NLP 2023 The Drive up, Between Beaverton and Minden

The annual long weekend photographic retreat in Northern Muskoka happeed a month ago but feels like a lifetime. This is in fact the only black and white roll I shot over the course of four days, the rest was in colour, mostly C-41 negative and two roll of slide film (still at the lab due to a backlog). 

This weekend I rolled with two cameras I used ten years ago, the Nikon FM2 and the F3, this time around both titanium models. They complimented each other on this years's trip. and ran with a lens compliment  from 24mm to a pair of 50 F1.8 lenses,  the 80-200 F4 Nikkor AIS zoom, and the 300 F5.6 telephoto lens.  The 300 I used around Billie Bear Resort and spent most of the time in my duffle bag. 

Using the black and white roll as the introduction is part of my usual schtick, at some point I should just shoot one year in black white exclusively. Adox CHS 100 II is one of my favourite black and white films out there, a little thin on the ground but worst case you can order directly from FOTOIMPEX in Berlin Germany. The film looks best in the developer FX-39 and the results are below. 

After Minden, I switched to colour, and stay tuned for that. 



Camera: Nikon FM2/T, Nikkor AIS 50 F1.8 lens. 

Film: Adox CHS 100 II, FX-39 1+19. 


Jack Simcoe Bar and Grill Sept 2023 Dump Truck on Simcoe St. Sept 2023 Ben's Pharmacy Mural Sept 2023 Whimsy Downtown on Simcoe St Beaverton Simcoe St Beaverton Tursday Morning Sept 2023 Moored Speed Boat on the Beaver River Sept 2023 Abandondoned Boat House on the Beaver River Sept 2023 Balconies on the Beaver River Boathouse on the Beaver River Speedboats Moored on the Beaver River Barneys_ Behind the Beaverton Boathouses Jo-Anne in Beaverton on Thursday Miner's Bay Chapel Sept 2023 Miner's Bay Resort Main Lodge Sept 2023 Miner's Bay Resort Cottages Sept 2023 Miner's Bay Curve on Highway 35 Miner's Bay Lodge Front Porch Sept 2023 Miner's Bay Lodge Three Sept 2023 Miner's Bay Lodge Tuck Shop and and Business Offices Sept 2023 Miner's Bay Lodge Resort on Highway 35 Reflections on the Gull River Sept 2023 Dominon Hotel on Thursday Sept 2023 The Good Ole Rockcliffe Tavern Dominion Hotel in the Late Morning Middle of Bobcaygeon Road Minden River Cone Sept 2023 More Reflections on the Gull River Sept 2023 Custom Jeep Wrangler

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