This past weekend was interesting to say the least. A few weeks back my mother-in-law moved out to Saint John, New Brunswick. The original plan was that she would stay with family until the end of summer when she would find her own place. Those plans fell through… quickly. After a week she had found…
A couple years back I was given the opportunity to purchase a couple TLR cameras from a local photographer. My Yashica MAT-124 camera has been my most used camera and still continues to be, so I wasn’t really in the market for another TLR, but my good friend Paul was looking for an inexpensive way…
Last Monday was the Victoria Day holiday and with nothing planned we thought it would be fun to head down to Cobourg and explore the waterfront. The morning started out sunny and warm, but by the time we got down to the lake it was quite cloudy and super windy… which made for some better…
Last weekend we had nothing planned, so when a last minute invite to hangout in Toronto presented itself, we jumped at it. We spent the evening out for dinner with both families and the next morning at High Park wandering around the zoo and play castle. I brought down my Voigtlander Bessa R3M and an…
My wife has been asking for a bed frame since the beginning of time. Until now we’ve been using a cheap, lame metal one. She finally came across a bed frame design in a wood-working book she has. I quickly got to work and built this masterpiece in about a week using time in the…
As if I would go helicopter stocking and not bring a film camera. Wasn’t sure I’d actually have time to use it, but near the end of the day, I managed to run a roll of Kodak Portra 160 through the Pentax 6×7. Below are a couple shots that turned out. Camera: Pentax 6×7 Lens:…
Two weeks ago I got to take part in some helicopter fish stocking for work. I was asked to spend the day capturing some photos and videos of our staff at work. It’s very rare that my hobby and work collide into a day of riding around in helicopters. We were lucky enough to be…
Following a trip to the Open Doors event at the Whitby Rail Maintenance Facility, we took the kids down to the lake shore in Whitby to play in the park and on the beach. The light was flat and dull and there was no wind making the calm lake and sky blend into each other. Below…
The weekend before last was Open Doors – where communities and businesses allow the public special access to usually off-limits spots. I wasn’t too impressed by the options in Peterborough this year, so when my sister-in-law suggested we go to the event at the Whitby Rail Maintenance Facility, I was all over it. It was…
A couple months back a work colleague was cleaning out their home and came across this camera. Knowing that I have an interest in old cameras they agreed to let me borrow it for a bit. This SLR camera has a selenium meter that still works and the focus and aperture rings are nice and…
Some more shots from the other night at Lock 25. I’m playing around with the Silver Efex Pro software to get a certain dark, moody look to these detail photos.
I haven’t been to a camera club meeting since last November. Honestly, I thought I was done with the club but started thinking back to all the outings and how they actually got me out shooting – something I’ve been struggling with lately. Last night we went to Lock 25 on the Otonabee River between…
