Bill Smith's Photography

 We lingered a bit at the top of the Oxtongue River falls, I wnt to town with the water relections, then went back to Billie Bear where we're staying. This one of my my happy places, Billie Bear Resort has a lot of history beginning as a Fishing camp and lodge. Before it's current incarnation the previous owner had a small fleet of aircraft, a helicopter which was more a personal toy and float plane, my guess a few  De Haviland Beavers for flying guests to their remote fishing spots.  That all changed in the 1990s when Billie Bear got sold and went from fishing camp to cottage resort.  I love Billie Bear, it's not Deerhurst and not meant to be, it's real Muskoka, not show biz Muskoka and long may it remain as such.  Got a chance to try out the Nikkor AIS 180 F2.8 ED lens on two shots, this is a nice lens, but it's a heavy bit of glass. Something I would think twice to take on an extended hike. If anything next year I'm going to take the AIS 80-200 F4 Zoom lens a...

Scott Kelby's Worldwide Photo Walk Day fell on a really nice Saturday morning in early October, a combined Toronto Film Shooters/Toronto Photo Walks Crew set up from the St. Lawerence neighbourhood to Harbourfront. Tagging along is a fellow member of the Film Shooters Collective, Katie Mollon who along with her husband came up from Detroit for the weekend.  I chose Ilford FP4 and the Nikon FM2/T as my film and rig of choice and it worked well for me that weekend. There was no cloud in the sky and I had to make the shadows work for me. I have to shoot with FP4 a lot more often next year.  Camera: Nikon FM2/T, Nikkor AIS mount Lenses.  Film: Ilford FP4 125, Ilfotec HC 1+31.