A couple weeks back, I was on vacation while the rest of the family was either at work or daycare, so I thought I’d visit Haroldtown Conservation Area for some mountain biking and hiking to test out a new camera. After going over the handlebars on a steep rocky section of trail, I decided to…
A couple weeks back we decided to get out of the house for the day. The boys were getting a bit stir crazy so we braved the heat and went for a hike on the trails at Trent University before going to the Riverview Park and Zoo. Below are a couple shots from the day.…
On the way back from our summer vacation we stopped in Perth, Ontario for some lunch and a walk around the park to stretch our legs. Downtown Perth is much different than the part along Highway 7. It has a really historic feel and I couldn’t resist snapping a couple shots before jumping back in…
Taking portraits of people is something I’ve always wanted to get into but have personal issues with. What if I ask someone and they refuse or give a funny look and walk away? What happens if I mess up a shot and make them look different from what they (or I) expected? With one sheet…
Last week, our family (and 3 others) spent a week in a cottage in the Laurentians in Quebec (more on that in a future post). About a 1 minute drive from the cottage was the, now abandoned, Canadian Forces Station Lac Saint Denis, an old radar station part of the Pinetree Line sites built in 1949. It…
Last weekend was great. It was hot out and we had no plans, so my brother invited us down to his place for a swim and BBQ. I thought it would be fun to shoot the Holga since I rarely do. The more I use that camera the more I enjoy it. It’s so ridiculously…
Last week, the camera club went to a couple mills just north of Keene, Ontario. Both of these I’ve been to several times and have even brought the large format camera with me. It’s been a while since I’ve had it out, so it was fun to go through the time consuming process of making…
This is actually a post from two separate outings to this car show. The first show, I brought my son, Nikon F3 and a roll of Kosmo Foto Mono 100. The second, I was with the local camera club, my Pentax 6×7 and a roll of Arista EDU Ultra 400. I’ve been going to this…
It’s been a while since my last blog post. I just haven’t really wanted to develop much film, plus the high outdoor temperatures aren’t helping. A couple weeks back, our camera club met up at the Old Mill Park in Lindsay. I’ve never really been to Lindsay before. The trail along the water was a…
This past Sunday was Father’s Day, so we all went into downtown Peterborough for a car show along Hunter Street. It was a mix of classics, modern cars and some exotic super cars. It was extremely hot out, so we didn’t spend a whole lot of time there, but I did manage to fire off…
Back at the beginning of May, our camera club went to Lock 24 on the Trent-Severn Waterway. I was mainly shooting medium format film, until I ran out and switched to shooting 35mm. The shots below were taken with my Nikkormat FTn and a roll of Kentmere 400 pushed 2 stops. I really dig the…
Two weeks ago, our camera club returned to an old favorite – Little Lake Cemetery. I’ve been coming to this location ever since my renewed interest in photography as it’s a quiet spot on the water surrounded by history. I’m slowly working on a photo project to capture the things that loved ones leave on…
