A Late Winter Walk in North Toronto

 North Toronto is familar turf for me, partly because Jo-Anne lives around Yonge and Eglington, it was also my late Aunt Barbara's part of the world though she live a bit further north in the Cricket Club Neighbourhod north of Lawerance and east of Avenue Road. My friends John Meadows and Ori Carmona joined me on a familar walk ruote. Sadly Jo-Anne has a part time job as a rehersal pianist for a local theatre group, and Sunday is rehearsal day for the next two months. 

Shooting colour film a grey late winter day sounds counter intuitive but, the results speak for themselves. I'm stockpiling up on consumer grade film for this year and tossing it in the freezer. My logic is simple. While I love Ektar 100, the new $20 CAD per roll price, not so much, same goes for Portra 400, there are alternatives like Lomo 100 and 400 C-41 and I'm even returning to Fuji Superia Extra 400. Watching Risby's Youtube channel intrigued me. I haven't shot with that film in years and considering the supply chain screwiness of late, now's not the time to be a prima donna and complain your artistic vision can't be realized without Portra 400, or even Ultramax 400. I'm going to be so glad when Adox joins the colour negative film category in a few years if they get the finacing.  


Camera: Canon EF, FD SSC 50 F1.4 and 28 F2 lenses. 

Film: Lomography 400 C-41. 



Best Buy Fresh Market Late Feb 2022_ Yonge St at Roselawn Feb 2022_ Eat Well, Liive Well_ Fresh Strawberries Slushy Yonge St Sunday Post Yoga Walk on Yonge St Little Party Shoppe Feb 2022 Yonge St. Shuttle Buses at Blythwood Pine Tree Between Two Apartment Buildings Three Story Apartment Building Feb 2022 Doggie Daycare Sign of the Skier FEb 2022 Crosswalk on Yonge St and North Toronto House North Toronto Apartment Courtyard Alex Miur Gardens Access Road Lawerance Park Lawn Bowling Club Feb 2022 Refelcted Creek Bank Creek Grate Creek Turned Channel Parked Yellow Tracktor_ Renovated House on the Slope_ House on the corner of Mt Pleasant North Toronto Street off Mount Pleasant Mount Pleasant and Sherwood Mount Pleasant and Erskine Navigating Eglington Ave East

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