(Camera: Holga 120N; Film: Kodak Tri-X 400)
Here’s a look at the photos I posted in 2022 that I like best.
This year I gave pinhole photography a try for the first time. It didn’t take. But sometimes, you have to try things out to find out you don’t like them. I also shot quite a bit of film using my half-frame cameras. I got a lot out of that, but ultimately found the quality was just a little below what I was after for day-to-day shooting. So, after those forays, I only seem to have confirmed that I like to mostly shoot 35mm SLRs (usually my Olympus OMs) loaded with black-and-white film (mostly Ilford XP2 Super 400). Not really a revelation, but I’ll probably spend next year less distracted by medium-format (which I do love too) and colour. But, then again, you never know. Sometimes the subjects dictate the camera/film combination.
And now, here are the photos (click on each one to see a full-sized version) . . .
(Camera: Olympus OM-1n; Film Ilford HP5 Plus 400)
(Camera: LeRouge 66; Film: Ilford Delta 100)
(Camera: Chinon CE-4; Film: Ilford HP5 Plus 400)
(Camera:Olympus OM-1n; Film: Ilford Delta 100)
(Camera: Chinon CE-4; Film: Ilford HP5 Plus 400)
(Camera: Chinon CE-4; Film: Ilford HP5 Plus 400)
(Camera: Chinon CE-4; Film: Ilford HP5 Plus 400)
(Camera: Olympus Pen-D; Film: Kodak T-Max 100)
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Happy 2023! I love the one of Snæfellsnes Peninsula, the stark white house in such contrast to everything else.
Thanks Shawn!
Nice tonal control over several film stocks, Gary. You said you use mostly Ilford XP2 Super 400, which is chromagenic, is that because you develop color using CineStill and do both color and B&W?
Hi Gary,
Very nice tonality and composition across the use of various film stocks and cameras. Successful 2022 for sure!
You mention the use of Ilford XP2 Super 400… is that because you use CineStill C-41?
Not really that Bob since I actually prefer regular b&w chemistry. I mostly like its tonality in the darkroom and the way it renders bright areas so nicely. It’s a lovely film. It’s also handy that it can be scanned with IR dust/scratch removal engaged.