On January 23, I met up with some of my coworkers to see another coworker — Mike Dautner, or Hills to Height — perform at Rockwood Music Hall. It was a happy occasion, but also a bittersweet one; we were saying goodbye to Sarah, who was moving to Michigan shortly thereafter. Sarah and I had worked together for more than a year and a half, and we spent eight long months together holding down the fort on the overnight shift — to say I'd grown fond of her would be an understatement. At least there was a good soundtrack to our goodbyes.
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The long-promised black and white 120 film from my December Toronto trip. I bought myself a negative scanner and finally caved on having these professionally developed. Sort of bittersweet to look back through them all; I wish I was there again.
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Some photos from the other morning in Maria Hernandez Park. While I was taking the first one, a woman stopped to ask if I was using a Mamiya; we then had a nice few minutes talking about photography, medium format and where to develop film in NYC. (I go to LTI Lightside, by the way — where this roll was developed and scanned.)
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I went to Toronto for a week in December and brought my Mamiya RB67, which I had shot exactly two rolls on since buying it in summer 2015. I wanted to get back into photography and make the camera worth it, so I bought 11 rolls of film, a neck strap, and a new camera bag, and then got on a plane. (I brought my digital camera too and used it on only one day.)
I was going to wait to blog the photos until I had all the rolls developed — there are a few black and white, too — but I keep not having the time to develop the B&W ones now that I have the skills to, and I find myself missing Canada as America descends further into dystopia. Canada has a LOT of flaws, don't get me wrong — but I love Toronto and its unique sites and views, so up the photos finally go.
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