Bill Smith's Photography

 Just like that we reached to the 12th roll of Kentmere 400 for the Frugal Film Project for 2023. I had to switch to my 2024 camera early subbing out the Nikkormat FTn for the Nikkormat FT3 back in October, that's ok. I do plan to switch up the film stock next year to Fomapan 400.  The December roll took place during the photo walk (aka The Holiday Special) with the Toronto Film Shooters. We wandered around midtown doing a variation of a route we did two years ago, down Yonge St. to the Kay Gardiner Beltline Trail and then back up Mt. Pleasant to The Granite Brewery.  Sadly no snow this December so it really doesn't feel all that Christmasy this year, but then, it's been a very weird year. I hope everyone has a great holiday season.  Camera: NIkkormat FT3, Nikkor Ai lenses.  Film: Kentmere 400, Ilfotec HC 1+31. 

 August long weekend was a strange one, I came into the city Saturday for a photo walk (being uploaded at a later date), and stayed at Jo-Anne's Saturday night, alone. Jo-Anne was up north visiting her parents, so Sunday morning I wandered the neighbourhood. While there has been a lot of intensive re-development with high rise condos and apartment buildings, there's still a lot of single family houses and semis west of Yonge st. Walk two blocks west of Yonge St., you are in a differnt world. It gets a lot more quiet.  There's something about Toronto between St. Clair,  Lawerence, Bayview and Avenue Road that just feels like home for me. I hope to find a condo what works for me around here when the time comes. I am just putting it out to the universe. We'll see next year when the dust settles.  Camera: Nikkormat FTn, Nikkor HC 50 F2 Lens.  Film: Kentmere 400, Ilfotec HC 1+31.  ...