Back in mid-August, I spent a couple days in Ottawa freeloading off my brother who was there for a conference (more on that in a later post). On the way to Ottawa, I stopped in downtown Perth for some lunch at a Mexican restaurant on the river. I spent a little bit of time walking…
Back in August, we took the family to the Toronto Zoo. We used to have a membership here until life just got too busy. This was our first time back in about 4 years. We spent the entire day checking out all the exhibits we could before jumping on the Zoomobile for a couple laps.…
Growing up, I never once remember having my photo taken on the first day of school. My parents always left that up to the pros during picture day later into the school calendar. Look on the socials the other day, and it is nothing but back to school photos. I’m not a fan of posting…
A couple weeks back our camera club headed down to Millennium Park in Peterborough to do some shooting. I work right beside the park and take (almost) daily strolls through it, so I wasn’t really up for any photography. These are places and things I’ve seen every day for 15 years, so nothing really jumped…
This is a spot I’ve wanted to photograph for a while, but had no idea how to access it. It’s a portion of the Otonabee River south of a dam, where the water levels fluctuate depending on how open the dam is. Two weeks ago, our camera club visited this location when there was minimal…
This is my 700th blog post!!! Hooray! Anyways, I’m finally getting around to posting photos from our summer vacation. For the third year running, our family, (and three others), rented a cottage back in July. This year we decided to venture a bit further and found a 6 bedroom cottage on petite lac Long in…
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…
