For several years now, I’ve created an end of the year wrap up blog post with some things I’m looking forward to in the next year. This year I didn’t take as many photos as in previous years and tried to focus more (pun intended) on making meaningful photos. I can look back at each…
This past Christmas felt very low key with a lot of down time spent at home, which was just what I was looking for. We spent days just lazing around in our pyjamas, playing with toys, video games and the family dog. Below are a couple shots I took of the boys building a gingerbread…
Yesterday we celebrated William’s 7th birthday by taking some friends to Riverview Bowling in downtown Peterborough. Bowling has become the go-to birthday party place for our family because the kids love it and they have all the food and stuff right there and it’s super affordable. Being so close to Christmas, it’s always difficult trying…
A couple weeks ago, my wife and I celebrated our 14th wedding anniversary, so we dropped the kids and dog off with family and took a trip to Kingston, Ontario – about a 2 hour drive from home. We spent the evening walking around the downtown and ducking in and out of a couple shops……
I have a love-hate relationship with Ilford Delta 3200 film. There. I said it. I love the look that this film produces, but I’ve always had troubles working with it. I either expose it wrong or something messes up with the camera. Either way, I know I just need to work with it more. This…
On a recent photo excursion to Port Hope, I brought along both my Crown Graphic 4×5 and my new Holga 120WPC. I loaded up the pinhole camera with a couple rolls of Ultrafine Extreme 100 and mounted the camera on a tripod and made exposures anywhere between 4 and 10 seconds. I really like the…
At the beginning of October there was a social media thing called Holga Week. Basically an entire week of celebrating all that is Holga. I’ve had my Holga 120N for a couple years now and probably love it more now than when I got it, but recently I’ve been looking for something a bit different.…
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…
