Dublin - Street shooting

Deirbhile getting to grips with the waist love view finder on the Mamyia. Photo Taken with a Canon AE-1 with a Canon 50mm ƒ1.4 lens on Kodak T-Max 400 (TMY) 

Myself and a few friends decided to meet up to go street shooing and introduce one of the girls to the wonderful world of film photography.  Myself and Colin also decided to swap cameras, with Colin taking my Hasselblad 500C/M and me taking his Canon AE-1. I handed my Mamyia M645 to Deirbhile and quickly showed her how to use it before losing it with a roll of tri-x. 

Being a typical Irish summer day it rained nearly non stop for the whole day. With everywhere grey and dull I decided to shot a medium speed black and white film.  I had a large choice of films from Fuji, Ilford and Kodak. I took a roll of Kodak T-Max 400 to see what the modern equivalent of Tri-X was like. 

We had planned to do a "one roll of film" style project using my Hasselblad. The project entailed taking 12 frames and be proud to keep and print each one. However this didnt happen as we all were shooting very carefully, which made us take out time with our shots. Along with this it was difficult to shoot all 36 exposures on the 35mm Canon AE-1, and manage to get 36 shots that I would be proud to keep and print with in the time we were shooting. 

Knowing that it was going to be a difficult day shooting I decided to try and get at least 12 of the 36 shots at a standard that I would be happy to keep and print.  All the shots below have been taken with a Canon AE-1 with a Canon 50mm ƒ1.4 lens on Kodak T-Max 400 (TMY) 

through the window of The Butcher Barber,  Just off Grafton street.  Colin's reflection as he was spectating me shooting. Photo Taken with a Canon AE-1 with a Canon 50mm ƒ1.4 lens on Kodak T-Max 400 (TMY) 

I set out to capture some of the interesting things I seen when walking around. After running between rain showers, in and out of buildings and 4 hours of walking I shot all 36 shots. above and below are some of the shots I liked and would be proud, these shots are from the first part of the roll of film where i was striving to make each shot count. 

The monk at the church door. I feel like this was an ominous scene compound with the grey, rainy day.

The decisive moment, a quick shot as the woman explores the lanes of dublin

Through the arch at Trinity College Dublin.

The Spire between the buildings of Temple bar

To me this shot feels very metropolitan, encompassing many of the things we associate with european city. 

My reflection, taken in one of the many Gino's Ice-cream parlors around Dublin. 

Necklaces hanging in georges st. arcade 

The radio tower, from Grafton st. 

An interesting celling in Trinity College Dublin

Lines and people on Grafton St. 

A quick portrait of Colin and Deirbhile