This image is from about a week ago, at the Beaches. I shot this with my Voigtlander Bessa R body and Leica 90mm/4 Elmar lens, a short telephoto that I should really use more!
Category: Toronto
Three for the Show
My mission tonight is to make 11″ by 14″ prints of these images taken yesterday at the bitterly cold shores of Lake Ontario. I was very happy at how the images turned out, so I think they merit a place in my upcoming photo exhibition. All three were taken with my Pentax 6×7 medium format camera, an oversized beast that works well in gloved hands 🙂 I shot one roll of my limited stock of Kodak Plus-X film ,sadly no longer made.
A Lonely Stone
I was at the St. James Cemetery this past Sunday morning, testing out a Zorki 4 (a Soviet era rangefinder) with an Industar-22 lens. The cemetery is a mature one, fairly full, but there is this one stone alone, isolated. I wonder why?
Zorki 4, Industar-22 50mm/3.5 lens
Svema Foto 200 film, developed in Pyrocat-HD,
1+1+100, 16 minutes @ 20 C
Commonplace
An abandoned shopping cart is not that uncommon a sight in a large city, but I liked what the combination of the morning sunshine and the extreme wide-angle perspective did to it.
Leica IIIa, Voigtlander Helio 15mm/4.5 lens,
Tri-X developed in Pyrocat-HD 1+1+100 for 16 minutes @ 20 C
The Face of Comedy
I had a fun time shooting Kat Letwin and other performers last evening at Kat’s Solo Combo comedy show at Comedy Bar here in Toronto. A challenging shoot due to low lighting, but I am happy with a lot of the images.
Nikon D7100, 18-200 Nikkor lens
Shooting at ISO 6400
Post-processing done with Lightroom and Nik Efex
Embracing the Snow
This past Saturday I had a photoshoot in High Park scheduled with actress/dancer Justine Cargo. The weather turned on us, and we had heavy snow for most of the shoot. Rather than cancel, we made the snowfall part of the shoot, and in this image, Justine created an amazing expression of joy that I was fortunate to capture.
Nikon D7100, 18-200 Nikkor lens
Post processing with Nik Efex/Lightroom
The Flat and the Curved
My first post from 2015, with an image from one of my last rolls of 2014: I saw the ups and downs of the fence, against an eternally flat horizon.
Bessa R, 35mm/2.5 Voigtlander Skopar,
Tri-X developed in Pyrocat HD 1+1+100, 15.5 minutes @ 20 C
Inside the AGO
I love this space inside the AGO (Art Gallery of Ontario)
Voigtlander Bessa L 35mm camera,
21mm/4 Voigtlander 21mm/4 Color Skopar lens
Tri-X at box speed, developed in Pyrocat-HD developer
1+1+100 for 15 minutes @ 20 C
Bleak
In my mind, there aren’t many things as bleak as modern architecture on a cold day, a space normally full of people, empty except for one figure, back turned, anonymous.
Voigtlander Bessa R, 50mm/2 Jupiter 8 lens
Trix-X @ EI 400 developed in Pyrocat-HD 1+1+100 15 minutes @ 20 C
Revisiting
I have shot this scene before (an alley in Toronto’s Kensington Market), but it has a very different look in black and white, with a very wide angle lens.
Voigtlander Bessa R 35mm rangefinder, 21mm/4 Voigtlander Color Skopar lens
Trix-X @ EI 400 developed in Pyrocat-HD 1+1+100 15 minutes @ 20 C
My Third Eye 