Bill Smith's Photography

 I took Jo-Anne up to one of my happy places, Limehouse Conservation Area a few weeks ago for a hike, she forgot her camera so I loaned her one of my Canon FTb's. I ran with a Nikon F90X with my 28-105 zoom lens. which was perfect for the hike and shot with Kodak Portra 400. With this walk in the woods changed my mind with workflow and with Portra 400, I finally cracked the scanning code, more on that later.  Jo-Anne loved Limehouse, since we were out on the weekend, the trail was surprisingly busy for mid November. What saddened me was due to the number of idiots during the pandemic, the Credit River Conservation Authority had to "bubble wrap" some parts of the conservation area because of local idiots looking for that shot for Instagram or backdrop for their TikTok Video. That's the reason why the arch part of sawmill ruins is now wrapped up in construction fencing. Also, there were rope boundries which weren't there back in the spring. Thanks idiots, this is wh...

  At the risk of being a snob, if there's one thing about the pandemic, it has drawn people out onto the hiking trails who have no busienss being there. The arch over the creek at Limehouse Conservation Area has been covered by orange construction fencing because too many stupid idiots want to climb onto it and take a selfie. Things go bad, and they do on occasion the arch gets broken and the selfie taking idiot breaks their neck on the creek bed (which is rocky). Credit River Conservation Authority has assigned security guards to the conservation area to bust the village idiots who do dumb stuff and litter. Observation, why are you hiking with some takeout Tim Horton's coffee? Are you going to toss that empty coffee cup in a garbage bin at the trailhead when you're done?  Unrelated, I have no idea how the VW Beetle reckage wound up in the middle of the conservation area, it was for decades.  Also, I really love Bergger Pancro 400, I have two rolls being developed soon fr...

 I haven't been out hiking as much as I wanted too this past spring. Life somewhat got in the way with family commitments and I just avoid the trails on weekends because of the hordes.  Camera: Olympus OM-1n, Zuiko MC 50 f1.8 lens.  Film: Bergger Pancro 400, HC110 B. 

  If you really want to go for a hike on the weekend, you have to get to the trail head early as it gets busy as the morning goes on...... Camera: Rolleiflex 3.5 F Planar TLR.  Film: Ilford HP5 400, HC110 B.