The latest entry in my long running project: my friend Pat from the Toronto Camera Club.
The Only Cafe Portrait Project: Pat
A Sunny Day in the Financial District (Toronto)
Sunny days have been rare this spring in Toronto. Yesterday was an exception, and I liked the hard shadows the sun was throwing on the Financial District in downtown Toronto.
All images taken with my Sony a7ii body and Viltrox 28mm f/4.5 lens.
The Factory Number 2
The second image in this new project. This image was created using four different original photographs.
The Factory
Inspired by a discussion with friends about corporate culture yesterday morning, I took one of my mannequin images from an outing yesterday, and used another image I had from another outing recently.
No generative AI was used, although I can’t help but think it could be mistaken for that, even after some changes I made to lessen the effect. I don’t like creating “defensively” to avoid misunderstanding, but this is the age we are in.
The original mannequin image was taken with a Sony a7ii and Ziltrox 28mm f/4.5 lens, and the background image was taken with an iPhone.
A New Project
An image I created recently has turned into a new project. Playing with objects and seeing what shadows can be created. Two more images in the series today.
Technology close up
I am finding many of my macro/close-up images these days have themes of metal and technology. There are a couple I created yesterday at a table top macro meetup at the Only Cafe. Both taken with my Sony a6100 and TTArtisan 40mm f/2.8 macro lens.
Saturday Morning in a Coffee Shop
On Friday afternoon, I got a message from a photography friend from Michigan. She would be in town on Saturday, and she suggested a photowalk.
The walk ended with this portrait in a coffee shop in the Distillery district.
Ebb and Flow
In Union Station in Toronto this past Saturday morning. Not as busy as during the work week, so the flow of passengers woud ebb and flow, like waves lapping on a shore.
The one constant was the the security guard at the back of the frame.
Another Portrait
Our Sunday morning gathering of photographers has had the chance to say hello to documentary film maker Rachel a couple of times has she has stopped in at the Paper Route cafe in East York. And the light was beautiful when she stopped in this morning.
Playing With Shadows
Five minutes with my iPhone and a flashlight got me a result I quite like.
My Third Eye 