Bill Smith's Photography

 I had some me time last Saturday, Jo-Anne is working on composing a new musical/play so I went down to Roncesvalles Village/High Park partly to do some photography, but also attend a talk my friend and colleague Alison Garwood Jones at the High Park Library branch to support her graphic novel, I Miss My Mommy . Less of a novel but something adult orphans can read to help process loss of their parents, which I'm one of. I Miss My Mommy published the same year my mom passed in 2023, it showed up at the right time, my case mom passed from Alzheimer's, COPD and heart failure, I greived along the way I guess so my situation is a tad different.  The camera of choice was my dad's Leica M3 with the collapsible Summicron with a roll of Cinestill 400D, a comped roll from last falls Cinestill Photo Walk. One camera and one lens for reduced decision making. Been a while since I last shot with this camera, things just felt right for a day like this. I wonder if the camera is ready for...

Haven't shot much with my M3 of late, even less with colour film. Part of it is the camera is a family heirloom so I tend to shoot with it close to home. Now I wanted to shoot colour and was curious how Elektra 100 from Flic Film, again I was using a vintage 50 F2 Summicron and a much younger Voightlander 35 F2.5 Color Skopar lens. Oh damn Elektra renders so well!  Camera: Leica M3 DS, 50 F2 Collapsible Summicron Lens, 35 F2.5 Voightlander Color Skopar Lens.  Film: Flic Film Elektra 100.