Bill Smith's Photography

  Silvercreek Conservation Area north of me is one of my go to hiking spots, and I introduced to Jo-Anne a few weeks ago as a dry run before our long weekend trip up to the annual Northern Muskoka photography retreat. We didn't hike the whole trail, and it's that ugly realization, yeah, we're both out of shape. I didn't hike much this year, which was better than last year where I hiked even less. Last year it was dealing with mom's healthcare issues and this year the Summer has been stinky hot. Thankfully becasue travel restrictions have been lifted, the Blog TO crowd are now at some all inclusive somewhere in the Carribean and leaving the local trails to us enthusiasts.  Jo-Anne had a blast as she used to belong to a hiking group. and had not hiked this section before.  I chose one of my Olympus OM-1n's and popped a power winder on, I've gotten addicted to using them with certain cameras. The lighting was all over the place so I ran with Eastman Double X, t...

 I dragged my friend Nicole up for a quick hike a few weeks ago, the sun was out and it was gorgeous and she needed a break from her studies. The day was prefect, I mean not a cloud in the sky which can be difficult for a photographer, so don't make the sky the focus, it was a really nice late fall day. I know we'll return at some point, when exactly, probably next year.  I chose  to run with my eye level prism Canon New F-1 with an FDn lens assortment to keep the weight down a bit. the older breach lock lenses are much heavier. The film was freezer stored expired in 2009 Kodak Max 400. On seeing the scan results, I'm rethinking my NLP Billie Bear kit, again, just take my two Canon New F-1's one for colour the other for black and white and rock by and large an FDn lens kit to save weight. I do have that 100-300 F5.6 L series zoom lens for telephoto work.  Camera: Canon New F-1, FDn lenses.  Film: Kodak Max 400, expired in 2009 and freezer stored.  ...

 There is a beautiful energy on this part of Halton Region.  Camera: Nikon FM, Nikkor Ais 35 f2 lens.  Film: Rollei RPX 400, HC110 B.