This past Friday I got together with my friend Pat for a portrait session for my Only Cafe Portrait Series project.
I had been hoping for a cloudy morning to soften the light, but it turned out to be sunny, so that was a challenge I had to overcome, but I think I managed.
Another image from last week, a few days after the big storm. I cropped this image to make it more panoramic
Today, two more ICM (Intentional Camera Movement) portraits, both taken at the same meetup at the Only Cafe In Toronto.
Both were taken with my Sony a7ii body, and Voigtlander 15mm f/4.5 Superwide Heliar.
Christmas is often all about colour, but these images of the interior of the Royal York Hotel decked out for Christmas felt better in black and white. Like glittering snow at night.
Both images were taken with my Sony a7ii and 28-75mm f/2.8 Tamron lens.
A nasty cold/flu bug has severely curtailed my shooting and posting recently, but I did get out this past Friday to Allan Gardens here in Toronto, shooting with my Sony a7ii and new TTArtisan 75mm f/1.5 lens. This lens will take some learning, but I love the look!
At the Beaches this morning; snow added a frosting of atmosphere.
All images taken with my Sony a7ii and Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 lens. Both the carea and the lens have good weather sealing, so they are my go to combo on a day like today.
Seen yesterday in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in the morning on a lovely day.
Recently I had the pleasure of meeting up with photographer Frank Eberdt at the Only Cafe for my ongoing portrait project.
As always for this project I used my Sony a7ii body, and Helios 44 58mm f/2 lens.
It is easy to get in a rut, and my happy place always seems to be wide-angle and normal lenses. So I am going to try working telephoto lenses more into the mix.
This morning I was back at the Toronto Beaches, with my Sony a7ii body, and my Pentax Takumar 135mm f/3.5. A lovely, smooth and compact lens!
This may be may favourite image so far using the technique of covering the lens except for on narrow slit (vertically in this case). To me it feels impressionist. The lens was an old Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 on my Sony a7ii, via adapter.
My Third Eye 