Shooting Film

As I have mentioned previously I am stepping into the film world. Two days ago I took another step. I developed my first roll of black and white film. I purchased all the chemicals, a tank to develop the film in and waited. After carefully mixing all the chemicals I nervously grabbed one of two rolls of film that I had previously shot. In the dark, sight unseeing, I carefully removed the film from the cartridge and wound it on the developing reel. Then I placed it in the tank and sealed it from light. A deep breath, turned the lights on, and started adding the chemicals and agitating the tank. 20 minutes later I was done. I removed the strip of film from the reel and hung it up to dry. With great relief I saw images in negatives. That step was done. Yesterday morning I scanned the images before I left for work. I had to, I couldn't wait to see what I had done. Today, you will see the first images that I developed. Tomorrow, I will show the second roll I developed last night. No longer will I have to wait three weeks to get my pictures back, or pay an exorbiant fee for the privilege. I can do it myself faster and easier, not to mention cheaper. On to the show!!!

Pedestrian Sunday In Kensington Market 2

Did I mention yesterday that it was hot out? It just wasn't that it was hot out, being on the narrow street with few opportunities of shade did tend to drain you. We gamely wandered around, checking out music, and people. Some of us stopping for street food. Seeing what the artists and performances were. A good time. I may have to go back at the end of September to see what it's like without the summer crowd. It appears my photo walking schedule will be full for the end of August.

Kensington Market though as has been a special place for me. I have to go there more often then I do now.

Pedestrian Sunday In Kensington Market

It's been such nice weather out, a little hot, that staying home and doing nothing all weekend is definitely not the thing to do. The nice thing about living in Toronto is that there is always something going on during the weekend. Lots of things, that sometimes makes it difficult to decide what to do.

Lucky for me I have a great group of photographer friends that have an idea of the great things to see and what to go to. One of them organized the outing and decided that we should start off with a Dim Sum before walking. Nice idea, but I think it was a bad choice. Oh the food was really good. Just really cheap and super filling. I will have to remember it for the next time I want weekend Dim Sum. So we waddled our way to Kensington Market for the closed off streets and crowds on a hot day. It was fun and lots of things going on to photograph.















More tomorrow.