An image of a bike wheel and shadows, rotated to look like the number 60 and printed as a cyanotype.
Author: johnmeadowsphotography
An amateur photographer in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Old and New
This image combines 21st century digital editing techniques (NO AI!) to combine various images into an imaginary scene, then printed as a cyanotype, a process dating back to 1841.
A Different Tone
Another Cyanotype print, btu this time I used the toning technique by soaking in a very strong instant coffee solution to get more of a blue/black tonality.
Flowers at Rosetta McClain Gardens
Out yesterday morning on a brilliantly lovely morning. All images taken with Sony a7iii and Tamron 70-300mm lens
St. Lawrence Market
Escaping the foul air in Toronto yesterday, I went into St. Lawrence Market right as it opened at 9 a.m. It’s interesting to photograph when it’s empty.
All images taken with my Sony a6100 body and 7Artisans 10mm f/3,5 lens.
Returning to Cyanotypes
It has been a number of years since I made done any cyanotype prints, but I am returning! I made this print (of a on locomotive on display in Guelph, Ontario) yesterday.
Reflection
I saw an ad in the front of an eyeglasses store on the Danforth here in Toronto, and with the reflections to me it told a different story.
At the Beaches With a New Lens
My eyes aren’t getting younger, and focusing manual telephotos is not getting any easier, so I treated myself to a Tamron 70-300mm lens. I was out at the Beaches yesterday, and paired it with my Sony a6100 body.
Shooting With a Cookie
It’s fun to go out from time to time with my “Oreo Cookie” lens. A single element, fixed focus lens reclaimed from a single-use camera. With a lens like this, you aren’t shooting for technical quality; you are shooting for fun.
These are images of downtown Toronto yesterday, using hte cookie lens on my Sony a6100.
Houseboat Reflection
Seen in Scarborough Bluffs, Toronto this morning.
