A Saturday Afternoon in Late November

 

My friend, fellow film photographer Gaetan Cormier along with his wife Natacha Duquette hopped a VIA Train from Monteal Saturday morning to come down to Toronto to check out the Lee Miller Exhbit at the Toronto Metropolitan University's Image Centre and head back to Montreal. Made for a long day for them but we still had a chance to photo walk around downtown Toronto reasonably close to Union Station for obvious reasons. 

I wound up shooting with Rollei RPX 400, it's one of my staple 400 speed black and white films I reach for, I know how it behaves in a variety of developers, but I never processed it in Rollei Supergrain. Well, we had to rectify that. There's a serious amount of tonality with the greys, now granted we're shooting a day with distressed silver skies so the lighting was flat, even then I got pleasing results. The tail end of this roll was shot around my neighbourhood with highly variable light. Note to self, don't run out of RPX 400 and Rollei Supergrain developer. 

Camera: Nikon FM3a, Nikkor Ai Mount Lenses. 

Film: Rollei RPX 400, Rollei Supergrain Developer 1+15. 



The Image Centre Bike Lane Downtown Nov 2024 Lunch Seating Off Victoria St._ 501 Off Queen St Adelaide and Victoria St. Nov 2024 King St and Yonge Between Yonge and Victoria Pizzaiolo on Yonge Yonge St. Canyon Dundas Square Foot Traffic Nov 2024 The 505 by the Imperial Pub Senator Restaurant Mural Nov 2024 Church and Queen Nov 2024 2 Church Street in the Gloom Nov 2024 Eastbound 501 at Richmond St._ King at Jarvis Nov 2024 Jarvis at Front Nov 2024 Market Street Nov 2024 Front St. East of Church Nov 2024 Gooderham and Worts Flatiron Nov 2024 Towers on Broadway Nov 2024 Northern Secondary Football Field Nov 2024 Sip Wine Bar Two Nov 2024 Middle of Yonge at Montgomery Yonge at Broadway with Jollibee Two Cranes on The West Side of Yonge

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