Back to the flooded chairs at the Beaches in Toronto. I was experimenting with minimalism; to me this photograph is about what isn’t in the image, just as much as what is in the image.
Hasselblad 500C/M, 150mm/f4 Zeiss Sonnar lens
Fuji Reala 100 film
Today, back to the bridge in Taylor Creek park.
Kodak Medalist I camera
Ilford HP5+ film respooled for 620 format
I was out a few days ago with my Kodak Medalist I camera in nearby Taylor Creek Park, shooting one of my favourite bridges. I noticed in the distance a woman wearing the hijab out walking, and suddenly to my eyes the scene was no longer about the bridge but about solitude and anonymity.
Kodak Medalist I, Ilford HP5+ respooled for 620
Today’s image is also from Nathan Phillips Square but in black and white.
Mamiya RZ67, 75mm/4.5 PC X lens
Rollei RPX 25 film
This image is from the first roll of colour film I’ve developed at home in quite a while. The ice rink at Nathan Phillips Square is long gone, but the water for the summer has not been topped up, so this in-between time made for some great reflections.
Mamiya RZ67 camera, 75mm/4.5 PC X lens
Kodak Ektar 100 C-41 colour film
I like the look of buildings in bright morning sunlight: angles and edges look especially sharp and defined. This is Metropolitan United Church in downtown Toronto.
Mamiya RZ67, 7mm/4.5 PC lens
Rollei RPX 25 film developed in Rodinal
Last weekend my eye was caught by the reflections at Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto.
Rolleiflex 3.5E3 (Xenotar lens)
Ilford HP5+, developed in H-110 Dilution B
Today one final image from my test roll of Cinestill 800T colour negative film, from Kensington Market in Toronto.
Hasselblad 500C/M, 50mm/4 Distagon lens
Another image from my Cinestill 800T test roll, shot with my Hasselblad 500C/M and 50mm/4 Distagon wide angle lens. I am always struck by how Kensington Market combines colour and grit.
Thanks to my friends at Downtown Camera in Toronto, I was able to get a test roll of Cinestill 800T film in medium format to try out. This is motion picture stock. This film has the remjet backing removed, making it safe to process in standard C-41 kits. It’ a high speed (ISO 800) film, but I shot it at EI 640. Despite the fact that it is Tungsten balanced (for incandescent lighting) I found my outdoor sunny day images on the test roll were very easy to colour correct in post.
Hasselblad 500C/M, 50mm/4 Distagon lens
Cinestill 800T film
My Third Eye 