Today’s post is the first in a series of film images taken during my time in Vancouver, B.C. last week. Although it did not rain the entire time, there was not a lot of sun, and for the most part the light was measured in degrees of overcast. This image is from Stanley Park.
Hasselblad 500C/M, 80mm/2.8 Planar lens
Ilford HP5+ film @ E.I. 320, developed in LegacyPro Mic-X developer
I don’t normally post more than one post a day, but this is not a normal day. Yesterday we went to Stanley Park in Vancouver, and walked through a forest of huge cedars. Everywhere we saw fallen trees, giants that had come crashing down, or stumps of trees that had to be cut down for one reason or another. In this sense, the forest was a cemetery.
And yet wherever a giant tree had fallen, new trees, new life was flourishing; amidst the chaos of decay, hope for the future, proof that life endures. So not a cemetery, but proof that life, and hope, cannot be held back.
Courage.
A scene I ran across on a grey Vancouver Monday, captured with my iPhone using the Hipstamatic app.
Yesterday we went to the Vancouver Art Gallery to see the Walker Evans photography exhibit. (Incredible and well worth seeing, by the way. If you’ve never seen top quality silver gelatin prints, this is an exhibit to see!). I happened to look through a doorway and saw a gallery employee in a perfect pose, framed by the building, so I quickly took the shot with my iPhone before he moved.
The lighting and angle for this image of a First Nations carving at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC in Vanacouver gave an expression to the figure I was not expecting.
This is the second of two weeks away from the darkroom, so while I will be shooting film I can’t post it until my return to Toronto. So in the meantime, I will have fun with the Hipstamatic app on my iPhone. 🙂
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
I thought this image was well suited for today, as I fly back to Calgary for work for a week, then on to Vancouver for a break. It’s two weeks away from the darkroom and the scanner, so except for a couple of images in the queue the blog will slow down for a bit, or perhaps there will be a few smartphone images. 🙂
Hasselblad 500C/M, 50mm/4 Distagon lens
Rollei RPX100 film developed in LegacyPro MicX
The day after brilliant sunshine in High Park, I returned to find a different kind of light: it was mainly overcast, leading to more subtle, pastel colours.
Hasselblad 500C/M, 50mm/4 Distagon lens
Kodak Portra 400 film
Fall was made for colour film, but there is still a hidden world waiting in black and white. These two images to my eyes show a different view of autumn.
Hasselblad 500C/M, 50mm/4 Distagon lens
Rollei RPX100 film developed in LegacyPro MicX developer
My Third Eye 