Over the past several months, to say I’ve been a bit bored during lock down has been an understatement. I spend a lot more time browsing eBay and other online auction sites that I probably should. Ever since I purchased a Fed 3a rangefinder a couple years ago, I’ve had this fascination with Russian rangefinder…
It’s been a long time coming. I originally sold my Instax Wide 300 camera just before monochrome film was available for it. The camera was too bulky and I just wasn’t using it as much as I thought I would. Last June, I was gifted a Instax SQ6 camera that shoots FujiFilm’s square format instant…
To say that 2020 sucked is an understatement and has been said countless times before. This may not have been the best year, but we tried to make the most of it. I haven’t shot so few rolls of films in a year since I first started with film. I was getting bored of taking…
Finally taking some time over the Christmas break to catch up on developing rolls of film that have just been lying around. Back in early November, I spent the day doing a bit of a waterfall tour east of Peterborough. I’ve been to Cordova Falls a number of times, but haven’t been back to Callaghan’s…
Way back in November, I took my boys to meet up with their cousins for a physically distant hike around the Millbrook Trails. The sub was super bright and it felt good to get away from the house and get some fresh air. I brought along my new Lomography La Sardina camera and my trusty…
Last weekend, our family went to the park up the street for a little bit of tobogganing which eventually turned into a snowball fight. The light was awesome so I brought along a camera to shoot some instants. Still trying to get the hang of this camera and the bright snow wasn’t helping resulting in…
A while back I found myself browsing the Lomography website just looking for what was new and interesting when I stumbled across the Lomography La Sardina camera. There were so many different options and styles to choose from and they even had a blank canvas version where you could paint it yourself… I’m not that…
It’s that time of year again when I make my pilgrimage to Cordova Falls at the south end of Cordova Lake. This is something I’ve been doing annually since 2012. Depending on how open the dam is completely changes the look of the waterfall. Some years I’ve been there it’s a raging torrent that is…
In the past couple months I’ve turned over quite a few cameras. I just wasn’t using them anymore. I think this had to do with the fact that they were very similar to other cameras I had. For example, the Pentax Spotmatic SP is very similar in size, feel and function to my Nikkormat Ftn…
I’m normally not a fan of old rail trails. From a photography standpoint, they’re really not that interesting. Just an old rail bed surrounded by either trees or swamps. Usually you can’t even leave the trail and explore due to the thick growth of trees, wetness of swamps or plain old private property. Where I…
Thanksgiving Monday in Canada was a bit different this year. Instead of meeting up with friends and family, we basically stayed home. My oldest son and I decided to head downtown and go for a bit of a photowalk. The streets were bare as most things were closed and we spent about an hour wandering…
This is my 800th blog post! Yay!! The Polaroid 160 was given to me by someone who had contacted our camera club several years ago. It came in a box with a number of other cameras and they just asked me to take everything which I was more than happy to do. This camera was…
This past Sunday while my wife was cooking up an epic Thanksgiving feast for the four of us, I took the boys on a hike. I’ve gone past the entrance to this trail for almost 10 years, but never thought to explore it. Cavan Swamp Wildlife Area on Hayes Line is literally around the corner…
Back in September, my oldest celebrated his 11th birthday. In lieu of having a party or meeting up with family, we decided to take him to the Toronto Zoo. We had to book a time to get into the zoo, and there was more people than I would have liked, but it was still super…
Way back on July 4th we decided to start rebuilding our backyard deck. It’s something we’ve wanted to do for years but lacked the motivation. Our previous deck was topped with 2×4 and was splintering quite a lot to the point where it was unsafe to walk on it without shoes. We took the plunge…
