March Skiing

Skiing is more fun in the sunshine.

Camera: Canon FTb, FD 50 f1.4 lens.
Film: Fuji Pro 400H

Spring is Coming, Eventually

The days are getting longer and sunnier, finally. I decided to shoot colour film through an old Canon body I own the FTb. The film is 400 ISO but I deliberately over exposed to 250 ISO to get snow right. The one thing with camera light meters regardless if you are using film or a sensor, it will automatically expose for 18% grey.

I think in some cases I over did it in some images, then again, I'm still on the learning curve with colour negative film with Vuescan, a software interface for film scanners. It's great for black and white film, C-41 or colour negative, I still have my great days and not so great days.

What I'm looking forward to is seasonal temperatures and getting outside even more often.

Cold Clear Air

This has been a cold winter, ski conditions have been great but oh boy, you don't want to get caught on a stalled chairlift with a breeze sending wind chills below -20c. I do try and document my drive home on the backroads of Caledon Ontario.

As much as I love winter, I'm due for spring but I have a gut feeling it's not going to show up for a while.

I pulled my Rolleicord out and I forgot how nice medium format is to shoot, especially with Fuji Neopan Acros 100 which is a very fine grained black and white film.





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Forks of the Credit

After last night's rain the winter wonderland is looking a little soggy out there. I did a winter hike recently inside Forks of the Credit Provincial Park and it was a much needed break from stimulus overload and a school assignment.

I've been using my Olympus OM-1n for much of this winter and I have been using the same film developer as well, at some point I have to shake things up.

Camera: Olympus OM-1n, Zuiko MC 50 f1.8 lens.
Film ORWO UN 54, Xtol 1+1.







Shot on an iPhone 5s, with the VSCOcam app.

Time to Get out of Town

It's that time of the week again, work is winding down and it's time to hit the road.

Camera: Olympus OM-1n, Zuiko MC 50 f1.8 lens.
Film: ORWO UN 54, Xtol 1+1

Back Roads Caledon Part One.

The drive up to the ski every weekend can almost get a little boring so every once in while, I vary up the route a bit and I come some great photographic material.

This here is Cheltanham one of many little hamlets in the Town of Caledon just off the Trans Canada Trail. I finally got around to documenting this little pocket and I plan to come back after the snow is gone and the trees turn green again.

Camera: Olympus OM-1n, Zuiko MC 50 f1.8 lens.
Film: ORWO UN 54, Xtol 1+1.

Gone Skiing

Weekends in the winter are for strapping on two laminated boards with metal edges onto your feet and sliding downhill really fast.


Camera: Olympus OM-1n, Zuiko MC 50 f1.8 lens.
Film: ORWO UN54, Xtol 1+1.