Month: May 2020

Is this your dog? It’s not mine. But I sat down with this guy circa 1980 somewhere in Thunder Bay and he didn’t seem to mind me taking a few photos while he chewed on a bone. Nikon FE 35mm

Continuing with scanning my box of 40 year old negatives, these are some shots from a visit to Old Fort William. Nikon FE 35mm. Sepia was added in Photoshop, seemed appropriate.

Mom at 18

More on the 1980 Thunder Bay Kowa 6 B&W series, my Austin Mini. One of the last times I drove this was when I moved to Toronto. It was a horrible car, and after Sault Ste Marie, every time I stopped for gas, I had to push start the car to get it going. When …

Just some random shots from my Kowa 6 in the Thunder Bay area circa 1980

This was an infrared study. I kept detailed notes on this, so I know it was done Sept 27 1981. Shot on 35mm Kodak High Speed Infrared with a Nikon FE fitted with 50mm F1.4 lens and #25 red filter. Infrared has some neat qualities, water comes out very dark, foliage very light, is very …

Was asked to cover a country Fair. Greased Pole Climbing was the highlight of Day. And yeah.. this was 40 years ago. My photography, scanned and uploaded May 9 2020. Kowa 6 Medium Format camera.

More Kowa 6cm B&W negative scans from 1980ish. Guide Printing was my first job in printing, was there 1978-1983 before moving to Toronto. The two ladies here were members of the Thunder Bay Television Listings Guide production team. Barb Powell is the woman in the white shirt, don’t know why she was looking so serious …

Scanning my 40 year old photo archive. These are random shots around the Thunder Bay Area circa 1980. These were all from my Kowa 6 Medium Format camera.

Scanning my 40 year old negatives. These were shot with a Kowa 6 Medium Format SLR.