Bill Smith's Photography

Have you ever been out and you got everything weather wise thrown at you? About a month ago I went out on a hike at one of my favourite spot at Forks of the Credit Provincial Park, needed a break from a few projects I was working on. My path of choice is through the minuscule hamlet of Brimstone at the south end of the Park. Over the course of the morning I experienced rain showers, clear patches and then sleet. Yes sleet, when that fell I decided it was time to walk back to the car and go have lunch in Belfountain. I did however manage to take some pictures along the way, including my favourite spot along the Credit River. Camera: Hasselblad 500 C/M, Zeiss 80 f2.8 Planar Lens, Film: Ilford HP5, HC110 B.

It's been a while since I wandered around the downtown core with a camera in hand. Usually when that happens it's during the week, in this case it was late Saturday afternoon before the annual Toronto Photowalks party. Downtown was packed with Toronto Maple Leafs fans, more so than usual before a game which surprised me a bit. One thing I must do more often is wander more downtown, due to the pace of change, familiar landmarks are disappearing too quickly for my liking. In fact I recently noticed one of my favourite art deco office buildings owned by Oxford Properies got torn down recently on Adelaide just north of First Canadian Place. The entrance was an architectural gem, I hope it will be preserved as part of the new building. The immediately above was shot on an Olympus OM-1md, Zuiko 28 f3.5 lens Kodak Tri-X 400 processed in HC110 B. Everything below was shot with the same film developer combination but with my Leica M4-2 and Canon 50 f1.4 LTM lens.