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TPMG visits Canadian National Exhibition (CNE)
This is a bit of a backlog clearing job. The Toronto Photography Meetup Group recently visited The EX (Canadian National Exhibition) in Toronto. I thought it was a good chance to try out my Lens Baby Composer Lens and do some weird black and white pics. Here are a couple of the good ones….. The…
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A couple of test shots with Minolta Rokkor 50mm/f1.2
So the other day I had a bit of time and decided to paint the back of my Rokkor Lens. The lens originally had a Monilta mount, but with a lot of patience and tons of sanding I’ve modified it to fit the Canon EOS mount. The only thing that bugged me about the conversion…
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Toronto Buskerfest 2009…..
Okay so chronologically this post should come before the Airshow post, but hey better late than never right? Anyways, I had a couple of days off in august and decided to check out the Toronto Buskerfest again this year. For those of you who don’t know, since its inception the buskerfest has featured hundreds of…
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Canadian International Air Show…….
Celebrating Canada’s centennial of flight and it’s own 60th anniversary, the CIAS roared across Toronto’s skies last weekend. It was a great show and it was made even more special, since it also marked the return of U.S. Navy Blue Angels to T.O. I was there on Saturday and came away with the following images………
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TAIR11-A 135/f2.8 Lens…..Old USSR lenses Rock….
I just received this lens this morning. Purchased it from ebay seller in Greece (I’ve bought lenses from him before), and I have to admit, these old CCCP lenses are definitely different. They have a magical look to them. This specific lens has 20 Aperture blades and it’s bokeh (as you can see) is fantastically…
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Filmport studios, Cars/Bike Shoot and TPMG Prime Lens walk
Well, I guess I need to catch up with the picture postings since I haven’t updated anything here for a while….I’ve got a couple of new flickr sets posted. The first one is from a shoot I did at the Filmport studios in Toronto…. This place is absolutely huge…. You can see the rest of…
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Flowers, People, Skaters and BMXers…..
Well, I finally got around to edit last weeks outdoor shoot in the backyard. I used strobes on some of the shots, played around with my new/old Lensbaby Composer and my Zeiss Jena 135mm Sonnar lens…. Next in the queue were the shots from the Toronto Flickr meetup group. The meeting was happening (I guess…
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NAB2009 – Valley of Fire, San Xavier del Bac Mission, Tombstone, Bisbee, Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, Old Tucson Museum, Mount Lemmon, Pima Air and Space Museum, Titan Missile Museum, Aircraft Boneyard, Kitt Peak National Observatory
Our NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) trip this year started with a pre-trip to Valley of Fire State Park on Sunday, April 19th. Valley of Fire State Park is Nevada’s oldest State Park. It covers an area of 34,880 acres (141 km²) and was dedicated in 1935. The Park is located 50 miles (80 km)…
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TPMG visits The Carlu and TSG shoots outdoor to celebrates one year at Ryerson
Okay so the title is long….but now you know what’s coming….right? TPMG (Toronto Photography Meetup Group) visited The Carlu courtesy of Jenn. We were group number four and there was 15 of us. The Carlu , for those of you who don’t know, is the new name given to the 7th floor of Eaton’s College Street store. An…
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Tilt-Shift fun……
I came across Keith Loutit‘s work via an email Brad Fortner sent me a couple of days ago. I have to admit, I’ve never seen anything quite as good as Keith’s work with the Tilt-Shift lens . Hop over to his Vimeo page and/or his Photoblog to check out more of his work. Bathtub IV from…