SHADOWS AND REFLECTIONS

I am always looking for interesting images. Walking into the kitchen I noticed how the reflections and shadows from different kitchen utensils made a very interesting and intriguing composition.

LAKE NIPISSING, GARDEN VILLAGE, ONTARIO

On a little phototrip yesterday I made this mage of Lake Nipissing. Romantic? Sure but why not. Again I prefer black and white for this image. The picture reflects the distinct quiet Northern Ontario landscape.

ATWOOD MEN'S CLUB, ATWOOD, ONTARIO

Driving through the small town of Atwood in Southern Ontario, I noticed this peculiar building called the Atwood Men's club. I am very curious about this club. Anyway this picture is for my friend Rob who is interested in seeing the photograph.

TREE, NEAR WATERLOO, ONTARIO

Driving along a country road on a dark Fall day I noticed these strangly shaped maple trees. Starkly outlined against the grey flat sky this tree made a graphically interesting image.

SAILBOAT, CALLANDER, ONTARIO

I made the image in colour and black and white. I think the black and white is visually stronger. Maybe my preference for black and white was the deciding factor why I selected this image.

MORNING FROST, NORTH BAY, ONTARIO

The first sign of the coming Winter.

GRAFITI, PORTLAND, OR

Of course in most cases the photograph becomes far more interesting than the splashes of paint on a surface somewhere. This picture looks more like a painting than a photographic image. I like it because of the painterly effect.

BUS STOP, BEAVERTON, OR

To continue with my grafiti theme, here is a busstop with a very delightful "grafiti" but here the busstop has been designed by a professional artist. One of many who have made the different public transport stations in Portland into an open air art gallery.

FOUND ART, PORTLAND, OR

I found this image on the side of a garbage container in Portland. I am always on the lookout for neat images and grafiti. I don't mind good grafiti artists. Most of them are not very creative because they copy the same stuff over and over but when I look at all the visual polution created by businesses then why shouldn't individuals express themselves.

SIDEWALK, HILLSBORO, OREGON

Pavement and leaves, simplifying the subjects to some very basic essentials can produce visually strong images.

FALL IN NORTHERN ONTARIO

I took this picture quite a few years ago. Its still one of my favourite Fall images. Maybe because of the strong exuberant colours or it just makes me happy walking through the country on a beautiful autumn day. Whatever it is I like it.

WOODSTOCK, ONTARIO

Walking through an old grave yard in Woodstock, Ontario I could not resist taking this picture. . I took the picture in colour but I felt that it worked better in sepia because of the nature of the subject which looked very Victorian.

FALL COLOURS, NORTH BAY, ON

Fall colours keep me under their spell. No wonder so many Canadian artists were atracted tot this splurge of colour.

FALL MAPLE, ONTARIO

Happy Thanksgiving to my friends Marsha and Rob Greenfield. Rob disaggreed with me about my comment that Fall pictures tend to become cliche. But as I said I still love taking pictures this time of year and I certainly feel that the Fall, and maybe the Winter season, identify the image of Canada.

OUR BACK YARD, NORTH BAY, ONTARIO

Fall is always a beautiful season. Every time I marvel at the blaze of colour. Of course images become cliche but every year I take a few shots. Its a great time for walking in the country. This view is in our back yard.

FLIGHT AC192 - VANCOUVER TO TORONTO

Back home again. I spent a few weeks in Oregon. Of course I hada great time but its nice to be home again and return to working on my images. I took this quick picture late in the evening somewhere over Western Ontario.

SUNSET, SEASIDE, OR

LANDSCAPE NEAR VERNER, ON

A beautiful cloudy sky and the scene reminds me of John Steinbeck's book the Grapes of Wrath. I will not be able to post for a few days but will be back next week.

PARKING LOT, NORTH BAY, ON

One last night image. I like this picture because of the colour. The red lines give this image a slightly abstract feel. The markings on the ground add perspective.

STORE SIGN, MAINSTREET, NORTH BAY

Another image from my excursions on Main street. What makes night photography so interesting is the variety of lighting sources which create different moods in the picture.

HAIR BIZZARE, NORTH BAY, ON

The two dimensional view of this image shows a composition of rectangles. The light and the colour give the image a forlorn impression.

UNION TAXI, NORTH BAY, ON

Continued last night with my series of night images of North Bay. I started this project many years ago and felt it was time to see how things have changed.I think the city has become bleaker. The downtown looks run downa situation you will find in many small towns and cities all over North America.

HYDRO DAM, SOUTH RIVER, ON

I enjoy making panoramic images. The pictures give a different feel to a scene because of the perspective. In this image I used three negatives.

ABANDONED CHURCH, NORTH BAY

For some reason this picture of an old abandoned church gives me a strong feeling of Summer. I sepia toned the image and then handcoloured the image. Actually I did all that on the computer.

VIRGINIA CREEPER

This picture is for my sister- in-law Addy and her friend Keitha who love painting. Hope they enjoy this image.

GLOXINIA

The gloxinia on my table is flowering. It reminds me of the movement of waves.

COLOUR ABSTRACTS 3

The last image of the wood on my blog. I have quite a few more but that could be too much. The pictures look more like paintings than photographs. Even though I enjoy this kind of subject matter I have to be aware that photography should not resemble other art forms. I should say that I have not manipulated these pictures except what any photographer would do in the traditional darkroom.

COLOUR ABSTRACTS 2

Another image from my lumber series. The pictures resemble modern abstract paintings.

COLOUR ABSTRACTS

The next series of images are simply colour abstarctions. I photographed the ends of imported lumber from Malaysia. The small lumber companies identify their wodd with a personal colour code. This mkaes for ver interesting pictures.

NIPISSING MINES, COBALT, ONTARIO

Time for another picture. I have neglected my blog for a few days so here is another image from Cobalt. The ruins of the old Nipissing Mines Low Grade Mill. I have no idea what the function of big circular area was but it is visually an interesting feature of this image. It leaves it to the imagination to guess about the purpose.

OLD MINING EQUIPMENT, COBALT, ON

Abandoned mining equipment of course makes for interesting compositions. Cobalt has many sites which offer great opportunities for very fine images.

RUINS, COBALT, ONTARIO

This week I will post some images from the small town of Cobalt. In the early twenteith century this place was a booming mining town with about 200 large and small silver mines. All that is left are the ruins of the smelters and mines and of course abandoned equipment. Its sad but it also reminds us as photographers where our basic resource, silver, came from and what is left behind.

OLD BARN, CALLANDER, ONTARIO

Photographed this old barn door in Callander, Ontario. I just liked the abstract quality of this close up.

ALONG THE TRAIL, NORTH BAY, ONTARIO

Early morning along the trail. Its a grey day and a feel of early autumn I love the pattern of the trees. I like the contrast between the textured trees and the dark silhoutess of the ones in the background.

LIFE GUARD, LAKE NIPISSING, ONTARIO

A blustery day today. Actually I welcome change after a very hot June and July. Walking along the beach this morning I had to take a picture of the lone life guard on the beach. Today you noticed that Fall is just around the corner.

HUNTS POINT, NOVA SCOTIA

I just enjoy photographing rock Its not just the tactile and graphic quality but also a, I presume, subconscious affinity with this most ancient and basic element.

OLD MORTAR, ANNAPOLIS ROYAL, N.S

While visiting the old French fort at Annapolis Royal in Nova Scotia, it struck me how even weapons like this old mortar were, rather ironically, beautifully decorated.

BLUENOSE II, LUNENBURG, NOVA SCOTIA

The "Bluenose II" is a replica of the legendary schooner "The Bluenose". I took this image on a very dark, grey day when the ship was home in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. I just enjoy photographing boats and ships, which maybe had to do with wanting to go to sea when I was very young..

SOBEY'S SUPERMARKET, NORTH BAY, ON

Coming out of the supermarket I could not resist this subject. Not a great picture but just fun.

CARWASH, NORTH BAY, ONTARIO

Early this morning, when I went to pick up a newspaper, I noticed the ealy sunlight streaking acros the surface the brightly coloured carwash. I couldn't resist taking this shot. Camera: Olympus C8080-W

PEPPERS, PIKE PLACE MARKET, SEATTLE,WA

This picture is for Anna Larsson who posted a very delightful comment with the image of the old window at Port Royal. So Thanks Anna, I am glad you enjoy my pictures. I love it when people get enjoyment out of my images.Hope you like this picture.

PORT ROYAL, NOVA SCOTIA

Port Royal is the earliest settlement in North America north of Florida. I saw this window which attracted me because odf the texture and colour. Glass was expensive at the time of settlement so people used a form of parchment instead. Of course in time the windows would deteriorate, the result of which you can see in this image.

ALONG THE BAY of FUNDY, NOVA SCOTIA

The variety of vegetation appears to run down like a little stream between the rocks. The picture was taken on a trail along the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia

STORE WINDOW, SAN FRANCISCO, CA

I said earlier that I am always intrigued with store mannequins or dolls. This picture I made in San Francisco and it reminds me of some of the paintings by the Belgian artist Ren� Magritte. Hope you like it

STORE MANNEQUIN, TORONTO, ONTARIO

I am always intrigued by store mannequins. I guess its the expression or lack of it which makes these dolls look eerie. This one I saw in a store in a district popularly called Little Indai in Toronto.

CANDY, STRATFORD, ONTARIO

Walking through Stratford, Ontario I saw this bowl with candy in a store window. It was a good subject for a few very interesting abstract images.

SWEATER, ELORA, ONTARIO

This picture is for Kathryn who posted a very thoughtful comment yesterday. I hope you like this image which I took in Elora, Ontario

BUNCHBERRIES

Close to my home are some very interesting trails.I photographed this pattern bunchberries. I used an old Rolleiflex TLR with a 80mm Planar lens. I still love to use this camera and as long as film will be available I will keep on using this camera.

WATERFRONT, NORTH BAY, ONTARIO

Very hot and humid today. Walking on the waterfront I photographed this cool reflection. I needed this little cool fantasy.

ROCK FORMATION, LAKE NIPISSING, ONTARIO

I could not resist posting one more image of the serie on Lake Nipissing. The image shows a rock formation but the light and texture make transform the rocks into some strange prehistoric animals.