The artist this time around is my good friend Alex Luijckx, one of the key drivers of the Toronto film shooter community, and founder/co-host of the Classic Camera Revival podcast. (I am also one of the hosts of this show.)
This portrait was taken at a film shooter community gathering last weekend. Alex is shooting his Nikon F5.
Rolleiflex 3.5E3 (Xenotar lens)
Fuji Reala C-41 film
I’ve mentioned before that black and white is my photographic mother tongue, but it is fun to go on a colour riot from time to time. This is a detail of multiple layers of graffiti, in Toronto’s Bloor and Keele area.
Nikon FA, 28mm/2.8 Nikkor lens. Kodak Ektar 100 film
When I was in Banff in terms of film I was shooting black and white, not colour; the only colour images I shot were with my iPhone, so here is a comparison of almost the exact same image, one taken with my Rolleiflex, the other with my iPhone. I know colour is more popular these days, but there is still something about black and white that makes it my “mother tongue” as far as photography is concerned.
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!
I’ve shot the wagon wheels in Toronto’s Distillery District a number of times, but this is the first time in colour, and my first time shooting Kodak Portra 800. Shooting in 6×9 format (spooled for 620 for my Medalist) I am amazed at the tight grain structure for an 800 speed film! I will need to get more of this stock!
Home-developed with Argentix.ca C-41 kit
In my opinion, Kodak Ektar 100 colour negative film was made for autumn; there is just something about the colours. This image was taken a couple of weeks ago in High Park with my Canon P rangefinder and 35mm/2.5 Voigtlander Color Skopar lens. I developed it at home with C-41 chemistry from Argentix.ca
I developed another 4×5 sheet of Fuji Provia 100F today, and this image goes back to my shoot with my friends Maria and Conor. I love the muted colours!
Speed Graphic 4×5 camera, 1860’s Brass Petzval lens
When my 1860’s Petzval lens was made, colour photography was only entering its earliest experimental phase, so it was fun to try the lens with Fuji Provia 100F colour slide film during my recent shoot with Kristen. I developed the film with the Rapid E6 kit from Argentix.ca. I love the muted colours produced by this uncoated lens. The sad thing is I only have 10 more sheets of this film, now discontinued 😦
Remembering how blue the water was in the Shetlands
Nikon D7100, 18-200 Nikkor Lens
Continuing with the digital (How I wish I could develop my film!!), I loved the picture window feeling I got in Armadale Castle, Scotland, in one of the outer buildings
My Third Eye 