Category: Medium Format

Ghost Water

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I was down at the Beaches again this morning; my Hasselblad is in the shop, so out came the Mamiya RZ67 (Medium format, 6cm x 7cm negative size). I was shooting Rollei RPX25, with a combination of red and polarizing filters to darken the sky, so I was shooting at an effective speed of EI 1, meaning that even on a bright sunny day the exposures were in the range of  half a second to one second in length. I love the blurring effect on water, especially crashing water in this morning’s lively breeze. It seems ghostly to me.

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Water Colour

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On a clear evening at the Beaches, the waters of Lake Ontario  take on a lovely intense blue shade, quite unlike the colour in the morning or during the rest of the day. The only changes to this image in post were contrast and an exposure level adjustment

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Hasselblad 500C/M, 150mm/4 Sonnar lens
Kodak Portra 400 film

End of Season

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According to the calendar, we have a few more days of summer left, but the end of the season is near. I was at the Beaches last night, and the weather was lovely, the atmosphere peaceful, but to me tinged with a wistfulness, an awareness of the passing of time.

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Hasselblad 500C/M, 150mm/4 Sonnar
Rollei RPX 400 film

Hamilton Supercrawl 1: Portrait of a Stranger

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This past Saturday evening I went with photography friend Leon to the Hamilton Supercrawl Street festival to do some street photography. It was a rainy evening, but people were still having fun. The streets were filled with artists selling their creations, and the artisan below saw my Rolleiflex TLR camera and started asking questions about it, so naturally I took the opportunity to create a portrait of a stranger. The Rolleiflex is the perfect ice-breaker in this situation.

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Rolleiflex 3.5E3 (Xenotar lens)
HP5+ at EI 800, developed in Legacy Pro EcoPro 1+1 for 14:15

Testing a Film Back

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While I love my Hasselblad 500C/M, I have had issues with film backs for it: I ended up buying a “new” to me film back which arrived while I was out of town. I went out for a quick test shoot yesterday morning at Todmorden Mills, and happily the back is working OK 🙂

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Hasselblad 500C/M, 80mm/2.8 Planar
Kodak TMax 100 film