Inside Balzac’s Coffee shop in the Distillery District.
Voigtlander Bessa R2M, 35mm/f.17 Voigtlander Ultron lens
Kodak Tri-X film @ EI 3200
2 hour semi-stand development in Rodinal
Tag: Toronto
Colborne Lodge #2
A second image from the back yard of Colborne Lodge.
Hasselblad 500C/M, 50mm/f4 Distagon lens
Ilford Pan F film
Colborne Lodge #1
I haven’t spent as much time in the Colborne Lodge area of High Park as I have in other parts of the park.
Voigtlander Bessa R2M, 25mm/f4 Voigtlander Snapshot-Skopar lens
Kodak TMax 400 film
Wall Art
I love this mural on a building on Gerrard St. in the East end of Toronto.
Voigtlander Bessa R2M, 35mm/f2.5 Color Skopar lens
Tmax 400 film
Tree Light
It was a beautiful spring day at High Park in Toronto yesterday, and there is one spot where the combination of the species of tree and the angle of the morning sun made for some great light.
Hasselblad 500C/M, 50mm/4 Distagon lens
Rollei Retro 80S film, developed in Rodinal
Toning added in post
Different Gear
One more image of the Beaches last Saturday, but this one created using my iPhone and the Hipstamatic app. While most of my posts will continue to be film-based, I will likely continue to post more iPhone-created images. At the end of the day, it’s about the image, not the gear.
Like a Mirror
Back to High Park, with the Carl Zeiss Jena 50mm/2.8 lens mounted on an old Spotmatic. The water was very still that chilly morning. Shot on Kodak Tmax 400.
Medalist at the Mill
Two more from my visit to Todmorden Mills last Saturday Morning, this time shot with my Kodak Medalist, on Respooled Tri-X A bit of fogging on the edges but not affecting the image). I love that morning light!
Combinations
Yesterday I took part in an all day choral workshop as a member of the Exultate Chamber Singers, as we began preparing for our 2015-2016 season. The workshop took place in Toronto’s Distillery District, so at lunch I went out with my Olympus Pen F camera, with a Pentax M 50mm/1.4 lens, mounted via an $8 adapter to a Canon EOS to Olympus Pen adapter. Not nearly as cumbersome as it sounds, and coupled with a sharp fine-grained film such as the Rollei RPX 25 I think the combination works.
Getting the Filter Right
I’ve always wanted to get a dramatic sky photo, and finally I’ve found the combination! Rollei Retro 80s film, plus a 25A red filter and Polarizing filter stacked together. I took this with my Mamiya RZ67 and 65mm lens early on a Sunday morning at the Beaches, with the sun at a right angle, for maximum polarizing effect.
My Third Eye 