Bill Smith's Photography

This was from a roll of Kodak Gold 200, stored at room temperature in my condo, expiry date, unknown, I'm going to say, current, and leave it at that.  I wandered around the neighbourhood with my Nikon FE2 and Nikkor AIS 35 F2 lens and kept things simple.  Scanning into TIF files prior to importing into Lightroom, I was blown away with the previews, granted there were some very minor colour tweaks and cropping the image as well as some dust/space junk removal. Heck it makes you question why you want drop big money on Portra series of films. Again I'm not looking for perfection I want to capture the essence of the 1980s and '90s, not the faded photos when the blue dye couplers give up in family photos but more how they looked when the prints were fresh. Yup, old enough to remember the first time around.  I over expose my rolls of Gold 200 at around 100-125 ISO and I get a lovely punch with colour.  Camera: Nikon FE2, Nikkor AIS 35 F2 lens.  Film: Kodak Gold 200, ...

 I drove up to the Caledon Ski Club to attend the annual general meeting and vote in the incoming executive board slate which included my sister in law Ruxandra. Jo-Anne was busy with other stuff and it was an excuse to chase some fall colours. It was an odd fall this year, we were two weeks too early up in Northern Muskoka and at that point where mid October slides into late October, felt like I was missing the peak even in Caledon.  After the AGM concluded I walked the ski club property for a bit, then made my way back home going through the village of Inglewood. Track removal for the former Orangeville Brampton Railway was in high gear this past Summer, the level crossing was paved over and is now a crosswalk for two rail trails.  Camera: Nikon FE2, Nikkor AIS lenses.  Film: Kodak Gold 200, processed by Graination Photo Labs.