Bill Smith's Photography

 This was supposed to be the fifth anniversary photo walk for the Classic Camera Revival but Covid had other ideas, five years later it became the 10th anniversary of the revolution. The plan was to visit different east end breweries, the route varied from the initial plan in 2020, This Summer's scorching weather modified the route even further. It was great to connect with the CCR fans and geek out on photography. We started at the Great Lakes Brewery Tap Room on Lower Jarvis and ended at Eastbound Brewing in Riverside. We did have plans to go further but the weather was so hot (45 degrees Celsius), our dear leader Alex Luykx tapped out, and offered that I continue on until Godspeed Brewery. I called it a walk and a bunch of us after Eastbound, hopped the 504 street car up Broadview to the Danforth for Gelato at Dolce just east of Chester (Gelato so good, you will want to move to Riverdale/Playter Estates).  I chose the Nikon FM3a with the Voigtlander 40 F2 Ultron lens, becau...

 I explored the black alleys of Ossington and Beaconsfield Village with Jo-Anne on a recent Toronto Photowalks outing, this is one part of town I haven't really explored all that much. It was one of those days that threatened rain but didn't show up until the end of the walk.  There's a learning curve scanning colour film in Silverfast, I felt like I'm back at the beginning, that said, I will figure things out and get better. The workflow is just different, that said, I'm making discoveries every time I'm using Silverfast.  Camera: Nikon FM3a, Voigtlander 40 F2 SLII Ultron lens.  Film: Kodak Ultramax 400, processed by Graination Photo Lab.