Dawn at J'ouvert /  by Eric Toribio

Woke up at 4 30 am to arrive in Brooklyn by 6am for the beginning of J’ouvert. It was worth it

All images shot on film using the Yashica Mat 124G, Rollei 35AF, and Canon Rebel with a 40mm Pancake lens.

My Trip to China - 35mm Photography - Part 1 /  by Eric Toribio

Recently, I took a week long trip to China. I met up with some friends in Seoul, Korea first, but spent the majority of my time in China. I brought various cameras with me — Bronica ETRS with the 135W back, Canon 300v with the EF 50mm 1.8, and a Zeiss Ikon Nettar 6x9. I still have about half of my total roll count to develop and scan, but I’ve been able to process about half of my shots.

Below are selects from my 35mm output. I still have much to process, so here is an initial selection of my favorite shots from what I have developed already.

The image below is one of my absolute favorites. Technically, some could consider it a bad photo — didn’t nail the focus, highlights are very blown, etc. Nonetheless, I feel that the imperfections captured the experience of this alleyway perfectly — it was chaotic, noisy, fragrant, horribly lit. This photo will always bring me back to the few minutes I spent there.

Roll Call - Aruba Holiday /  by Eric Toribio

I went to Aruba for a vacation / a friend’s birthday celebration. I brought with me the Canon 300v SLR and my Canon M6 mirrorless camera. To my surprise, I never even pulled the M6 out of my bag (i did use my iPhone 11 Pro Max quite a bit, though). I ended up shooting 3 rolls of 35mm Kodak Gold 200, over the course of the 3 nights.

Here are my favorite film images — all shot with the Canon EF 50mm 1.8

Below are my favorite iPhone shots. All were taken within the Lightroom mobile app and were edited there as well. I am honestly really impressed with how these images turned out.

Model Test Shoot - Coney Island, NYC /  by Eric Toribio

I did this shoot last year during the early fall in Coney Island. A model I had shot with in the past brought a friend of hers to one of our spontaneous last minute shoots. Our spot was Coney Island, an intriguing historic relic in Brooklyn, full of old school rides and games. We kind of winged the entire shoot, but ended with some fantastic images.

I shot all of the digital images with the Canon EOS M6 and the EF-M 22mm 2.0 lens. This is very cheap kit and not “pro” at all. Nonetheless the amount of detail and data in these shots is impressive.

Here are a few bonus film shots from the session as well. These were taken with a Canon EOS 650 35mm camera, EF 50mm 1.8 lens, on Fuji Superia 400.

Model Test Shoot - Central London /  by Eric Toribio

I recently networked with a local modeling agency and they put me in touch with one of their newer faces - Kuvam. She and I met on a very grey overcast afternoon and made some portraits on both digital and film.

Digital

I used my Canon EOS R with the RF 35mm 1.8. In edits, I made sure to add some warmth back into the skin and bump up the saturation. I am big fan of color that pops, even if excessively. They were processed in Lightroom and Photoshop.

Film

For the film shots, I used my Bronica ETRS with the 75 mm 2.8. This was my absolutely first time shooting with the camera and it was challenging, specifically because of the waist level viewfinder. As cool as the reflection in the viewfinder looks, the mirror image threw off all of my sensibilities and it slowed me down substantially (after I got home I quickly ordered the eye level viewfinder on ebay). Lastly, I barely processed the films scans — I simply enjoy seeing what comes of the exposures as they are.

NYC Pinhole Photography - Holga 120 /  by Eric Toribio

Came back home to NYC and decided to hit up some classic cityscape photography spots.

I shot these images with a Holga 120 WPC Panoramic Pin Hole Camera on Lomography 100 film. I opted for 6x9 frames, instead of the larger 6x12.

Generally shocked at how fantastically a pinhole camera can capture a great scene. The long exposure effect was particularly impressive on this day given the cloud activity at sunset. These were roughly 10 second exposures (+/- 2 seconds).

As an added bonus, below is an iPhone shot I took in between pinhole exposures. I shot this on the 11 Pro Max and was really impressed with the result. I shot it as a DNG within the Lightroom mobile app and made my edits there as well.