This tree is found in High Park, Toronto, and I’ve always found it most interesting. I like the way it is captured by an ultra-wide lens.
Voigtlander R 35mm rangefinder, 15mm/4.5 Super-Heliar lens
Svema Foto 125 Colour C-41 film
Category: Color
In the Art Gallery
A couple of weeks ago I was in the Art Gallery of Ontario to see a couple of exhibitions, and I had a camera with me. The second floor is a bright, warm and fascinating space, and the day was perfect to capture it with some colour film.
Voigtlander L 35mm body, 15mm/4.5 Voigtlander Super-Heliar lens,
Svema Foto-125 C-41 film
In the Garden
Yesterday I had a shoot with my good friend Adriana. On a cold winter’s day, the best place to get some soft outdoor light without freezing was the greenhouse at Allan Gardens here in Toronto 🙂
Nikon D7100, Lensbaby Composer lens, Double Glass optic
Window Light
All it took was window light on a cloudy day,shining on my niece Sarah . . .
Nikon D7100, Nikkor 18-200mm lens
Found Light
This image of my friend Jennifer was created recently in a room with a single 1950’s table lamp and a couple of ceiling fluorescent lights as the illumination. Once the colour correction was done I was really happy with the results!
Nikon D7100 DSLR, 18-200 Nikkor Zoom lens
One More from A Christmas Carol
Since this is the final weekend for The Alexander Showcase Theatre’s production of A Christmas Carol, I thought it was a good time for one more image from that show. It is a challenge to play a character playing another character, but Seth Mukamal (pictured below) who plays Scrooge brings the energy required to pull it off.
A Christmas Carol
Last night I had the pleasure of shooting the last dress rehearsal of The Alexander Showcase Theatre‘s production of A Christmas Carol, directed by Vinnie Sestito. You might not think a radio play would work as a stage production, but you’d be surprised: in addition to performing multiple voice characters, each actor on stage plays the radio actor, creating a play within a play and a story within a story. The result is amazing! The show is playing now at the Paper Mill Theatre in Toronto and is highly recommended!
The Christmas Carol Jingle Singers
Something New
Today’s image of the fall colours in Toronto’ St. James Cemetery is from the first roll of colour slide film I developed at home using the Argentix E6 development kit. Slide development is a fussy thing, and I don’t think I got it quite right, but it was definitely in the ballpark! It is not easy to get slide film developed in Toronto any more, so I was very happy to find a Canadian distributor for the development chemistry, as U.S. sellers aren’t allowed to ship these kind of chemicals across borders. I might not shoot E6 slide film all that much anymore, but I can at least say I’ve developed my own!
Rolleiflex E3, 75mm/3.5 Xenotar lens
Fuji Velvia Slide film, home developed using Argentix E6 kit
Fall Colours
The fall colours in High Park, with leaves rustling in the breeze were a perfect backdrop yesterday for a photo shoot with Angela Saini, a  very talented Toronto area singer/songwriter/guitarist, for whom I was privileged some time ago to do my first album cover for her recording “Leap”  (Great album by the way!!).
Working with creative people such as musicians, writers, actors, dancers and artists is always very rewarding, and it’s no exception with Angela; I always see the songwriter’s spirit in images of her.
The image below is digital, but I also shot some black and white film; I can’t wait to get it developed!
Dance of the Seasons
On a cold and blustery Saturday, a very brave Rowena was an amazing model for an outdoor dance-themed shoot.
Rolleiflex E3, 75mm/3.5 Xenotar lens
Kodak Ektar 100 film, negative scanned
and edited with Lightroom and Nik Efex
My Third Eye 