Category: Medium Format

Lazarus Film

While looking for something else in my darkroom I came across something I didn’t know I had: a roll of Kodak Panatomic X film from the 1980’s obviously long-expired. Slow speed films tend to be usable long after their expiry dates so I gave it a shot. There was some staining on the negatives but with some work in post I got some usable images, like these two.

Working Around Obstructions

On the way to Muskoka recently my friend Bill and I stopped by the side of the road to photograph this scene. I was a challenge to work around a sagging power line in the middle of the frame. I shot this with my Hasseblad (square format), and in post decided to crop it as shown, and I quite like the way it turned out in the end.

Hasselblad 500CM, 50mm/f4 Distagon lens
Kodak Ektar 100 film

Flipping a Switch

From the Thursday we arrived at the lodge. It was a dull afternoon from a skies and lights point of view, until this happened (for about 10-12 minutes). It was liking a switch got flipped.

Hasselblad 500CM, 50mm/f4 Distagon lens
Kodak Ektar 100 film