Back to The Scarborough Bluffs New Year’s Day outing.
Hasselblad 500CM, 50mm/f4 Distagon lens
Ilford HP5 Plus film, developed in Microdol-X
Tag: Scarborough Bluffs
First Shoot of 2018
For the last few years I have a tradition where I make a point of going out to shoot film on January 1st, regardless of the weather or how I feel. It means it’s one more year where I can say I shot film, regardless of whatever else happens.
Yesterday morning was bright and sunny (but rather chilly). A good day to shoot at Bluffer’s Park in Scarborough, Ontario with my good friend Bill Smith.
Hasselblad 500CM Camera, 50mm/f4 Distagon lens
Ilford HP5+ film, developed in Microdol-X developer
Erosion
It make look like large rocks but this is clay that has fallen at Bluffer’s Beach in Scarborough, On.
Mamiya RZ67, 65mm C lens
Rollei SuperPan 200 film
Driftwood In the Early Morning Sun
From Bluffer’s Beach a couple of weeks ago. The low angled early morning sun was amazing.
Nikon FM, 105mm/2.5 Nikkor lens
JCH StreetPan 400 film, developed in HC-110 Dilution B
Sun and Wind
Last Monday at Bluffer’s Park I noticed these plants. I liked the backlighting on them but the glare of the sun plus the breeze moving the plants around made for tricky shooting and it took a few attempts to get these two images using my Nikon F4 and 28mm lens, shooting on Rollei RPX film
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Only in Colour
Today I’m posting one more image from Bluffer’s Beach on January 1st, 2017. It was originally shot in black and white (the only film I had with me), but the image really didn’t work that way, so I added so hand tinting with pencil crayons to a inkjet print.
Nikon F2, 28mm/2.8 Nikkor lens
JCH StreetPan 400 @ E.I. 320
developed in HC-110 dilution B for 5 minutes @ 20 C
Hand-tinted print
Low Sun
Another image from my January 1st outing to Bluffer’s Park Beach. The sun was low in the sky at this moment.
Nikon N90s, 28m/2.8 Nikkor lens
Rollei RPX25 film, semi-stand developed in Rodinal
A New Year
For a few years now I have made it my own little ritual to go out for a shoot on the morning of January 1st. That way, no matter what else happens, I can say the new year is another year in which I have some at least some photography. 🙂 This morning I went to Bluffer’s Park Beach in Toronto. A shore symbolizes time to me: the waves and water are eternal, and the shore is always changing.
Nikon N90s, 28mm/2.8 Nikkor lens
Rollei RPX25 film developed in Rodinal
Back to the Bluffs
So the last roll that has some pictures of the Scarborough Bluffs has been developed. I like the way the rock thrust itself into the morning sun. Hasselblad 500C/M, 80mm/2.8 Planar lens with red filter Rollei RPX25 film, developed in Rodinal
Bluffer’s Park 4: The Cliffs
The early morning on a sunny day is the best time to see the cliffs at the Scarborough Bluffs; the light colour really picks up the sunlight, and using a red filter darkens the sky to produce a dramatic contrast.
Hasselblad 500C/M, 80mm/2.8 Planar lens, red filter
Rollei RPX25 film, developed in Rodinal
My Third Eye 