So much of my work continues to look gloomy…
Near the Brickworks in Toronto recently.
More Dark Times
Category: Landscape
Dark Times
I can’t help be worried about the world we are living in right now: war, climate change, disease and the rise of rightwing extremism. It seems most of my non-portrait photography also reflects my concerns.
A Ravine of Shadows
A number of weeks ago, I went to check out Williamson Park Ravine in East Toronto not far from where I live. It was an amazing location; a very dense canopy of trees made for gloomy shadows through which the sunlight only occasionally shone.
Ilford HP5 Plus film,
developed in D-76
Early Morning in Ashbridges Bay
My favourite time of day.
Rolleiflex 3.5E3 (Xenotar lens)
Ilford HP5 PLus film at EI 200
Developed in Pyrocat HD developer
I Like This Combination!
On Canada Day (July 1st) I was in High Park, Toronto, early in the morning. I was shooting Ultrafine Extreme 400, and while I have shot it before, this is the first time I developed it with Pyrocat-HD. I love this combination! Hasselblad 500CM, 50mm/f4 … Continue reading I Like This Combination!
Rocks by the Water
By the shore of Lake Ontario.
Using an old 500mm/f8 mirror lens. I like how it captured the distortion of the atmosphere.
Sony A7ii, Spiratone Miratel 500mm/f8 lens
Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia
This park was magical.
Voigtlander Bessa T, Kodak 200 Colour film
Framing
I love this old railway bridge in the lower Don Valley here in Toronto. There has been a lot of rain this spring so there is lush vegetation everywhere, and I like the internal framing effect in this image.
Voigtlander Bessa R2M, 15mm/f4.5 SuperWide Heliar lens
Kodak TMax 400 film
A High Park Surprise
While cleaning my home office last week I found an unmarked exposed roll of TMax 100 in 120 format. I had had not idea what was on it, and was pleasantly surprised by the results. The subject was High Park in a sunny day, some time in 2018. Here are three images from that roll.
Hasselblad 500CM, 50mm/f4 Distagon lens
Kodak TMax 100, developed in Xtol Stock
Two Forest Scenes From an Island in Muskoka
Rolleiflex 3.5E3, Xenotar lens
Ilford HP5+ film, developed in TMax Developer
My Third Eye 