March 15, The Day Everything Shut Down.

There are certain dates what will etch into your memory for an eternity, in this case, March 15, 2020, the day when the world I once knew disappeared within a matter of a few hours. If you have been following my photo blog, I was house and dog sitting at my brother's place in Toronto from March 9 to March 14. I was planning to go skiing the following week as sort of a victory lap for the season but take the 15th off to sleep in and run some errands.

Things changed when I got an email from the Caledon Ski Club, they decided to call it a season as of 4PM the 15th, I had a gut feeling they would shut the lodges down tight shortly afterward (they did within a space of a week). I raced up to the hill to clean out the family ski locker, I didn't even stop at Goodlot for a beer run, it was up and home. I took the Pentax K1000SE I had in my posession and shot the second roll of Eastman Double X on the way up and home for the Partnership of the Passing Pentax project. I wanted to get the camera on it's way to the next project participant.

 It felt like the last day for a lot of things, not just the ski season, but the life we knew. There's going to be a big re-set more ways than one once the pandemic runs its course, how it will look, who knows. For now my world got a lot smaller, more on that later.

Ok, off reality for a moment, Eastman Double X, a nice black and white film. Motion picture stock used in movies like Schindler's List and the opening sequence to Casino Royale. Nominally rated at 250 ISO, I expose at 200 ISO and process in HC110 dilution B. I love the results. Compared to ORWO UN54,  it's not cheap, even in bulk rolls. The tonality, so love the tonality.


Camera: Pentax K1000SE, SMC Pentax M 50 f12 lens.
Film: Eastman Double X 250, HC110 B.

Fallowed Caledon Farm Field_

Abandoned Farm House After Lunch

Abandoned Farm House After Lunch Two

Top of the North Hill After Lunch_

Immune Metal Couple

House Just Above the Conservation Area

Busy on Bush St

Former Belfountain Antiques Two

Fence Post in the Sun

Creditview Looking South March 2020

Creditview Farm March 2020

Late Afternoon Cheltanham March 2020


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