Author: johnmeadowsphotography

An amateur photographer in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Three Days After the Storm

It has been three days since the big storm in Toronto.

I was downtown in the Dundas and Spadina area this morning. Lots of sun, and lots of snow, as the clean up continues.

All images taken with my Sony a7ii body and Voigtlander 15mm f/4,5 Superwide Heliar lens.

Experimental Portrait

This morning as an experiment I tried an ICM (intentional camera movement) portrait of my friend Ori. The exposure was 0.8 seconds and I moved the camera in my hands. I quite like the results!

Sony a6100, “Oreo Cookie” Fixed focus lens

Hand Tinting Revisited

I am getting back into hand tinting, but using a digital workflow. Using an iPad, the Procreate app, and an Apple Pencil, I find the process of laying down digital “pigment” and then thinning it out to get the desired level of transparency to be very reminiscent of how I used to do it with darkroom prints and photo oils.

Sony a6100 camera, Boyer 7.5mm f/3.5 fisheye lens

A New Year

It was a bright but chilly morning here in Toronto on January 1st. I was out with photography friends on a walk that included the University of Toronto campus. I liked the look of the clouds and the steam from the smokestack.

Sony a6100, TTArtisan 35mm f/1.4 lens