as it did! This lighthouse is in Montreal, and both images were taken with my Rolleiflex 3.5E3 (Xenotar lens).
My Third Eye 