Bill Smith's Photography

My Hasselblad 500 C/M is a camera that can make utterly brilliant photos, at the same time being a frustrating platform. I bought mine off my brother a few years ago, the lens needed some tweaking which I covered in blog posts a few years ago. Now last fall I was shooting with this camera and had some blank negative frames, my worst fear being the leaf shutter in the 80 f2.8 Planar lens was acting up again. It would be an expensive fix and an even more expensive to replace. So I went out a few weeks ago to determine was the lens in trouble or was it user error. Thankfully it was just user error. I'm very happy with what I saw with this roll I shot around Oakville and plan to take this camera with me up to Bella Lake in the fall. Camera: Hasselblad 500 C/M, Zeiss 80 f2.8 Planar lens. Film: Ilford HP5 400, HC110 B.

Shot from the side of road on the way up and back from skiing. Camera: Hasselblad 500 C/M, 80 f2.8 Zeiss Planar lens. Film: Kodak Tmax 400, HC110 B.

This is the perfect day trip destination. Camera: Hasselblad 500 C/M, Zeiss 80 f2.8 lens. Film: Portra 400 for colour, Fuji Neopan Acros 100 for black and white.

I do headshots for Linked In and other social media platforms. Camera: Hasselblad 500 C/M, 80 f2.8 Zeiss Planar Lens. Film: Fuji Pro 400 H.

Have you ever been out and you got everything weather wise thrown at you? About a month ago I went out on a hike at one of my favourite spot at Forks of the Credit Provincial Park, needed a break from a few projects I was working on. My path of choice is through the minuscule hamlet of Brimstone at the south end of the Park. Over the course of the morning I experienced rain showers, clear patches and then sleet. Yes sleet, when that fell I decided it was time to walk back to the car and go have lunch in Belfountain. I did however manage to take some pictures along the way, including my favourite spot along the Credit River. Camera: Hasselblad 500 C/M, Zeiss 80 f2.8 Planar Lens, Film: Ilford HP5, HC110 B.