Surprises

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If one develops his or her own film, eventually you build up a pile of film you just never seem to get around to developing; there is always some other roll that is more pressing. If you leave it long enough, you even forgot what was on these neglected rolls, making for fun surprises when you actually do get around to developing. That is the case with today’s image, from a roll I took during the Transit of Venus event at Varsity Stadium at the University of Toronto last year; I had forgotten I had taken this roll.

Transit of Venus

Repose

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Many of the Hipstamatic images I have taken on the TTC (Toronto’s mass transit) recently have shown fatigue: the faces of people being steadily worn down by the demands of living and working in Toronto. Today’s image is different. Yes, this commuter’s eyes are closed, but I did not get a sense of weariness from him, but rather more of a sense of serenity and peace.

Hands

Wheels

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A number of the restaurants in the Art Deco District in Miami have vintage cars parked in front. I love the lines of these old cars, and using a superwide angle lens heightens this effect.

Classic Wheels

(Voigtlander L 35mm body, 21mm/f4 wide-angle lens, Ilford Pan F+ developed in Rodinal 1:25)

Sneaking a Smoke

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As an ex-smoker I have to feel some sympathy for people who still smoke. I took this picture yesterday in downtown Toronto outside the Eaton Centre. Was he hiding from the wind, or the no smoking sign he was so close to?

Sneaking a smoke

(Nikon F, 50mm f1.4 lens, Ilford Delta 400 at Box speed, developed in HC-110, dilution B)

Miami on Film, #1

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Finally a silver-based image! This image was taken with my Voigtlander 35mm L camera, and Voigtlander 21mm/f4 wide-angle lens, during my photo walk in the South Beach Art Deco district The Voigtlander L does not have a focus mechanism, so focussing is a matter of estimating the distance and setting the lens. Fortunately, wide angle lenses have great depth of field, so just setting the hyperfocal distance assured everything from about 2 feet to infinity would be in focus 🙂

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Miami Art Deco Photo Walk

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This week I am in Miami, but on business so it’s been extremely busy! I finally got some free time yesterday afternoon, so I went to the historic Art Deco area in South Beach. I shot lots of film, which I can start developing when I get back to Toronto, so in the meantime, here are a couple of Hipstamatic images.

Miami

Miami

Film coming later this week!

Whatever It Takes

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Today, another image from my daily commute on the TTC. Again I took it using my iPhone, with the Hipstamatic app. For someone who is primarily known as a film photographer, this recent trend may be surprising to many people I know. However, I think I’d rather be known as someone who who used whatever worked to create an image that conveys what I saw and felt. Much of the time I will use film, but not always.

The rough, lo-fi look of the Hipstamatic to me is perfect for this subject, and this time of day (normally early morning, before 7 a.m.). It is a dark, gritty, unfocused time of day. With the iPhone I can take this images unobtrusively, in a manner not really possible with other cameras.

Alone

On the Way Home

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Here is another Hipstamatic image, taken on the subway on the way home from work today. I couldn’t get these images driving on the highway! 🙂

On the way home