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Kosmo Mono 100 x Seagull TLR

Well it has been some time since I’ve gotten around to writing about photography. It’s not that I haven’t been thinking about it or shooting when I can… It’s just been some time since I’ve had the time to sit down and write down my thoughts. So here goes some film photo talk about a roll of film I shot last fall, I think it was late October into early November. Scene 1. Late last fall I took a…

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Kodak TMAX 400 x Nikon | Autumn 2021 - Summer 2022

Kodak TMAX 400 x Nikon | Autumn 2021 – Summer 2022

So this is a bit of an accompaniment piece to my last post as I had to change a roll of film on location to get a few more shots of the Civitan Club building in Smiths Falls. I had been shooting a roll of Kodak TMAX 400 and the roll abruptly ended at 24 frames… I was confounded and confused for a moment thinking my trusty F4 had jammed up or something and then quickly realized after rewinding the…

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Nikon F4 x Kodak TMAX 400

Nikon F4 x Kodak TMAX 400

The first post of 2023 and the first film photography post in almost 6 months! It has been far too long but alas I am making the time again to sit down and start writing about my photographic adventures or mis-adventures as they sometime become. So we are going to get things rolling again with a roll of film that I shot in the fall of 2021. My excitement for photography was running high at that…

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Summer 2022

Edit; this was written a month ago now… Summertime seems to move faster than any other time! It’s late July and I am spending some time up at a friends cottage. It’s hot and sunny, peak summer time here in this part of the world and I am squeezing in as much summer activity as I can. Swimming, hiking, canoeing, camp fires and of course the precious cottage time that I am enjoying at the moment.…

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Cinestill 800 x Nikon F80

Cinestill 800 x Nikon F80

After taking a couple of weeks off in June for a little personal time I am back again. I haven’t stopped shooting film, I just had to unplug from the computer for a bit and take a break. Earlier this spring I had picked up a roll of Cinestill 800 35mm film. I had seen articles, youtube videos and instagram posts of people using this film over the past year or so and I knew I had to get a roll…

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Kodak Gold 120 x Seagull TLR

Kodak Gold 120 x Seagull TLR

As I am slowly getting into medium format photography I am also discovering the different film stocks that are available. Of course one of the big ones is the “new” Kodak Gold 200 film in 120 format. Well I got a hold of a roll a few weeks ago and loaded up the Seagull and went for a little bike ride/photo mission through the industrial park not too far from where I live. It was a nice evening,…

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Vivitar PS80 x Expired Kirkland Signature 100 Film

Vivitar PS80 x Expired Kirkland Signature 100 Film

To be fair I’ve had this Vivitar PS80 for a couple of years now and haven’t really given it much of a chance. I’ve tossed a couple of rolls through it and that’s about it. Older film too, I guess I figured it wouldn’t be worth shooting “good” film in it… The camera is ridiculously simple to use. You just need to push a little slider over to uncover the lens, and then point and shoot. It has…

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Kodak Ektar 100 x Seagull TLR

Kodak Ektar 100 x Seagull TLR

Today we are looking at the second roll of film that I have shot with my Seagull TLR camera. I mentioned in my previous post that I got this second hand last fall and it is my second medium format camera. I was happy with the images from the first roll and happier with the images from this second roll! I had figured out how the camera worked shooting the first roll so when it came time to load…

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Kodak TMAX 400 x Seagull TLR

Kodak TMAX 400 x Seagull TLR

Late last fall I picked up a used Seagull TLR camera from someone through a local used listing. I was excited to try out another medium format camera. After getting some mixed results with the Lomo Lubitel I was ready for something different. I was looking for some sharper images. That is the point of larger negatives right? Better image quality! I have always been drawn to the square image…

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Agfa APX 400 x Nikon L35 AFD

Agfa APX 400 x Nikon L35 AFD

This little Nikon L35 AFD has been one of the more fun cameras that I have been working with this past year. It is a nice compact camera that can fit in the pocket of your jacket making it easy to take anywhere and everywhere. It’s easy to use and has given me great results every time I have taken it out to shoot with. I had loaded up the Nikon with a roll of Agfa APX 400 last fall. I only took…

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Lomo Lubitel 166B x Kodak TMAX 400

Lomo Lubitel 166B x Kodak TMAX 400

We are back again with some more Black & White Photography with a roll of Kodak TMAX 400 that I shot using a Lomo Lubitel 166B medium format camera. I have developed a complicated relationship with this camera. On one side I love the look and feel of it on the other it is a little finicky to use. It’s quirks however are part of its charm and it always gives me interesting yet unpredictable…

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Ilford HP5 400 x Nikon F80

Ilford HP5 400 x Nikon F80

It’s late April. Today the sun is shining but it is still cold. Too cold for my tastes so I find myself tucked away in my office working on this before I run off to work this afternoon. Covid is still hanging on in this part of the world and has taken out everyone who works at my go-to photolab, Labworks here in Ottawa. I have been through it and it is rough and completely sucks and I do hope…

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Olympus 35 SP x Rollei Retro 400S

Olympus 35 SP x Rollei Retro 400S

A few weeks ago I made a post about Rollei Retro 80s film and I was quite happy with how well that film performed. It had high contrast which is something that I desire, and I was ready to try some other Rollei films to see if they would give me the snappy high contrast images I was looking for again. Enter the Rollei Retro 400S. I picked up a roll and was ready to test it out. All I needed to do…

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Nikon L35 AFD x Ilford HP5

Nikon L35 AFD x Ilford HP5

When I think of Ilford HP5 I think of a classic black and white film. It seems to be everywhere in the world of photography. It is some photographers go-to film. I know I have shot quite a bit of it in my time and a lot of it back when I was in school. However I have only shot a few rolls of it as I am getting back into photography again. I was on a mission to try out different film stocks and…

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Nikon F4 x Rollei Retro 80s

Nikon F4 x Rollei Retro 80s

Last fall I went on a few different photo missions outside of the city. One trip took me up the 105 in Quebec, another took me out the old highway 17 towards Montreal and a few little inner city trips. On each of these trips I had brought a specific camera to test out with a certain film stock as is my modus operandi. One camera that I always have in my bag is the Nikon F4. It is a workhorse of…

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Skate Archives #6 :: Ottawa

Skate Archives #6 :: Ottawa

I came across these pictures recently while flipping through an old box of prints. I knew I had them but haven’t seen them in a long long time. These were taken by my friend Anthony Patmore. I honestly can’t remember exactly when they were taken but my guess is mid 90’s! There was this spot that we used to skate on Albert St. near Kent for a while. There was a fountain with a little ledge that…

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Nikon F60 x Expired Fujifilm Superia 800

Nikon F60 x Expired Fujifilm Superia 800

I had picked up this Nikon F60 a couple of years ago for pretty cheap, replacing one that I had stolen many many years ago. It was a nostalgic purchase to fill the gap of that missing camera. It is a pretty basic 35mm SLR that was designed and marketed towards beginner photo enthusiasts. It has manual capabilities, but I found it worked best in auto mode or aperture priority which I found myself…

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