I tend not to do a lot of bird photography, but this caught my eye this past Saturday down at the Beaches.
Mamiya RZ67, 180mm Mamiya Z lens
Red Filter
TMax 100 film
Category: Medium Format
On Top of the Cathedral Bluffs
For some reason, I’ve never shot on top of the Scarborough Bluffs before; I went for the first time on Saturday morning to Cathedral Bluff, with my Mamiya RZ67 and 65mm/3.8 wide-angle lens and Rollei Retro 80s film. I’ll definitely be back!
One Model, Two Cameras
Yesterday I had a lovely shoot with my friend Zoe. I shot two cameras, my newly acquired Hasselblad 500 C/M, and my Mamiya RZ67. Both make great portrait cameras, and on a tripod the weight difference makes no difference. A portrait is not about the camera though, and just like last time, Zoe gave some beautiful and interesting expressions. More to come 🙂
Mamiya RZ67, 127mm/3.8 lens
Kodak TMax 400 film, developed in TMax Developer
Changing Gear
I finally broke down and got a Hasselblad. Because I am on a self-imposed new gear diet for 2016, the only way to make this happen was to sell some gear. It was a difficult decision, but I think the Hassy and I will get along just fine 🙂
Toronto Beaches, Hasselblad 500C/M, 80mm/2.8 Planar lens
Acros 100 film developed in Rodinal
Two More From the Cemetery
Some more images from last Sunday at the cemetery. These are from a roll of what I thought was Rollei Retro 400s, but it turns out it was 80s, so I was two stops under-exposed. I decided to do a two hour stand-develop in Rodinal as a push, and a lot of the roll turned out to be quite usable :-). All taken with my Mamiya RZ67, and 65mm/3.8 lens with 25A red filter
A Great Day For a Red Filter
Yesterday I was out with some of my photography friends at a cemetery in the East end of Toronto. It a was a brilliantly sunny day, and the combination of the bright white snow and the dark sky (courtesy of the combination of a 25A red filter and Rollei Retro 400S film) provided a look I really liked. Images created with Mamiya RZ67 6×7 medium format camera and a 65mm/3.8 wide-angle lens.
Bricks and Metal
Another image from one of the last rolls I put through my Mamiya 645 Pro TL before selling it. Shot on TMax 100 film, using the 45mm wide-angle lens.
Revisiting a Negative
This image from an early winter morning at the shores of Lake Ontario in February 2014 is from a roll I scanned with my older scanner; I was not happy with how they looked, but recently I rescanned with my new scanner. Much happier now 🙂
Pentax 67, 105mm/2.4 lens
Tri-X film
Portrait of the Artist
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
Last Dance
I was going to call this post “Break-up Sex” but that was too much like click-bait. In order to finance getting a Hasselblad kit, I am thinning the herd and one of the kits being moved was was Mamiya Pro TL 645. I took it out for one last time on Sunday and shot a couple of rolls, and now it is sold and gone. Mixed emotions but I want that Hasselblad!
Mamiya 645 Pro TL, 45mm/2.8 lens
Delta 400 film exposed at around E.I. 300 and developed in Ilfosol 3
My Third Eye 