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…
A couple Thursdays ago, after my gym class, I took my oldest up the road to the weekly Classics at the Barn car show at Craftworks. I think this was the first time I’ve been to the show this year. In previous years, I’ve gone a number of times throughout the season. This show was…
Every year, for a single day in the summer George Street in downtown Peterborough is shut down to car traffic. Peterborough Pulse promotes healthy and active communities and local business. We stumbled upon this event a couple years back but didn’t get a chance to actually dive in. This year, we spent a couple hours…
With my roll film supply running out and a dead battery in the digital camera, I was left with either doing first day of school pictures on my phone or my Crown Graphic 4×5 camera. I chose the latter. I loaded up my film holders with sheets of Bergger Pancro 400 which I got for…
For the 4th consecutive year we’ve rented a cottage with 3 other families. What started out as The Crazy Eight nearly 20 years ago has doubled in size to 16. That’s right. 16 people. 1 cottage. 1 week. Last year, we drove a long way out to Mont Tremblant in Quebec, but this year we…
