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.
Yes, I like shooting gazebos! They have such an interesting geometry about them that I can’t resist, and there is no 12 step program for this particular architectural fetish 🙂
I’m also spending more time shooting large format, and enjoying the slower, more thoughtful process.
4×5 Speed Graphic, 127mm/4.7 Ektar lens.
FP4+ developed in HC-110 Dilution B, 7 minutes @ 20 C
This image is from about a week ago, at the Beaches. I shot this with my Voigtlander Bessa R body and Leica 90mm/4 Elmar lens, a short telephoto that I should really use more!
I love this bridge on Queen Street a bit west of Broadview Avenue in Toronto, and the 15mm lens suits it.
Voigtlander Bessa R 35mm Rangefinder, 15mm/4.5 Voigtlander Super Heliar lens
EDU 400 film, developed in TMax developer 1+9 for 12 minutes @ 20 C
On the bus coming back from the office today at stop what seemed like two dozen students got on. Always talking, always laughing. I now have an iPhone 6+ to go with my Android (thanks to my day job) so I can use the Hipstamatic app again 🙂
Another Tree Roots image. Black and white was made for subject matter like this!
Rolleiflex E3, 75mm/3.5 Xenotar lens
Tri-X @ EI 800 developed in Diafine
From a recent walk in the ravine near Yonge/St. Clair. For a black and white shooter, this kind of texture is priceless.
Rolleiflex E3 75mm/3.5 Xenotar lens
Tri-X @ EI 800 developed in Diafine
I recently got a few rolls of ILford FP4+, a film that was a competitor to Kodak Plus-X (when it was still around). All in all, a nice emulsion.
Rolleiflex E3, 75mm/3.5 Xenotar lens
Ilford FP4+, developed 10 minutes in Xtol 1+1 @ 20 C
I’ve never had much luck with Ilford HP5+ in 35mm; my scans always had too much grain for my taste, and I didn’t like the tonality. Shooting in medium format (at an exposure index of 250 instead of the box speed of 400) Â I am liking the results better!
Rolleiflex E3 with 75mm/3.5 Xenotar lens
HP5+ film at E.I. 250, developed in TMax Developer
1+9 for 14 minutes @ 20 C
Another Beaches image. I believe the quiet and calm of the early morning hour yesterday lends itself to a minimalist approach to an landscape image.
Rolleicord Va, 75mm/3.5 Xenar lens
Tri-X film developed in HC-110 Dilution B for 7.5 minutes @ 20 C.
Toning adding in post
My Third Eye 