Charlotte Makes Photos

Tag: Mamiya C220

  • Last Mornings Don’t Last

    My final morning in Toronto went by quickly. Perhaps a little too quickly, but I think that’s always the case when you’re somewhere you love with someone you love. Like the morning before, my sister and I were scheduled to meet up around 11 in the morning. This would coincide with my check-out time and…

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  • “She had other priorities. Clearly.”

    It was nice to get out after lunch on Sunday. While I had envisioned a photo or two I wanted to make, I think our priority was just to move ourselves around a little and not get too stale indoors on a quiet day. We took a little loop through Centretown, sticking mostly to Gladstone…

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  • Confirming a Favourite Combination

    One thing I like to do before going on a trip is to make sure any developer that I have mixed in advance works. Not that it has ever happened, but I would be upset if I were to return home with rolls only to develop them and find out that I hadn’t mixed it…

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  • Warm Enough To Meter

    What was so special about Monday is that, at 14℃ and just overcast, it was warm enough for me to bring the Mamiya outside to make photos! Following a bit of disappointment with the Reflx Lab cold shoe meter (accuracy, battery life, a lack of ⅓ stop increments) I reverted to using the Light Meter…

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  • It was early. A little too early. (2024)

    …and it didn’t at all matter! Sure, none of the tree blossoms were yet out, the leaves? Barely a pea green whisper. A few of the eager tulip beds were open, but the explosion of Spring colour had yet to greet us. The temperatures were right (16℃ by the time we made it to Dow’s…

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