MERMAID, KINGSTON, ONTARIO

Walking downtown Kingston, I spotted this beautiful mermaid in an antique store window. She was beautiful and, if I had the money or the space I would have loved to purchase her. I guess she came either from an old carousel or some other fair attraction.

A GLORIOUS MORNING, NORTH BAY

What a beautiful late Summer day. Early in the morning I walked out to pick up my daily paper and the light was simply perfect. So I went inside to get my camera and just at that moment one of my neighbours came down the road on his bicycle. It could not be better. The cyclist was the strong element giving the image a strong visual impact.

BLUE AND YELLOW, KINGSTON, ONTARIO

Dusk, we are on our way to a small restaurant at the end of this passageway. What struck me was the strong colours of the blue day light on the wall contrasting with the yellow light inside the tunnel.

MURNEY TOWER, KINGSTON, ONTARIO (Revised)

The Murney tower , built in 1846, was part of the British defense system in Kingston. What attracted me were the architectural details of this tower. This tower is open to the public and is actually a quite interesting small museum. 

HISTORICAL HOUSE, KINGSTON, ONTARIO

First I like to thank everybody for all the birthday wishes I received on Facebook, email and telephone. We just returned from a wonderful visit to Ottawa including a two day sidetrip to the wonderful site of Kingston. So here is a small reminder of this trip, one of the many historical houses in the downtown area.The weather was great although you started to feel that fall is just around the corner.  

THE POWASSAN TREASURE MILL, POWASSAN, ONTARIO

Yesterday I visited the Powassan Treasure Mill, which is a vintage and antique store. Its a great place to brows and for photographers a great place to make some great pictures full of colour, textures and patterns. If you get achance go and visit this interesting store.

LAKE BERNARD, SUNDRIDGE, ONTARIO

When I looked at the initial picture,  the famous image The Big white Cloud by Edward Steichen came to mind. He made that picture in 1903 and is quite dark. In this image I wanted to keep more detail but I toned it to recreate the mood of the ealy landscape image by Steichen.

GETTING READY FOR THE HARVEST FESTIVAL

Yesterday we visited Screaming Heads in Burks Falls. There was quite a bit of activity going on and the owner told us that they were getting ready for the Harvest festival. Now it became clear to me what the function was of the various domes and pyramids on the property. These were the frames for the temporary tents where a variety of performances take place. I never realized the size of this festival. It definitely is not a traditonal harvest festival taking place during September and early October. So check out the festival's website to get an idea of this truly fantastic event.

PEGGY'S COVE, NOVA SCOTIA

Peggy's Cove is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Nova Scotia. At sunset everybody watches the sun set behind the lighthouse. But what many people miss is the very interesting rocky landscape around that same lighthouse.I simply prefer the beautiful shapes and textures of the rocks.

WHALE BONE, PEGGY'S COVE, NS

Looking for some negatives I came across a few images from a trip to Nova Scotia. I made this picture at Peggy's Cove. It was a difficult negative to print because of the low subject contrast. The grey whale bone was left against a grey rock. So I scanned the original negative and using a few image programs, the result was a visually quite interesting picture.

DEPARTMENT STORE, CHINA TOWN, TORONTO

This image is just pure colour, patterns and textures, which reflect the noise and the vibrancy of this neighbourhood in Toronto.

LIQUOR STORE, NORTH BAY

Stopping off at the liquor store on a warm Summer day I took a picture of this simple cityscape. By making some adjustments, which gave this image a visually interesting twist.

OLD COTTAGE, NORTH BAY

Visited some friends yesterday who are staying at a very picturesque cottage here in North Bay. The place is quite old and simply has character, which reflect its history. It is a great place to make some very good visually interesting images.

LINES

Waiting to cross the street yesterday I noticed the patterns of the black telephone and hydro lines contrasting with the strong white markings on the road. It reminded me of some of the city images of Walker Evans.

OLD MAPLE TREE, DOWNTOWN NORTH BAY

On my walks in the downtown neighbourhoods of North Bay, I am always fascinated by the old trees in the front of the older homes. It is not only the shapes and textures but also the visual signs of its natural life.

ANGUISH

I photographed this strange sculpture, which I simply titled anguish. Because the scene looked very "Victorian" I simply made an image using that nineteen century hand coloured photographic process, reflecting that specific period character.

TATTOO

Visiting the North Bay Farmers market I couldn't resist taking this picture. The light was right, the different textures and above all, I liked the tattoo.

AMBIANCE, FOR DAVID BROWN

Thanks for your comment yesterday David. I have to agree with you that many folks are slowly fading away. Maybe we are too of course. Anyway I thought you might find this image appropriate. someone left this old armchair in a field next to an old storage shed. This shed is actually down our road and I did post some pictures of this old place. It might be a nice chair to spend a pleasant Summer afternoon reading or just contemplating life and enjoy nature..

TORN MOVIE POSTER, TORONTO

One of my favourite subjects is torn posters on walls and billboards. I like the textural and also the almost abstract quality of these negligible things we otherwise simply ignore.

WEDDING DRESS, C.A 180, CALLANDER MUSEUM

After my trip to Cobalt, I got the idea of visiting all the various small towns in the area to see what their local museums look like and develop a photographic diary of my visits. This dress is part of the Callander museum collection.