Normally ultra-wide lenses and portraiture don’t go all that well together. But if the angle is right the results can be interesting, I think. Because his face is in the middle of the frame and is straight on, there is minimal distortion.
I was working on macro photography this morning, and one of the props I was using was a maple leaf I had preserved from last fall. I was playing around with lighting, and this look made me feel like Canada was alone in a harsh spotlight, facing the adversary that the U.S. under Trump has become.
This morning I met up with my photography friend Perry Cuccini at the Only Cafe for another entry in my long running portrait project.
I thought his eyes had a wet plate kind of look in my black and white treatment of the portrait.
Yesterday morning I was down at Cherry Beach. A lot of the snow is melting, but the trees are still bare; we still have a wait for spring.
There was a lot of fog this morning in Toronto, just begging to be photographed. I used my iPhone 15 and the TinType app for a vintage, murky look.
Back at the Paper Route Cafe yesterday. Both images were taken with my Sony a7ii and TTArtisans 75mm f/1.5 lens.
I love lots of shadows in my portraits. This one is from an outing with friends at a coffee shop a few days ago.
Every year the Winter Stations art installation exhibit takes place by the shores of Lake Ontario in Toronto.
I went down this morning to take advantage of some bright sunshine, taking a fisheye lens along with my Sony a6100 camera body. I quite liked this piece, and the fisheye lens allowed me to feel as if I was inside it.
I took this portrait of my friend Michael yesterday.
I recently purchased a TTArtisan 75mm f/1.5 lens (a copy of a famous and very expensive Zeis BIotar lens from the early-mid twentieth century), and this is the first portrait I took with it that I am really happy with. It’s a manual focus lens, and my eyes are not getting any younger, so focusing wide open does have its challenges.
A friend looked may the portrait and said it was “balanced.” That description works for me!
Another portrait this morning. The weather outside the Only Cafe was horrible, making the light inside very interesting.My photography friend Bill Komar braved the weather and joined me at the coffee shop.
My Third Eye 