Early morning is my happy time for photography.
Hasselblad 500CM, 80mm/f2.8 Zeiss Planar lens
Kodak Portra 400 C-41 film
Tag: Toronto Beaches
The Beaches Through a Red Filter
Yes, I love the look of skies darkened by a red filter. To me it seems like a sense of stark drama is created, a hidden eeriness is revealed. These four images are from a recent trip down to The Beaches.
Hasselblad 500CM, 50mm/f4 Distagon lens with red filter
Rollei Retro 80s film
The Filtered View
Last Saturday morning I was back in the Beaches area, near the R.H. Harris plant. I have shot there many times before, but this was the first time I took my new Voigtlander Superwide 15mm lens, and also the first time I shot Eastman Double-X black and white film with a read filter. Really happy with the results in these images!
Voigtlander Bessa R2M, 15mm/f4.5 Superwide Heliar lens,
25A red filter
Eastman Double-X film
An Old Friend
I don’t shoot my Mamiya RZ 67 as much as I should; it is heavy, bulky, and does not particularly like cold weather. But it was warm enough recently to take it down to the east end of the Beaches.
Mamiya RZ67, 65mm Mamiya C lens
Ilford FP4+ film
Abandoned?
Recently at the Beaches my friend Ori and I saw this child’s tricycle close the water; there were no children nearby, but it did not look like the kind of thing that would be abandoned. The combination of the bright sun, the bright colour and the amazing Agfa Portrait 160 film (frozen from 2004) makes this one of my favourite images so far this year.
Hasselblad 500CM, 50m/f4 Zeiss Distagon lens
Agfa Portrait 160 C-41 film
The Firehouse
My good friend Bill Smith was kind enough to give me two rolls of Agfa Portrait 160 film, expired in 2004, but stored frozen. I love this film!
Hasselblad 500CM, 50mm/f4 Zeiss Distagon lens
Agfa Portrait 160 film (C-41)
Another Beaches Storefront
I do like the look of the low angled winter sun (whenever we are lucky enough to get it). It makes for interesting lighting.
Voigtlander Bessa R2M, 35mm/f1.7 Ultron lens
Kodak TMax 400 film, developed in Xtol stock.
Someone to Lean On
Rolleiflex 3.5E3 (Xenotar lens)
Ilford HP5+ film, developed in Xtol stock
New Year’s Day, 2019
Another January 1st, another trip out with a film camera as is my New Year’s Day tradition. This year I went to the Beaches, and the weather cooperated.
Rolleiflex 3.5E3 (Xenotar lens)
Ilford HP5+, developed in Xtol stock
Faces
From a shop window on Queen Street East in the Beaches.
Rolleiflex 3.5E3 (Xenotar lens)
Ilford HP5 Plus @ EI 1600
My Third Eye 