On my recent walk through High Park, I was struck in this one spot by the amount of light coming through, silhouetting the trees.
Hasselblad 500C/M, 50mm/4 Distagon lens
Kodak Portra 400 film
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Trees at Ashbridges Bay 1
I love interesting trees 🙂 This is the first of two posts of trees I found while shooting in Ashbridges Bay last weekend.
Mamiya RZ67, 65mm/3.8 Mamiya lens with red and polarizing filters
Rollei Retro 80s film developed in Rodinal
Another View of the Railway Bridge
Here is another view of the railway bridge on the old CP line in the lower Don Valley, taken yesterday. I will definitely have to go back with colour film in the near future!
Hasselblad 500C/M, 50mm/4 Distagon
Rollei RPX 100 film developed Rodinal
Toning and vignette added in post
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
Texture and Sharpness
This image is from a visit to High Park in the fall of 2015. The combination of the Rollei RPX 25 film, Rodinal developer and the Zeiss Sonnar 50mm/1.5 lens mounted on my Contax IIIa made for very good sharpness, I love these slow speed films! (I left the sprockets etc. in the scan because I liked the way it looks 🙂 ).
In Memoriam
A few years ago I did a photoshoot with model Sarah D. who was recovering from a double lung transplant that she had due to Cystic Fibrosis. I was impressed by her strength and depth of character. I just found out that she has passed away, waiting for a second transplant, after the first failed. Feeling sad. The posts are below (NSFW due to partial nudity)
The First Day of the Year
I have made it a tradition the last few years to go out camera in hand on the morning of January 1st, regardless of the weather. This year was grey and cool for most of the day, but I still went down to the Beaches in the morning, with my Nikon F2 and three lenses. This image was taken with my 50mm/1.4 lens, on TMax 400 film.
The F2 is one of my cameras that doesn’t get used as much as it should as, and I have more than a couple of cameras in that category, so one of my photography goals for 2016 is, no buying of cameras or lenses (repair/replacement excepted, as needed)! Time to use more of what I have.
Surreal
The bus stop where I catch the bus to work every day is in front of an apartment building, and sometimes discarded furniture is found in the general area. For the last few days this old vinyl chair has been sitting at the stop, almost inviting people to have a seat waiting for the bus. This morning at 5:45 am it was covered in frost.
Taken with iPhone 6+ and Hipstamatic app
Morning Light
I was out this morning at Todmorden Mills; it was cool, but some amazing light to work with. One of the cameras  I was using was my Mamiya Universal Press, with a 90mm/3.5 lens and a 6×9 medium format back attached. I was shooting Rollei RPX 25, a very slow speed film an with a small aperture the tripod was a necessity for the 1/4 sec or so shutter speed.
Stand developed for 1 hour in Rodinal 1+100 @ 20 C
The Bridge of a Grey Day
In Milton, Ontario today, meeting up for a photo walk and to record the next two episodes of the Classic Camera Revival podcast, I decided to shoot a few iPhone Hipstamatic shots as well. Happy with what I got 🙂
My Third Eye 