Bill Smith's Photography

I was gifted a roll of expired Fortepan 100 at a Classic Camera Revival Podcast recording session a few months ago. I dabbled with this film and Fortepan 400 under the J and C Classicpan label 10 years ago. Both brands are long gone. I know the film is roughly the same age as my nephew so I overexposed slightly at 80 ISO and processed in Rodinal 1+50. I shot around Oakville checking out the Glenorchy Conservation Area for a little while until the mosquitos got so bad I hightailed it out of the park and wend down to 16 Mile Creek. Camera: Olympus OM-1md, Zuiko lenses Film: Fortepan 100, well expired last decade, Rodinal 1+50.

There's a lot to shoot within Gore Park in Hamilton. I'll have to come back at some point to do some more because I feel as though I missed some photographs... Camera: Olympus OM-4, Zuiko 50 f1.4 lens, Zuiko 28 f2.8 lens. Film: Bergger BRF400, HC110 B.

I love my Olympus OM-2n, I have a couple of them, one with a seized shutter, one headed down to the US for an overhaul with renowned Olympus repair tech John Hermanson and a perfectly functioning body which I used here.  Single digit Olympus OM bodies are great for travel, hiking and are compact enough to go into my briefcase when going downtown for meetings. I might use both my good OM-2n's next fall up in Algonquin to save weight. Camera: Olympus OM-2n, Zuiko 50 f1.8 and Zuiko 28 f2.8 lenses. Film: Ilford HP5, HC110 B.

I love winter, truly I do, I embrace the beauty of the season, been skiing for 38 years and that keeps me sane during the winter. This year it's cold, I mean really cold as in a puffy down jacket on a cold January's night has no insulation value with arctic winds taking the windchill down -38c or some crazy number like that. If you plan to go out and partake in some winter photography, dress in layers,  have spare batteries for your camera as they drain fast in cold and keep them close to your body. I still shoot with film and my go to camera for winter and travel photography, the Olympus OM-1n has a mechanical shutter so the battery just powers the centre weighted light meter. For this series of photos I used a black and white motion picture stock as a still film from a German company called ORWO  .  The particular product was 35mm UN54 which is rated 100 ISO for daylight and I process in Kodak Xtol at a one part developer one part water ratio for 6 minutes and 30 ...