Bill Smith's Photography

 My friend from the film photography podcast and fountain pen collecting communities Jaek Rose was in town to catch a show and wanted to check out some pen stores, prior to meeting up with him I walked down Spadina from College to Grainnation, then made my way over to the Hockey Hall of Fame to meet up with him.  The skies were polished cement, so lets shoot somc colour film. sounds counter intuitive but here we are. I also wanted to try out my niece Charlotte's Christmas present, a Nikkor Ai 28 F3.5 lens which of course worked perfectly. (Spoiler alert) She loved the lens on Christmas Day!  Camera: Nikon F4, Voigtlander 40 F2 Ultron SL II Lens, Nikkor Ai 28 F3.5 lens.  Film: Fuji Superia 400, processed at Graination Lab. 

 Just like that we reached to the 12th roll of Kentmere 400 for the Frugal Film Project for 2023. I had to switch to my 2024 camera early subbing out the Nikkormat FTn for the Nikkormat FT3 back in October, that's ok. I do plan to switch up the film stock next year to Fomapan 400.  The December roll took place during the photo walk (aka The Holiday Special) with the Toronto Film Shooters. We wandered around midtown doing a variation of a route we did two years ago, down Yonge St. to the Kay Gardiner Beltline Trail and then back up Mt. Pleasant to The Granite Brewery.  Sadly no snow this December so it really doesn't feel all that Christmasy this year, but then, it's been a very weird year. I hope everyone has a great holiday season.  Camera: NIkkormat FT3, Nikkor Ai lenses.  Film: Kentmere 400, Ilfotec HC 1+31.