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Vancouver on Film, May 2015

May 28, 2015 at 12:21 am

A week in Van­cou­ver with a roll of Velvia 120 and FP4+ 35mm is about perfection.

Mostly play­ing tourist and not too much explo­ration, but even that was reward­ing. Stan­ley Park is phe­nom­e­nal, Gas­town is great fun, and ran­dom side streets were well worth investigating.

Drift­wood, Stan­ley Park
Stairs, Stan­ley Park
House­boats, Coal Har­bor Marina
Water­craft I, Coal Har­bor Marina
Girl in a Wet­suit, Vancouver

Water­craft II, Coal Har­bor Marina
Siwash Rock, Vancouver
Sea­planes I, Vancouver
Nike, Thur­low St
Van­cou­ver Harbor

Load­ing, Van­cou­ver Harbor
Trees Cof­fee, Gastown
Steam Clock, Gastown
Gawk­ers, Gastown
Olympic Caul­dron Stairs, Vancouver

Sea Planes II, Vancouver
Flora, Vancouver
Careers Instal­la­tion, Vancouver
Side Street, Vancouver
Self Por­trait, Vancouver

On the tech­ni­cal side, I shot the Velvia with my Mamiya 645 Pro TL with the 45, 80 and 150mm lenses. I don’t shoot that cam­era too much these days - I have been work­ing with the GA645 more often for medium for­mat film. When I to man­age to set aside the time and energy to show the Pro TL, the results are amaz­ing. Espe­cially with slide film, look­ing at the actual media in real life is a treat. Not to men­tion the sheer size of the raw amount of data com­ing from the 6x45 negatives!

This was also the first trip with my Leica M3 and while I am not as quick with the focus­ing as I am with my A-1, I am com­ing along with the rest of the process. Even hav­ing to meter with an exter­nal meter on this trip for it, I still was able to shoot rea­son­ably quickly when the time came. And the look of the images I really love, espe­cially on those pho­tos with a large amount of fine detail and contrast.

A great trip, really wel­com­ing city and who knows? Maybe one day we’ll call it home.