Bill Smith's Photography

Winter is coming to an end soon. Camera: Mamiya C220f, Sekor 65 f3.5 lens, Sekor 135 f4.5 lens. Film: Kodak Tri-X400, HC110 B. Bottom three images, Ilford FP4, Xtol 1+1.

The ski hill is my sanctuary on winter weekends and the rare weekday I can play hooky. Camera: Nikon FM2, Nikkor Ais 35 f2 lens. Film: Ilford HP5 400, HC110 B.

I love backroads. To explore and embrace the journey instead of the destination. I can't wait to explore more back roads when Spring hits. Speaking of new journeys, I made the switch for Apple's defunct Aperture program to Adobe Lightroom 5.7. Now I'm pretty much a babe in the woods with this bit of editing and archival software. For a while now I've recommended Lightroom to my fellow marketers and communicators as the photo editing software for it's feature to archive photographs. It's my turn to take the plunge. Camera: Mamiya C220f, Sekor 65 f3.5 lens. Film: Ilford FP4 125, Xtol 1+1.

I have this thing for exploring back roads and documenting what I see along them.... Camera: Mamiya C220f, Sekor 65 f3.5 lens. Film: Ilford FP4, Xtol 1+1

Been under a fair bit of stress on the personal front lately and photographing Caledon ON. after skiing has kept me centred over the past month and a half. Can't wait to head back up this long weekend coming up. Camera: Mamiya C220f, Sekor 65 f3.5 lens. Film: Kodak Tri-X 400, Xtol 1+1.

Yes, I like the square crop a lot. Camera: Mamiya C220f, Sekor 105 f3.5 lens, 65 f3.5 lens. Film: Ilford FP4, Xtol 1+1.

I confess I am a gearhead when it comes to cameras, one system I vow to shoot more with is the Mamyia C220f, a medium format twin lens reflex camera. Unlike Rolleiflexes which has fixed lenses, the C220f and the C330 series have interchangeable lenses with leaf shutters. Last week I was hanging out with my friend Lindsay and had an opportunity to grab a fresh portrait, I like this way better than the professional head shot I did for her back in the fall. Comes down the right focal length, 105mm is more flattering than 80mm in medium format. I also prefer black and white for portraits. The Mamyia C220f I think is going to come with me to Algonquin Park this year. The big question is which lenses come along for the ride, this is not a light system.

Long time readers know I'm a ski bum, been skiing for 40 years first learning how when I was six years old north of Montreal. This year, it has been a green holiday season and the local hill I go to got things up and running through the magic of snowmaking. It was also quiet because people psychologically didn't think it was winter but just very late November over the Christmas season and stayed away. That meant no line ups which for dedicated skiers and snowboarders meant more time on the slopes. While I'm thankful for the more seasonably cold temperatures, it's just not winter without about 30cm of snow on the ground, just feels weird. Camera: Olympus OM-1md, Zuiko lenses. Film: Ilford HP5 400, HC110 B.