The Sound of Ice

One more of the Ice in the beaches yesterday. One of the most interesting things was the sound the water made hitting the ice covered rocks. A very distinctive sound!

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Hasselblad 500C/M, 150mm/4 Zeiss Sonnar lens
Rollei RPX100 film, semi-stand developed in Rodinal
1+100, 1 hour

Ice

It was a beautiful, dazzling and cold morning today by the shores of Lake Ontario in the Toronto Beaches. If it gets cold enough, the ice is always interesting here.

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Hasselblad 500C/M, 150mm/4 Sonnar lens
Rollei RPX 100 film
Semi-stand developed In Rodinal 1+100 for 1 hour

Only in Colour

Today I’m posting one more image from Bluffer’s Beach on January 1st, 2017. It was originally shot in black and white (the only film I had with me), but the image really didn’t work that way, so I added so hand tinting with pencil crayons to a inkjet print.

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Nikon F2, 28mm/2.8 Nikkor lens
JCH StreetPan 400 @ E.I. 320
developed in HC-110 dilution B for 5 minutes @ 20 C
Hand-tinted print

January 2nd, around 7:50 am. Rather chilly at the Beaches.

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Hasselblad 500C/M, 50mm/4 Distagon lens
Kodak Portra 400 film

By the Shore

Going back to Bluffer’s Park Beach on January 1st. I was drawn by the reflections on the water further ashore, left by larger waves.

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Nikon N90s, 28mm/2.8 Nikkor lens
Rollei RPX25 film
Developed in Rodinal (Semi-stand)

Low Sun

Another image from my January 1st outing to Bluffer’s Park Beach. The sun was low in the sky at this moment.

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Nikon N90s, 28m/2.8 Nikkor lens
Rollei RPX25 film, semi-stand developed in Rodinal

A New Year

For a few years now I have made it my own little ritual to go out for a shoot on the morning of January 1st. That way, no matter what else happens, I can say the new year is another year in which I have some at least some photography. 🙂 This morning I went to Bluffer’s Park Beach in Toronto. A shore symbolizes time to me: the waves and water are eternal, and the shore is always changing.

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Nikon N90s, 28mm/2.8 Nikkor lens
Rollei RPX25 film developed in Rodinal

Night Visions

One of my goals for 2017 is to do more night photography so last night I went with my good friend Bill Smith down to the Beaches to try shooting a test roll of Rollei RPX100, to determine the best exposure. My favourite image is this one, shot with my Hasselblad 500C/M and 50mm/4 Distagon lens. The exposure time was 15 seconds @ f8.

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