I was atthe CNE (Canadian National Exhibition) Midway last night.
Crowds, nosie and chaos.
All images taken with Sony a6100 body, and TTArtisan 75.mm f/2.8 fisheye lens.
Chaos
Tag: Fisheye
Black Creek Pioneer Village
it has been at least twenty years since I hve been at this location. During this return visit I was shooting with my Sony a6100 and TTArtisan 7.5mm f/2.8 lens. I liked the indoor images I was getting.
First Fisheyes in a While
Yesterday I went down to see the partially reopened trail in the south Don River here in Toronto. I decided to shoot my 4mm f/2,8 fisheye for the first time in a while.
Inside an Installation
Every year the Winter Stations art installation exhibit takes place by the shores of Lake Ontario in Toronto.
I went down this morning to take advantage of some bright sunshine, taking a fisheye lens along with my Sony a6100 camera body. I quite liked this piece, and the fisheye lens allowed me to feel as if I was inside it.
Hand Tinting Revisited
I am getting back into hand tinting, but using a digital workflow. Using an iPad, the Procreate app, and an Apple Pencil, I find the process of laying down digital “pigment” and then thinning it out to get the desired level of transparency to be very reminiscent of how I used to do it with darkroom prints and photo oils.
Hazel McCallion Central Library
This building in Mississauga, Ontario has fascinating architecture! Very fisheye lens-friendly!
All images taken with a Sony a6100 body and Bower 7.5mm fisheye lens (mounted via adapter).
St. Lawrence Market on a Quiet Day
The new north building at the St. Lawrence Market is crammed and busy on the weekends. But in the middle of the week it is quiet.
Stairs Into The Ravine
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.
Kingston Road, Near Warden
Out this morning in the Kingston Road / Warden area in Toronto / Scarborough. A neighbourhood of contrasts. My eye was drawn to the decay. All images taken with a Sony a6100 body and 7.5mm f/3.5 fisheye lens.
A Sunny Apocalypse Morning
Given current geopolitical events, so often when I got out with my camera I am looking for distortions, making things look unreal, etc. And when I get home to do the post work I am doing it even more.
Nothing seems normal. Everything feels wrong, like it’s twisting into a dystopian spiral.
This morning I went to the University of Toronto campus, and yet again I feel my images reflect what is looming over us in Canada.
My Third Eye 