One of the lenses I took to Bon Echo Park here in Ontario last weekend was my Lomography 55mm f/1.7 Mark II Petzval.
I had a kind of image in mind, and the distortions inherent in the Petzval lens, plus added deep vignette gave me what I was looking for.
Last weekend was “Doors Open” in Toronto. Many buildings opened their doors to visitors, and I one of the places I checked out was Beach United in the Beaches. I was using my Sony A7ii and 15mm Voiglander super wide angle lens.
It was quite cloudy last Wednesday, but that kind of light is great for flower images. Both images taken with my Sony A7ii and 28-75mm f/2.8 Tamron lens.
Yesterday morning I was out for my usual Wednesday Gang photo walk. I got a couple of portraits I really like: one of a stranger in a coffee shop, the other one of the other photographers on the walk. Very different images but they both work for me.
Both images were taken with my Sony a7ii and 28-75mm Tamron lens.
It’s the time when dandelions in Toronto start going to seed. This is the view of one, looking down from above.
I met up with my friend Yuri this morning. He is an amazing photographer who can find something interesting in any setting.
The area around Kipling Avenue in Toronto is not the prettiest, but that is where I was yesterday, and did find one spot that wasn’t dreary, and of course it was a flower macro.
Normally one tries to avoid hard shadows in portrait photography. But last Sunday, sitting by a window in coffee shop on a brilliantly sunny morning, I decided to go with the hard shadows, and go for an affect of anonymity.
Seen yesterday morning at OCAD here in Toronto. I didn’t even have time to really focus and had to guess. I was close enough to be able to sharpen in it post.
I have a list of photographic ideas and locations I want to try, and on that list is the stairs into the north end of the Glen Stewart Ravine in East Toronto, shot with my 4mm circular fish-eye lens, so that was my outing yesterday morning. Here are two black and white images, along with a faux-infrared treatment.
My Third Eye 