More Fun with a Toy Camera
Taken with a 1963 Meikai EL toy camera from Japan and a roll of expired ASA 200 Japan Photo Centre colour film. The Meikai has a fixed lens and three aperture settings. The...
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Windy Easter
So much for good intentions! My firm resolve to spend the first part of this morning engaged in paperwork and tackling the various small organizational tasked required to keep track of my various...
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Her Easter Best
Today I’ll be taking a page from the Sartorialist’s playbook. In case you’re one of the five people on the planet who haven’t seen his blog, which features portraits of stylish individuals from...
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Stand By Me
When I was growing up, scenes like this were the norm. Boys would get curious about abandoned buildings and other forbidden places and would gather up in groups to go exploring. These days,...
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Demolished Home in Kensington
Battered old homes get torn down all the time in Toronto. These days they’re usually replaced with MacMansions that are squeezed into tiny urban lots and leave slivers of yards and lawns while...
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Angela’s Hands
Angela is a photographer who refuses to shoot digital and who shares my love of old film gear. At one time, she owned fifty-five cameras, but one day a couple of years ago,...
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Olympus OM10 with Vivitar 28mm 1:2.8
I picked up this Olympus OM10 and Vivitar for a song and am habit a lot of fun with them. I’ve already shot the 35mm through my Canon 20D and got some terrific...
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King Street Subway Ext
This shot was taken with my Yashica Electro 35, an auto-exposure camera that can handle most lighting situations (which makes it great for street photography). However, a shot like this one is especially...
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Canadian Miner
This is not a vintage photograph. It was taken last week with a beat-up Yashica Electro 35 then scanned with an Espon 4490. It looks older because I forgot to dust the negative....
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The Queen and I (and a few Others to Boot)
I first met Michelle DuBarry a couple of years ago on a cool spring day on Church Street. I was introduced to her male alter-ego, Russell, by our mutual acquaintance, my good friend...
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