Jack Murphy

Had the absolute pleasure of photographing @houseofgobl for their recent show, Hognitive Function. Alongside @santiago.lasko who also did some stellar videography for the event. It was an unforgettable night and a wild party, I had a lot of fun and look forward to doing this again soon 😎

First time shooting black and white film. Ilford HP5 400, metered at 800. Pushed one stop in development. Shot on my Canon AE-1, nFD 24mm f2.8 with yellow k2 filter. Mostly shot at f16, was overcast and very windy the day I shot these, I'm very happy with how they turned out. Photo of moi at the end taken by @saskolantiago

Some film photos I've shot over the last month or so on my Canon AE-1. Very happy with how these turned out, especially the sunset and candle photos. I plan on shooting some black and white film soon, might do that for my next roll. Shot on Ultramax 400 [50mm f1.4, 24mm f2.8, 35-105mm f3.5].

Mishi on Kodak Utramax 400 film. Amazed by how these turned out, I shot these photos with a recently acquired nFD 50mm f1.4 lens, and even wide open at f1.4 (with an nd 8 filter), the photos are tack sharp. Photo 2 was taken with the macro mode of the 35-105mm f3.5 lens, also surprisingly sharp for a 45 year old zoom lens. In photo 3 the left photo is overcast, right is sunny. Also, two posts in one day! Will be a while before the next one, film is expensive and I'll bankrupt myself if I keep photographing Mishi over and over again.

35mm film photos of Winnipeg firefighters. Shot these photos the other week and I'm immensely happy with how they turned out. I was not sure about the metering for these because of the very heavy contrasting lighting, but took my best guess at hoped for the best. Shot entirely at 50mm f1.4, 1/60 on @cinestillfilm 800T film and @kodak Ultramax 400. As you can see by the contact sheet at the end I've only posted about half of the images, the reason being most of them I missed the focus on. Focusing manually at night at f1.4 on moving subjects was very challenging, while also being an engaging photographic exercise, and is something I intend to get way more practice with. Very minimal editing done to correct black levels from scanning process, nothing done to fundamentally change any of the images like I would have had to do if I shot these digitally. I'd probably still be editing them if they were. I have more film photos I'll be posting later today, most of them cat photos and sunsets, so not as exciting but I'm happy with how those turned out also.

First time shooting film, shot this test roll of some very expired Kodak Max Versatility 400 that expired 'way back' in 2006. While I was home for the holidays in Thunder Bay I asked my mom if I could have her old Canon AE-1 slr film camera, (thanks mom!). I had one roll of film that was from a disposable camera I had when I was a little kid, it had been on top of my computer the last few years so I had no clue if it was wrecked or not. Pushed each shot 1 or two stops depending on the light and thankfully that gave me usable results. When I got back to Winnipeg after new years I brought the film to Don's photo to get developed, and had the camera cleaned and serviced at Computech Camera on Sherbrook. While I was in Tbay I also got a 2nd lens for it off ebay, a Canon FD 35-105mm f3.5. Shot half of the roll with this lens and the other half with the 50mm. Due to the age of the film and it being kept in less than ideal place (on top of my computer), the images had a lot of colour cast and excess grain. The shadows were very green and the highlights were noticeably pink, so I toned each image down a bit in Lightroom while still maintaining the unique look of the expired film. I'm also glad to see that my understanding of exposure and metering hasn't been dependent upon having a screen to look at, happy to be putting my college education and photography experience to use. The cameras metering system is pretty accurate for its age, compared to a few light meter apps on my phone I'm confident in its accuracy. One aspect of this that has been most appealing to me is its resparked my passion for photography, something that's weaned a bit in the last year or two. I'm going to be doing a lot of film photography this year and I'll be posting all of it on this account.

"You can tell it's an aspen tree because of the way that it is. How neat is that?" Walking beneath the cathedral-like canopy of these aspen trees reminded me of Bill Waterson's illustrations in Calvin and Hobbes. I captured these photos the other day during my first hike in Manitoba. Bluestem Trail in Birds Hill Provincial Park.

On the last night of our camping trip at Neys Provincial Park, I stayed up till around 2am photographing the stars. It was a moonless and clear night, so the stars were especially visible. In the last photo, a train went by and left a streak of light across the trees in the distance.

Some photos from our camping trip to Neys Provincial Park this past weekend. Spent four amazing days hanging with my buddies, we had some lovely weather the entire time we were there. Organizing plans like camping trips always takes a lot of time and luck that things will work out, and its always a relief when things go without any major hitches. Also, I made the time to do some astrophotography. The post following this one will be some of the photos I got of that.

Some photos from yesterday's hike to Mazukama Falls and Wingtip lookout. Perfect weather and excellent views. Almost 2 years since I last hiked here, lots of mosquitoes this time however. - #nipigon #mazukamafalls

Rainy morning hike up to Silver Falls Provincial Park this morning. Almost 2 years since I last did this trail. We were going to go to the lookout as well, but one of my boots decided to delaminate it's sole so we had to cut it short. (Boots were old but new to me, they're in great condition other than the issue of the glue wearing out. Will be repairing them, I had anticipated this happening due to their age, but the soles had perfect grip even on the wet rocks).

Four months since my last hike, been long overdue for another one! Yesterday we hiked the Nipigon River Recreational Trail. It's been several years since we last did this one, so it was nice to revisit it finally. The sky was hazy from the distant forest fires but the air was fresh thankfully. Perfect temperature and a constant cool breeze made for a great hike. - - #nipigon