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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First Post With P600

This is the first post with my new (to me) Nikon P600. It was a very dark dull morning by the water in the Toronto Beaches. I got it specifically for the super zoom capability for the total solar eclipse in the midwest US in August 2017, although this images is more medium-wide.

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Nikon P600 Digital

Musical Lines

I had been planning to post this image of the Edward Johnson building (Faculty of Music, University of Toronto), and while I was getting it ready this morning it struck me that the lines of shadow cast by the railings looked like a musical staff turned on its side.

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Rolleiflex 3.5 E3 (Xenotar lens)
Ilford HP5+ film, 
developed in LegacyPro EcoPro Ascorbic Acid Developer

On Christmas Eve

This past Thursday I went early before choir practice to St. Thomas’s Anglican Church in Toronto. The sanctuary was silent, decorated for Christmas to come. A feeling of expectancy was in the air. Tonight at 11 pm the sanctuary will be full, the candles will be lit, the music sung. Merry Christmas to all.

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Hasselblad 500C/M, 50mm/4 Distagon lens with 80A filter
Kodak Portra 400 film. 
8 second exposure @ f8

Bicycle Posts in Winter

I have always found rows of these bicycle posts interesting, and I like how they looked in the snow.

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Rolleiflex 3.5E3 (75mm/3.5 Xenotar lens)
llford HP5+ film, developed in
Legacy Pro EcoPro Ascorbic Acid developerÂ