After developing the First Roll with the Pentax 645, I quickly reloaded with some ISO400 film and tried out some different subject matters. Many of these shots were taken during the Christmas and New Years break. Here is Main Street in Unionville.
Film is fast growing on me and nowadays I find myself reaching for the film camera more than the digital backs. Essentially starting photography since the digital era, it is a strange feeling to be limited by the amount of photos I can take with a camera but to a certain extend it forces me to think carefully and consider the different factors before pushing the shutter.
A quaint little house. I am quite happy with the way this one turned out.
A cellist in the mall.
December 31st, 2009. Guelph.
Ludwik eating his goulash.
Our living room decoration.
Here is one of me with my long hair. This is the first and only time I have grown my hair and it is becoming a problem now that I need a comb.
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Squinty Eyes!
Party at Unit 504 to celebrate Ludwik, Anthony, and Martin’s birthdays. Despite the snowstorm a lot of people still showed up to the party.
With one half of the apartment for drinking and chatting, the other half holds the Battle of the Bands.
Don’t know where the idea came from but Pat grabbed a pot and metal spoon for his ‘cowbell’. Whenever he is not holding a beer he would go for the pot….
Audience Choice goes to Anthony’s rendition of “Roxanne”.
Pat and Behrouz received the most animated award.
Ludwik jumps in with his OUTDOOR voice!
The ARGO crew doing some obscure/nerdy signs….I won’t go into it.
4am: Actual quote by Martin to the Paramedics…
Someone was having an allergic reaction and fortunately was fine the next day.
After weeks of building, prototyping, debugging, and hair-pulling we were able to drive the ARGO by remote control successfully.
5V-Check. 12V-Check. CCU-Check. AX-Check. Throttle-Check. Left -Check. Right-Check. Brakes-Check. Ignition.
The first time starting up outside. We just pushed the ARGO in between two buildings and told other students to watch out.
There were some hitches, we had limited the speed of the ARGO to avoid any unpleasant consequences.
Steering actuator error! Standby crew goes in for the rescue.
End of the day, we celebrated with coffee and pastries from the C&D!
Another exam stress relief purchases, or just another excuse for me to buy new camera gear! I resisted the urge to use it till all the finals were finished and as soon as I got home I sat down, read the manual, played with the different settings and put in a roll of B&W 400 film.
The build quality is superb and even though there is a lot complain about the buttons I found it quite easy to access and use. So far the metering is dead-on but I haven’t tried some tricky scenarios yet. The viewfinder is large and bright but since it is only manual focus I have to focus my subject in the center.
A classic barbershop with interesting displays on the side.
Intersection of Dundas and Spadina.
I wish this one was in color. The streets and posters had so much festive colors while the homeless man was begging for money….
A dark alley with very strong reflections.
My high school shop teachers, Mr.Kodai and Big John.
At a Chinese grocery store. I got kicked out by another one when I took out the camera!
I realized mid-way that I should learn more about the B&W color theory but so far it hasn’t been too bad!
