Another portrait from my Only Cafe Portrait Series project. I like the placement of Norah’s hand in this image; she was in mid-conversation when the portrait was created.
The Only Cafe Portrait: Norah
Tag: Sony A7ii
The Only Cafe Portrait Project: Pat
The latest entry in my long running project: my friend Pat from the Toronto Camera Club.
A Sunny Day in the Financial District (Toronto)
Sunny days have been rare this spring in Toronto. Yesterday was an exception, and I liked the hard shadows the sun was throwing on the Financial District in downtown Toronto.
All images taken with my Sony a7ii body and Viltrox 28mm f/4.5 lens.
The Factory
Inspired by a discussion with friends about corporate culture yesterday morning, I took one of my mannequin images from an outing yesterday, and used another image I had from another outing recently.
No generative AI was used, although I can’t help but think it could be mistaken for that, even after some changes I made to lessen the effect. I don’t like creating “defensively” to avoid misunderstanding, but this is the age we are in.
The original mannequin image was taken with a Sony a7ii and Ziltrox 28mm f/4.5 lens, and the background image was taken with an iPhone.
Perry at the Only Cafe
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.
Two More Portraits
Back at the Paper Route Cafe yesterday. Both images were taken with my Sony a7ii and TTArtisans 75mm f/1.5 lens.
Shadow Portrait
I love lots of shadows in my portraits. This one is from an outing with friends at a coffee shop a few days ago.
An Image of Balance
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!
An Only Cafe Portrait: Bill Komar
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.
An Only Cafe Portrait: Pat
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.
My Third Eye 