Getting the Expression

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Every now and then a candid portrait clicks. 🙂 Taken at a recent meet-up of Toronto film shooters.

Nikon N90s, Helios 44/2 58mm/2 lens, adapted for Nikon
Ilford FP4 film, developed as positive by DR5 

Busker in the Blossoms

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The Sakura Cherry Blossom event in Toronto tends to be hit or miss, based on the weather. In 2016 for example it was pretty much a bust. This year however the blossoms were in full view. In a sea of smartphones, DSLR’s and selfie sticks it was fun shooting black and white with a rangefinder.

Voigtlander R2M rangefinder, Leitz Elmar 90mm/4 lens
Kodak TMax 400 film

Empty Spaces

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I have always been drawn to spaces meant for crowds when there aren’t a lot of people around. At certain points during the day this hall in Union Station in Toronto would be much busier.

Nikon N90s, 20mm/2.8 Nikkor lens
TMax 100 film

Chairs and Water

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Today another image of chairs by the water at the Toronto Beaches. Widely scattered, they seemed like sentinals, watching for the coming summer on a rather cool spring day.

Voigtlander Bessa R2M, 50mm/2 Heliar lens
Kodak Tmax 100 film

Complicated

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I love complicated trees; they have so many stories to tell.

Voigtlander R2M 35mm rangefinder. 50mm/2.0 Heliar lens
Kodak TMax film

Flowers on a Bike

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There are a few of these bicycle/flower combos on Queen Street in the Beaches: an ad for a local business. In colour they are a cheery yellow, but I like the look of black and white on a cloudy day.

Voiglander R2M, 50mm/2 Heliar lens
Kodak TMax 100 film

Layers of Solitude

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I was out a few days ago with my Kodak Medalist I camera in nearby Taylor Creek Park, shooting one of my favourite bridges. I noticed in the distance a woman wearing the hijab out walking, and suddenly to my eyes the scene was no longer about the bridge but about solitude and anonymity.

Kodak Medalist I, Ilford HP5+ respooled for 620