A couple weeks back I took the boys for a short hike to the Ennismore Waterfront Park and Heritage Trail. The last time we were there, the bugs were out in full force and sent us running back to the car after only walking for a minute or so. Hiking is one of those things…
In my previous post about a recent trip to Cleveland, I showed photos taken with my phone. In an effort to keep things light and simple, I also brought an old Kodak Instamatic X-15 and two cartridges of expired film – Kodak Max 400 and Kodacolor 200. I had to load the film into the…
Back at the end of September myself and three friends headed to Cleveland for a ‘boys weekend’. Last year, we went to Detroit to catch a Lions game in mid-November, but this year we tried something a bit different and was able to fit in both an Indians baseball game and Browns football game. We…
This will be my first non-photography related post in a number of years. In the spring of 2014, a portion our basement flooded. It was fully carpeted with built-in bookcases, cabinets and benches. Water started pouring in through a crack in the wall and I couldn’t leave it for more than a couple hours without…
I never believed that I’d own a Holga. Holga began production in Hong Kong in 1982 and ceased production in late 2015. The cheap build quality and plastic lens produce photos that display a heavy vignette, have a soft focus, exhibit light leaks and other distortions. The camera has a shutter speed both 1/100th and…
It had recently occured to me that I haven’t used my digital camera since April because I’ve been shooting everything on film. Last week our camera club met at the Canadian Canoe Museum, a very poorly lit building for an evening of shooting. Most members brought tripods, but I opted to shoot handheld and just…
It’s been a good season for car shows. I’m fortunate to live just down the road from a weekly car show that allows me to get out for an hour or so and play with cameras or just hang out with family. These are the last three photos I took at the show using my…
Early last week, I was in Algonquin Park for 3 days at a work meeting. Not having much free time to explore with a camera, I was forced to get up before dawn and head out. I walked the first part of the Beaver Trail Pond with a flashlight because I couldn’t see a thing.…
