Eighteen Percent Grey

Victoria Street, Near King #2

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:37 -0400

Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow Canadians! Off to my sister's place to get stuffed full of turkey... Sorry for the lack of updates the last week. My shooting generally slows with the colder weather anyways, but my company is expanding and I'm preparing for a big move of our office HQ --so its keeping me busy as hell.

Downtown

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 01:03 -0400

Mosaic, Shops on Don Mills

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:03 -0400

Not many updates this week, been kinda silent on the ol' twitter stream too. It's bee a busy week at the office -- we've got lots of exciting stuff coming down the pipe over the coming months.

I finally got around to setting up a small portfolio and personal site to showcase some of my favourite work from over the years.

Mural, St. James Town

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:34 -0400

Zoro

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:06 -0400

So my partner got rear-ended on the Don Valley Parkway on Monday. She's mostly OK, but can't move much from injuries sustained being thrown forward. Good thing she was wearing her seatbelt, otherwise it could have been much worse. The car that hit her is pretty totaled. Luckily her Saturn is built like a tank and just needs a new bumper and muffler.

The Lurker

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:41 -0400

This really looks a lot more sinister than it actually is.

The Quebec Building on Ontario Street

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:00 -0400

Victoria Street, Near King

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:31 -0400

Howard Street Hi-Fi

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:00 -0400

Broken Tail Light, Warkworth Ontario

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 10:19 -0400

Back on the Weekend

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:30 -0400

I'm off to upstate New York with Joanne and my nieces on a mini vacation for the rest of the week. We're taking the girls to Darien Lake before they head back to school.

Got my film holders loaded and ready to go. I'm hoping to get away from the park one day if possible to try and get a couple shots in. Fingers crossed.

Next update on the weekend. I may post to twitter in the mean time, so feel free to follow me there if you'd like.

Chevy

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:34 -0400

Salada

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:05 -0400

Daylight breaks through, Emily Provincial Park

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:49 -0400

Christmas Lights on a Toolshed

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:14 -0400

Ball

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:31 -0400

Toboggan and Toolshed, Campbellford Ontario

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:38 -0400

Iron Dog

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:57 -0400

Just Married

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 09:32 -0400

Lots of weddings this summer. Congratulations Brian and Julie!

240 SX

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 08:46 -0400

I just noticed I have a lot of shots of abandoned vehicles. Maybe its time for a new category. ;)

Rose Avenue PS

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:56 -0400

Rose Avenue Public School sits smack dab in the middle of the concrete jungle that is St. James Town. A bit of front rise and tilt, with a bit of rear tilt to enhance the looming of the buildings. I basically just shot this so I could finish off my Grafmatic, but it ended up being my favourite of the negs I developed.

So it was a very nice surprise to find my photograph Halo got the Noteworthy Vote for the latest Photo Friday In Shadow challenge. Thanks! For those that are interested, you can find a rundown of some of my other winning entries from the days of groundglass on my about page.

On Guard

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:26 -0400

Tending to the BOCA

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:49 -0400

My brother in-law tending to his pride and joy -- their boat, the BOCA.

OK, this technically isn't "large format" as I was using my 6x7 back in the Chamonix.

Yonge Street, North of Merton

Sat, 08 Aug 2009 12:19 -0400

Community Center Grounds, Campbellford Ontario

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:11 -0400

Vintage Diptych #2

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 01:06 -0400

Vintage Diptych #1

Sat, 01 Aug 2009 06:15 -0400

First-half of a diptych of an old automobile I came across. Second half (rear view) to follow on Monday.

Sickle

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:28 -0400

I've been following with great interest the whole Edgar Martins incident with the New York Times. One of my favourite photography blogs, Conscientious, has a great series of articles covering many sides of the issue. If you haven't heard of the controversy, head on over and check it out. It's a great discussion.

Detritus-O's

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:35 -0400

I'm curious as to how so many cheerios ended up under a bridge like that.

Horrible weekend, weather-wise. Was hoping to get some shooting in, but sadly that did not materialize. You know, we have a special term here in Toronto for the first sunny day after two days of rain. It's referred to as a "Monday".

A Matter of Perspective

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 01:09 -0400

Fuzzy Little Bastard

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:00 -0400

These tent caterpillars can be a scourge.

Speaking of which, the first litters of rats since the city strike started are being born right now. Sounds like we'll be having another scourge on our hands soon.

Unrelated cool photography thing of the day: salihonba has finished his amazing conversion of a polaroid 110b in to "Byron the 4x5 rangefolder. Details are at his blog linked above, but make sure to check out his pics of the progress and finished product. Amazing craftsmanship, talk about a gorgeous piece of kit!

Concentrate!

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:33 -0400

I find this photo rather hypnotic with the intense DoF.

Got the day off work, off to African Lion Safari with Joanne and her sister's family. They're up visiting from Fresno.

Solo

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 09:02 -0400

God Loves You

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:50 -0400

Scrum

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:00 -0400

...shot while floating on my magic carpet above the rugby pitch. ;-)

Is huddle even the right word? Please correct me in the comments. Shot Re-titled after I remembered the right word. ;)

Organ

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:00 -0400

... discarded in St. James Town.

Open 24 Hours

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:30 -0400

Guard Duty, Cabbagetown

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:04 -0400

I think this might be the same cat as in this shot. Same neighbourhood, so its quite possible.

I've started using FilmDev and check it out. Its basically a visual recipe book of reference photographs on flickr, to answer the question "what does Film X look like when developed in Developer Y". Great idea, and excellent execution.

You can find a couple of my recipes here (Era PSS Pan in Rodinal 1:100) and here (Ilford FP4+ in Rodinal 1:100). My flickr stream is here.

Toronto the Clean

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:03 -0400

Here's what things look like at Howard and Parliament streets here in Toronto. For those that are unaware, we're currently in the middle of a big city worker strike. While the city and the union slag it out both publicly and in private, the rest of us get stuck with scenes like this. Personally, I don't think either side is having any success winning the hearts and minds of the people. The city looks hypocritical and the union looks belligerent. No winners here.

I got a few shots the other day of some city managers cleaning out one of these overflowing bins at Church and Carleton -- hopefully they'll get around to this one soon.

I'm really liking this combo of Rodinal 1:100 + Across 100. Now I've got my scanner calibrated for the film base, it scans really well.

Halo

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:00 -0400

For anyone who's wondering, any close-ups and flora shots are photographed in the field.

I may try my hand at some set-up shots in the future as I can get real close with the 240mm on the Chamonix in particular. Just gotta account for that bellows factor! A great easy tool for compensating can be found in the QuickDisc. There's also a great tutorial on bellows factor on Youtube, care of J Brunner: Bellows factor with Bacon.

Update August 14th '09: So it was a very nice surprise to find this photograph got the Noteworthy Vote for the Photo Friday In Shadow challenge. Thanks! For those that are interested, you can find a rundown of some of my other noteworthy entries from the days of groundglass on my about page.