Bill Smith's Photography

KC and the Moonshine Band played the Cadillac Lounge, I loved shooting this venue, I relied more on my 35mm wide angle Jupiter12 and 50 f2 Jupiter 8 lenses. Of course I was using my Kiev III with Ilford Delta 3200 film. Down the street at the Gladstone was a Toronto Photoblogger event and Michael Sixeirio thought I was hard core for using an FSU Rangefinder camera. He was right, the viewfinder in the dark was a bit of a challenge. Next club event I am going to try my Nikon F2 with a 50 f1.4 and 35 f2 lenses.

Notice There is a new camera club in the West End of greater Toronto in darkest Halton Region. Bill Smith and Kieley Hickey founded the Oakville Camera club in May 2006 with a focus on the educational and the social. Both amateurs and professionals; fans of digital or film are welcome to join in. The first meeting is July 11, 2006, 7:30 p.m., upstairs at Timothy's in Downtown Oakville. http://oakvillecameraclub.blogspot.com or contact oakvillecameraclub@yahoo.ca. Bill

Part two of the Canonet QL17 GIII adventure. Again taken with Ilford Delta 400.

I took this little montage of photos on a trip into the city for an information interview with a PR agency and lunch time seminar with the Toronto branch of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC). I used my Canon Canonet QL17 GIII and some Ilford Delta 400. This is part one as I took some photos on this roll that would not fit the mood and will be posted later.

All Photos were taken on the final day of the APUG Conference, while I was taking Travis Nunn of Richmond Virgina to the airport. I used my Olympus OM-1 and HP5 Ilford film. There were more Kensington Market shots but one that I would term, local colour ( wannabe punk with the world's worst mohawk) thought he was part of a shot and voiced his displeasure at having his photo taken. I deduced he was performing for his peers, I denied him his wish for confrontation and gave up a roll of film in the camera. I was in no mood to get in a brawl with someone who might have friends close by.

Here is a taste of some of my experiment in colour slide photography. I have to note that my scanner was not designed to scan slides so what you see is a compromise. I love how nice Fuji Velvia captures rich colours that c-41 film does not. I used my Olympus OM-1 with this pair with a polarising filter on the lens which amplifies colour. I am only going to use slide film in my SLR's as they have on board meters. I shot a roll with my Leica M3 and I did not take into account the 2 stop adjustment for the filter. These two are on the short list for enlargement. Bill

The APUG conference is over, and by all accounts it was a really good time by all who attended and volunteered. I really enjoyed myself showing my part of the world to fellow photographers from other parts of Canada and the US. I hope it happens again soon. I discovered a new black and white emulsion from Classicfilm by way of JanC Photo. Classicpan 400 is a nice old school black and white film from the 1970's made somewhere in deepest,darkest Central Europe. Its dirt cheap at $1.99US a roll, how can you go wrong. Here are some shots I took in the Beach last Friday on a street shooting tour. I used my Olypus OM-1 with a variety of focal lengthes and an Orange Filter.

Wow the APUG Conference is this week, time flies. If you are a fan of film photography, worth the trip to Leaside even for the one day sale on Saturday. This little showing of photos was taken with my Olympus OM-1 with Fuji Acros Neopan 100, what a great combination. The Shot of the old Laker freighter was taken at the mouth of the Credit River with a Zuiko 135 Telephoto, everything else was with a 50 or a 28f3.5 Zuiko lenses. I am packing the OM-1 as my camera of choice because it has a killer set of Zuiko lenses to go with it and its light. Lugging around my old Nikons, though I love the cameras is not fun after the second day. I am also packing a monopod in the car for landscapes. See you at the Conference! Bill