Bill Smith's Photography

Scott Kelby's Worldwide Photo Walk Day fell on a really nice Saturday morning in early October, a combined Toronto Film Shooters/Toronto Photo Walks Crew set up from the St. Lawerence neighbourhood to Harbourfront. Tagging along is a fellow member of the Film Shooters Collective, Katie Mollon who along with her husband came up from Detroit for the weekend.  I chose Ilford FP4 and the Nikon FM2/T as my film and rig of choice and it worked well for me that weekend. There was no cloud in the sky and I had to make the shadows work for me. I have to shoot with FP4 a lot more often next year.  Camera: Nikon FM2/T, Nikkor AIS mount Lenses.  Film: Ilford FP4 125, Ilfotec HC 1+31. 

  Remember when Jo-Anne and I went to Paris On back in February only to freeze our asses off. The Mid week photo group after lying low during the pandemic, decided to hit the QEW and 403 to Paris Ontario and we explored the town outside the immediate downtown. Being spring we didn't have to worry about windchill or frostbite.  The camera choice on this day trip is my recently returned Nikon F Photomic FTN from my repair tech to re calibrate the meter in the prism head. The meter prior to being shipped off was jumpy and off by about five stops. Now dialed in, I got super crisp negatives out of Ilford FP4 which is an old favourite. I was rolling mostly with a K Series Pre Ai Nikkor 50 F1.4 and N 28 F2 lenses. Oh boy what a one-two punch, I plan to use my F Photomic FTN much more often.  Camera: Nikon F Photomic FTN, Nikkor Pre Ai lenses.  Film: Ilford FP4 125, Ilfotec HC 1+31.  ...