This morning I met up with my photography friend Perry Cuccini at the Only Cafe for another entry in my long running portrait project.
I thought his eyes had a wet plate kind of look in my black and white treatment of the portrait.
Back at the Paper Route Cafe yesterday. Both images were taken with my Sony a7ii and TTArtisans 75mm f/1.5 lens.
I love lots of shadows in my portraits. This one is from an outing with friends at a coffee shop a few days ago.
I took this portrait of my friend Michael yesterday.
I recently purchased a TTArtisan 75mm f/1.5 lens (a copy of a famous and very expensive Zeis BIotar lens from the early-mid twentieth century), and this is the first portrait I took with it that I am really happy with. It’s a manual focus lens, and my eyes are not getting any younger, so focusing wide open does have its challenges.
A friend looked may the portrait and said it was “balanced.” That description works for me!
Another portrait this morning. The weather outside the Only Cafe was horrible, making the light inside very interesting.My photography friend Bill Komar braved the weather and joined me at the coffee shop.
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!
My Third Eye 