Bill Smith's Photography

It's a Green Christmas season in Toronto this year, just a lot of grey skies. When in doubt, push Kodak Tri-X 400 to 1600 ISO and head out. I'm really happy with what I got out of both rolls I shot. I had a lot going on Thursday, December 18 around midtown Toronto, so I packed my Nikon F2 Photomic and a couple of lenses and off I went. There's this building across the street from the Rosedale Subway Station, it looks like it belongs in Northern Italy. There's commercial space on the ground floor and apartments above. I never get tired of shooting this building with all the detail it has. Camera: Nikon F2 Photomic, Pre Ai Nikkor lenses. Film: Kodak Tri-X 400@1600, Tmax 1+4.

I need to shoot medium format more often. It hasn't been much of a spring here in Toronto so far, I ran with Kodak Tri-X pushed to 1600 to deal with the gloomy lighting. That said, sometimes shooting in the rain is great for the photos you do get. Now I love shooting inside Brookfield Place and the walkway between Saks Fifth Avenue and The Eaton Centre. I shot it last fall on pushed Tri-x in 35mm, of course I had to re-shoot in 120 and it sings. Camera: Rolleicord Vb, 75 f3.5 Schneider Xenar Lens. Film: Kodak Tri-X 400 pushed to 1600, processed in Xtol stock.

Mark loved the RC Harris Filtration Plant in the Beaches, and the skies sort of cleared off a bit. It was sort of whirlwind due to time constraints so no aimless wandering around the neighbhourhood. Camera: Nikon FM, Nikkor Ai 50 f1.4 lens Film: Kodak Tri-X 400 pushed to 1600. Xtol stock.