Bill Smith's Photography

 Erin Ontario is in Wellington County halfway between Orangeville and Guelph and would be sort of a regional centre of sorts. Erin used to have a branch line formerly Credit Valley Railway/Canadian Pacific that went from Cataract in Caledon to Elora where the route terminated. That got yanked up 30 years ago and is now a rail trail loved by gravel cyclists.  I've driven through Erin on the way to the Caledon Ski Club all the time in the winter and I have photographed on occasion. As a small town its pretty healthy with some industry and with commuters going down to "Pill Hill" in Northern Mississauga. The big downside with Erin is the main drag is an arterial road between village on Highway 10 and Guelph, and there trucks, lots of trucks, some carrying goods, others are hauling gravel from local quarries in neighbouring Caledon. It's perma rush hour with the amount of traffic passing through.  Camera: Mamiya C220F Twin Lens Reflex Camera,  Sekor 80 F2.8 lens.  F...

 One big massive picture dump, and part of a zine project called Headwaters referencing the Headwaters of the Credit River which covers Peel, Wellington and Halton Regions. With this project I'm using a couple of cameras most likely an Olympus OM body for 35mm colour work and my Mamiya C220f with the 120 black and white.  This region being part of the GTA Greenbelt which is under great threat from a six lane highway nobody wants and low density residential and commerical development. While some city and regional councils have strongly voted against Highway 413, other councils are politically on the fence due to firece political lobbying from developers and construction companies who stand to gain exopentially from this development.  The Headwaters Project focuses on the rural and small town landscapes and the long standing recreational facilities in the region focused highlighting what could be lost in the name of progress.  Camera: Mamiya C220f, Sekor lenses.  ...

I'm part of a new challenge and zine collaboration put together by Dan Novak, this time focusing on Twin lens reflex cameras and one particular film stock. The parameters are a little convoluted but I'm rolling with my Mamiya C220f and original production Fuji Neopan Acros 100. We have to come up with three rolls make contact sheets, then choose two photos for the zine from that. I have 18 rolls of OG Acros 100 left, I'm going to be whittling down to three for the purposes of this project. I plan to make a zine of my own from this combination and show up in my Blurb store at some point. What you will see here on my blog is my warm up work. The final results will only be in the TLR Challenge Zine.  Camera: Mamiya C220f, Sekor 80 F2.8 blue dot lens. Film: Fuji Neopan Acros 100, D76 1+1

By the time you see this the leaves will be fully out. It was a fun hike into the woods on Victoria Day Weekend. Camera: Mamiya 220f, Sekor Blue Dot 80 F 2.8 lens. Film: Bergger Pancro 400, HC110 B.