Yesterday the model had to cancel at the last minute, the weather was dull and chilly, but I decided to go to High Park and shoot anyway, and I’m glad I did.
Rolleiflex E3 with 75mm/3.5 Xenotar lens
Tri-X film at E.I. 1000 developed in Diafine 3+3
First From the Rolleiflex
My first blog post with an image with the new (to me) Rolleiflex. This camera is a work of art! Part of the allure of film photography for me is using classic cameras like this; the experience of image creation is as important as the end result.
Rolleiflex E3, 75mm/3.5 Xenotar lens
Fuji Neopan Acros 100 film, developed in Rodinal 1+50 for 13.5 min @ 20 C
A Quiet Moment
I don’t often get a chance to photograph children, so it was fun recently to get a few images of the younger son of a good photographer friend of mine. He likes to move around a lot, so the manual focus was a challenge!
A few light leaks on the film 😦
Contax IIIa (35mm rangefinder from the 1950’s) 50mm/2Â Jupiter 9 lens
Svema 125 Colour Film (C-41)
Friends
I always tended to be a fairly solitary person (especially as a child), so I tend to have a fairly wistful feeling creating pictures of groups of friends, like this image from the Beaches in Toronto a few days ago.
Nikon F4, 75-150mm/3.5 Nikon Series E lens
Svema 125 Colour Negative film
A Different Version
Today’s image is a colour version of a subject I also captured in black and white. This time around my 75-150 Nikon Series E zoom lens allowed me to get a bit closer, at least optically speaking.Â
Â
Nikon F4, 75-150 Nikon Series E lens
Svema 125 Color Negative Film
Working the Light
Last Saturday I had a fun time working with frequent collaborator Catavaria in High Park, doing an Asian-themed shoot. for this image I had the flash off camera on a light stand, with a Lightsphere defuser and amber dome. Quite happy with the results!
Â
Nikon D7100, 50mm Nikkor f1.8 D lens
Enjoying the Evening
Back to the Toronto Beaches, but this time in the evening. This man was enjoying his surroundings.
Pentax 67 camera, 105mm/2.4 lens
Kodak Tmax 400 film developed in Xtol 1+1 for 9.25 minutes
Reflections
Old architecture reflected by a modern building. I love the distortions.
Nikon F4, 80-200mm/4 Nikkor zoom lens
Svema Foto 200 film, developed in Xtol 1+1 12 min @ 20 C
Plus-X
In 1976, when my father let me use my first “good” camera (his Voigtlander Vito B) he sent me to the store to buy film, with the instructions “Ask for Plus-X”. Decades later, here is an image from a test roll of Plus-X I shot yesterday — expired since about 1983, but still perfectly usable!
Olympus XA, 35mm Olympus lens
Plus-X, developed in Xtol 1+1 for 7.5 minutes
Behind Bars
Photograph from recent Open Streets Day in Toronto. The title “Behind Bars” comes from a question as to whether we are urban prisoners in Toronto, slaves to the gods of endless construction.
Nikon F4, 28mm/2.8 Nikkor AI lens
Svema Foto 200 film developed in Xtol 1+1 for 12 minutes @ 20 C
My Third Eye 