*Before his time*
Fuji GW690iii + Rollei RPX25
If you like bokeh as I do, shooting slow film seems like a no brainer. On a bright, sunny day, I walked around the Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris to find subjects that would work well at shallow apertures. This is probably my favourite shot from that roll, it’s gentle and melancholy.
*Trickle*
GW690iii + Rollei RPX 25
One of the best things about Hong Kong is how close it is from the city to the jungle. You can litterally be in the middle of nowhere (or seemingly so) withing minutes of leaving one of the largest metropoli in Asia. A few weeks ago me and my friend Matthew went up Braemar Hill via the river with tripods and RPX 25. I did some slow shutter photos
*You’ll be a man, my son*
Fuji TX2 + Rollei RPX25
Since schools closed in HK in late January, my 16 year old son has stopped shaving. He didn’t seem to have much of a beard at first, but a few months on it turns out it’s quite bushy. I took this portrait in the sunset light on a tripod, because Rollei RPX25 isn’t exactly made for portraits… but I love the look of it. I will definitely try that film for portraits again, just possibly with artificial lights to make it easier.
*Tombstones in the Grass*
Fuji TX2 + Rollei RPX25
I really like this picture although it shoes how delicate exposure can be. I measured the exposure on the tomb at the right of the frame, but I now wished I’d tried a version metered on the one on the far left. Might have been even moodier. Even so, I think there’s something nicely graphic about this haphazard collection of tombstones.
*Twin Crosses*
Fuji TX2 + Rollei RPX25
After a few visits, there are a few locations I have already identified as having graphic potential in the Hong Kong cemetery. These two crosses framing a tombstone behind them are amongst them. When I went last time in the morning, I was shooting expired Scala, and the contrast was sadly not there. This time I went late afternoon but the direction of the light nicely framed those crosses, I felt.
*Gravestones and Shadows*
Fuji TX2 + Rollei RPX25
One of the initial ideas for this shoot when picking RPX25 – a high-constrast, low sensitity film – was to expose for the highlights at dusk and therefore get really deep blacks. This shot really exemplifies that approach. The composition is probably not strong enough for it to really work, but I like the look of it, it’s just a matter of finding a better subject and a stronger composition next time.
*The Forlorn Graves*
Fuji TX2 + Rollei RPX25
I love the Hong Kong Cemetery, but until my last visit I couldn’t find the way to go up the slope. I could see some graves under the trees on the valley ridge, but didn’t know how to get there. On my last visit I finally spotted a small side path to go up the slope. I went to the very top, where I saw those small gravestones, lost in the high grass and clearly not tended. They moved me, perhaps more than other, more formal graves, and so I took that shot in the dying light.
*Angel on the Left*
Fuji TX2 + Rolleil RPX25
I’ve been several times at the Hong Kong Cemetery, an old place in Happy Valley and if you follow me you’ve seen photos of the place before. This time I wanted to try Rollei RPX25 in the late afternoon light. It was all shot on tripod, as you would with such a low sensitivity film. I absolutely love the results, such fine detail and great contrasts.
*Rebel Hair*
Fuji TX2 + Rollei RPX25
Model : Anne
One of the things I love about photography in general, but film photography in particular is that sometimes the little thing that makes a shot great is something you didn’t even see when you were shooting. Here, Anne’s little tuft of rebel hair gives the picture a graphic quality that is quite unique and works well with her determined pose.
*Slashed Back*
Fuji TX2 + Rollei RPX25
Model: Cora
I am ambivalent about these very sharp and twisted leaves. Already in the first studio session they ruined a couple of shots. They lack the neat separation that other more textured leaves have. And yet this shot I like a lot. It’s chaotic, but dynamic as well. And Cora’s pose is just fantastic and sassy.
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