Bill Smith's Photography

 This was supposed to be the fifth anniversary photo walk for the Classic Camera Revival but Covid had other ideas, five years later it became the 10th anniversary of the revolution. The plan was to visit different east end breweries, the route varied from the initial plan in 2020, This Summer's scorching weather modified the route even further. It was great to connect with the CCR fans and geek out on photography. We started at the Great Lakes Brewery Tap Room on Lower Jarvis and ended at Eastbound Brewing in Riverside. We did have plans to go further but the weather was so hot (45 degrees Celsius), our dear leader Alex Luykx tapped out, and offered that I continue on until Godspeed Brewery. I called it a walk and a bunch of us after Eastbound, hopped the 504 street car up Broadview to the Danforth for Gelato at Dolce just east of Chester (Gelato so good, you will want to move to Riverdale/Playter Estates).  I chose the Nikon FM3a with the Voigtlander 40 F2 Ultron lens, becau...

 The Classic Camera Revival podcast hosted it's 10th anniversary photo walk, my friend John Roberts flew in from Vancouver for the weekend, I wanted to show him a bit of Toronto and after stopping off at Graination for a film top up, Harbourfront made the most sense.  Summer up to the last two weeks of August was silly hot thanks to a heat dome which gave us Miami in July temperatures, South Florida can have its weather back thank you very much. We rode on a short turning 510 streetcar and got off a Queens Quay then walked along the pier running parallel to the Music Garden.  We worked our way east until the heavens decided to open up around York Quay, John and I hopped a Union Station bound 510 Street Car as the rain picked up steam. I can't begin to describe how muggy the weather was.  Haven't shot with the Canon New F-1 AE in a bit, and I wanted to put the FDn 35 F2 through its paces. Yeah, this lens is worth every penny. I do have  a bit of a hate on for the...