For the past several years, I’ve gone out shooting on Remembrance Day. It’s one of those rare days where the kids are in school and I have off work, and it’s nice to get out an take some pictures and reflect on what Remembrance Day is all about. I’ve always gone to Cordova Falls, north…
Back in October our family had a free weekend, so a last minute decision, and we ended up at the Toronto Zoo. We used to have a membership several years ago but found that we weren’t going enough to justify it. They were having a Halloween weekend, and kids that dressed in costume got in…
A couple weeks back I attended a Toronto Film Shooters photowalk. We met up at the Brickworks in the Don Valley and worked our way up through a bunch of trails to Yonge Street where we disbanded and went for lunch. I brought along a Fed 3a loaded with AgfaPhoto Vista 200 colour film and…
Two weeks ago, following a photo walk in Toronto, I had some time to kill before meeting up with my brother in Whitby so I headed to the beach. I’ve been to this place before, but always with kids in tow so I’ve never really explored the beach as much as I’ve wanted to. For…
My wife and I had been talking about getting a family dog for a couple months now. About 4 weeks ago we decided to go for it and started looking online. We read that Boston Terriers make good dogs for first time owners, (such as us), and we just fell in love with their unique…
In late July 2019, film photography influencer Jason Avery posted on Twitter that he was going to organize a camera challenge for the month of August. The premise was fairly simple. One month. One camera. One roll of film. One shot per day. Each day, Jason posted what the subject or theme was for the…
I’ve always had trouble doing a self-portrait. I never know how to pose myself or how I should smile… or not smile. After seeing my portraits, most people ask why I look so mad? Not mad… just an expression-less look on my face. I need to actually look up how to do this on the…
A couple weeks back, we spontaneously decided to go to Algonquin Park for the day. We got up there around lunch and did the logging museum, Beaver Pond Trail, Visitors Centre, Spruce Bog Boardwalk and checked out Cache Lake before making our way home. It was a perfect day to get out and enjoy the…
As an IM/IT guy at work, I rarely get the opportunity to leave the office. I was recently asked if I would help capture some video for marketing and promotional purposes. Spending a day on the water playing with cameras and getting paid? Yes please. It was a lot busier than I had expected with…
Back in mid-August, my oldest son and I went on our annual trip to Ottawa. My brother is in a conference there, so we just crash in his room and spend the days exploring town. I had loaded up my Nikkormat FTn with an expired roll of Kodak Gold but on the second day (and…
It was only a day or two before that we found out there was going to be a car show at Lang Pioneer Village – a favorite spot for outings in our family. I already had my large format camera ready with a couple sheets of Ilford HP5 Plus 400, so that’s what I shot…
Back in August we found ourselves one Saturday without anything to do. So my brother and his family invited us down for a swim. I thought it would be a great opportunity to play around with my seldom used Altissa Altix V camera and a roll of Rollei Superpan 200. Below are a couple shots…
