One camera, one lens: Dundurn Castle
Recently, as part of our exploration of Hamilton, Ontario, my daughter and I toured Dundurn Castle. It’s not really a castle; it’s a large mansion about 18,000 square feet completed in 1835. It was an interesting place and we learned … Continued
This is February? Sixteen Mile Creek hike.
The penultimate day in February was a warm one! Not having been on the bike for the last few months I went for a hike instead to enjoy the unseasonably warm weather. Since I was in Oakville, I thought I’d … Continued
Protected: Ralph Ferrer 1938-2016
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“Art is the new steel.”
Living in Waterdown for almost 2 1/2 years, I’ve started exploring Hamilton, ON. A few weeks ago I was at Princess Point shooting black and white landscapes with the resulting photos found in my last blog post. These photos are … Continued
Princess Point – Black and White Landscapes
It was a cool, rainy, and foggy January morning. Cold, yet mild for January in Ontario. A monochrome day.
Winter is here
Until today, winter 2015/16 was a bit of a bust. This Christmas was a green and unseasonably warm one; I’m not really complaining as some friends and I did our 2nd Annual Christmas Bike Ride. The snow finally fell in … Continued
A Green Boxing Day
Christmas this year was a very green one. I’m not complaining because it made for a comfortable, in a temperature/weather sense (with my loss of cycling fitness the three hour, 78km, hilly, 2100 calories burning ride certainly wasn’t “comfortable” for me!) … Continued
Fujinon XF Lenses and Filter Sizes
Here is a table of current Fujinon XF Lenses and their filter sizes. Lens/Filter 39 43 52 58 62 67 72 77 XF 14mm f2.8 X XF 16mm f1.4 X XF 18mm f2 X XF 23mm f1.4 X XF 27mm … Continued
My Earliest Street Photos
I recently went through some boxes and came across some of my earliest street photographs that I shot probably in 1979/1980 when I was 13 years old. I used the Nikon EM (“the camera that goes beep beep”) It was … Continued
2015 Autumn Colors
My fall shooting came late this year — early November. I shot with a Fujifilm mirrorless system comprised of the Fujifilm X-T10 and a trio of lenses: Fujinon 18-55mm f2.8-4; Fujinon 10-24mm f4; and Fujinon 55-200mm f3.5-4.8. The 18-55 was used most … Continued
2015 Gourmet Food and Wine Expo
Photos from the 2015 Gourmet Food and Wine Expo featuring the Wines of Germany and German Wine Queen Josefine Schlumberger.
Grindstone Creek in the Royal Botanical Gardens and Waterdown’s Great Falls
I decided to go for a walk and visit a place I had not visited in awhile: the Royal Botanical Garden. I parked the car at the lot by Cherry Hill Gate and walked to the Grindstone Marsh Trail. Inspired … Continued