Toronto Photo Walks: Earl Bales Park 4

Yeah, I know. I said that I was going to be showing my next roll of film. Technical difficulties have delayed that for the moment. Forgot to clean the scanner bed and it caused some interesting artifacts that I thought were from development. So I will finish up with the photo walk and get those negatives scanned over the weekend. So the fox...which aren't related to cats, as a fellow walker told me...we finished up taking copious pictures of the young thing and carried on for the final climb out of the ravine. We paused half way for the as always group shot and then made our way to Yonge street. Since it was a small crowd we decided to duke through the North York cemetary. Generally we avoid places like that with large groups. The grounds keepers tend to get annoyed for some reason. It was a good decision, found some WW2 artillery pieces. After that we wandered up to Mel Lastman Square then called it a day and headed to the pub. It was a hot day, a long day, but a good day. A lot of surprises along the way and everyone enjoyed themselves. Can't wait for the next one.

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!!!

Toronto Photo Walks: Earl Bales Park 3

After lunch it was back to the ravine system for a short bit before heading east to Yonge Street. It was a short trip of discovery. Insects, skins, trees, and a fox. That's right, an honest to goodness wild fox. Made the day for all those that showed up. Foxy pictures huh? :)