This post is a series of images taken in Toronto a couple of weeks back in the mid-late afternoon. I love the sun when it is at a low angle; it imposes a sense of drama on downtown buildings. All images taken with my Rolleiflex 3.5E3 on Ilford HP5+ film, developed in LegacyPro MicX developer.
Two more images from Wreck Beach in Vancouver. Beaches by their nature are arenas of change, a battleground for erosion and climate.
Hasselblad 500C/M, Rollei Retro 400S film
developed in Rodinal
Another image from Wreck Beach. There are many sections of the Beach which are covered in large rocks. I felt any any moment I would trip and fall, resulting in a broken ankle and/or smashed camera. Luckily neither happened 🙂
Hasselblad 500C/M, Rollei Retro 400S film
developed in Rodinal
This sculpture is on English Bay Beach, Vancouver. I shot the roll with this image the day I found out my friend Bob Goyetche had passed away, but I only developed it this week. I was numbed and in shock that morning (like a lot of people that day). I feel the tragedy of that day imposed a symbolism on everything I saw.
Hasselblad 500C/M, Rollei Retro 400S film
From Wreck Beach, Vancouver. The light was furtive and changing. This light did not last long.
Hasselblad 500C/M, Rollei Retro 400S film,
developed in Rodinal
This past weekend I created some portraits of my friend John Russell in Taylor Creek Park. He noticed some tree trunks had been carved at one end, and so we worked it into some of the images.
Hasseblad 500C/M, 150mm/4 Sonnar lens
Ilford HP5+ film, developed in LegacyPro EcoPro Ascorbic Acid developer
A number of weeks ago I went to St. James cemetery with my Canon P rangefinder and Voigtlander 15mm/4.5 Superwide Heliar lens. The camera was loaded with Cinestill 50D film. The lighting was suitably gloomy.
I am still working my way through the film from Vancouver. These are three additional images of the starts leading up from / down to Wreck Beach in Vancouver. All taken with my Hasselblad 500C/M, on HP5+ film, developed in LegacyPro EcoPro Ascorbic Acid developer.
Another image from my shoot last Saturday. This image was taken with my Nikon F4S and the Nikkor 105mm/2.5 lens, which is one of the greatest portrait lenses of all time.
Nikon F4S, 105mm/2.5 Nikkor lens (Pre-AI)
JCH StreetPan 400 developed in Rodinal
Toned in post
As I have said before, I don’t often get to create portraits of children, but this past weekend I had the chance to do so with the daughter of a friend in Calgary. My eight year old subject was engaging and enthusiastic, allowing me into her world, and certainly had an interest in the old camera I was using.
Rolleiflex 3.5E3 (Xenotar lens)
HP5+ film developed in LegacyPro Mic-X developer
My Third Eye 