December 30 Photo Walk from Chinatown To College St.

We did a second photo walk with the Toronto Film Shooters on December 30 replacing the New Year's Day walk and we attracted a bunch of new people to the group. The Toronto Film Shooters Facebook Group has over 60 members and we're one of four groups I'm aware of on socials who meet up and wander. We have walk regulars and we also cross promote our events  with Toronto Photo Walks.  

Cinestill 400D was the perfect film for walking through Chinatown and Kensington Market, I shot it through a recently acquired black Nikon FM2n from the 1980s with the honeychomb titanium shutter. You really can't go wrong with Nikon FM2(n)'s, they just keep on going. I used the 40 F2 Ultron lens along with the Nikkor AIS 28 F2.8 lens on this walk. I don't know why I pack the telephoto lens but you just never know when you will need one. 



Camera: Nikon FM2n, 40 f2 Voigtlander Ultron SL II Lens, Nikkor AIS 28 F2.8 lens. 

Film: Cinestill 400D


Spadina and Sulliven St Waiting for the Bus Checking the Menu Out at Stone Cold Noodle Nightmare Before Christmas Decorations Urban Catwalk Lost Boys Vintage and Lola Snoopy Mural Here it Is The Pearl Harbor Row House at the End of the Alley Faces Mural off Kensington ave Green Grocer on the Corner of Kensington Ave and St. Andrew Corner Grocer in Kensington Market Kensigton Market. Bunniestif Baldwin Meat Market Biking Off Baldwin onto Augusta_ Churros at Agusta and Baldwin Wall Mural Off Agusta Bungalow on Agusta The Cottage Cheese Off Agusta La Cevicheria Off Agusta Sunflowers Installation Agusta Mural at Agusta and College Jeff's on the Phone St. Stevens in the Field

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