Author: johnmeadowsphotography

An amateur photographer in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Forty-One Years Ago

Every now and then I get reminded of the passage of time. I recently ran across these old slides of flowers in my mother’s garden that I shot as a 15 year old in the summer of 1977. I had just gotten my first SLR, my Yashica TL-Electro (which I still have!) a few months prior. This was my first time shooting colour slide film, some private label pre-rolled Ektachrome. The lens was the Yashinon 50mm f1.9, using extension tubes for close focus.

The Underbelly

I shot this image under the Gardner Expressway in Toronto, To me it looks like the decaying underbelly of a city that has lost its way.

Nikon N90S, 20mm/f2.8 Nikkor lens
Kodak TMax 400 film, developed in Microdol-X

The Deconstructed Pen

I am at Podcamp Toronto 2018 this weekend. The sessions are being held in classrooms at Ryerson Polytechnic in Toronto, and in on session I happened to notice a pen that had been taken apart and laid out on the table. My guess is a student had been able to combine OCD and boredom in a new way.


Taken with a Samsung Galaxy Note 5

A Tiny Chair

This chair (meant for a doll) was made from clothes pegs. I thought it look interesting in the light that came through the blinds.

Nikon N90s 35mm SLR, 55m/f3.5 Micro-Nikkor lens
Kodak TMax 400 film, developed in Microdol-X