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Yes, the guess focus is a bit tricky. I only used Tri-X film and tried to shoot at f11 or f16. Closeup work was really hit or miss!

05.03.2026 03:09 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Toronto 1982
In my second year of studies at Ryerson I got a Rollei 35s, and it changed the way I took photos.

1. Speed Chess at Yonge and Gould
2. Cigarettes, only $10.49 a carton
3. Danforth Avenue
4. Nathan Phillips Square

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04.03.2026 20:32 — 👍 40 🔁 5 💬 5 📌 0

Thanks, Bob!

03.03.2026 17:23 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The Language of Signs
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03.03.2026 12:45 — 👍 29 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 0

The Language of Signs
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02.03.2026 18:15 — 👍 20 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

No words

28.02.2026 23:29 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

A Question of Scale

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28.02.2026 13:48 — 👍 13 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Toronto 1981
After a year under my belt in the big smoke, I felt a little more settled and Yonge Street (just steps from the Ryerson photography building) was ripe with photo potential.

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27.02.2026 15:56 — 👍 28 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Paris 1993
I spent about a week in Paris in 1993, on my way back to Nova Scotia after 6 years in Japan. I took the east to west route via the Trans Siberian Railway, and flew back from Paris. It's the first time I've seen these in 32 yrs!

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26.02.2026 19:09 — 👍 20 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you, Maureen!

25.02.2026 18:37 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Toronto 1980

Moving from Wolfville, NS to Toronto in 1980 to begin studies at Ryerson was a major turning point in my life. Getting used to city life was challenging, and I'm glad I had a camera to help me adapt to the new environment.

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25.02.2026 16:43 — 👍 40 🔁 8 💬 2 📌 0

Perception/Deception

"We have art so that we shall not die of reality." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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24.02.2026 16:59 — 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

These days I'm not a fan of McDonalds, but when I was a teenager and fast food was a novelty in my life, I ate there as often as I could. So, there is a bit of nostalgia in these photos, and also an attraction to the design of the yellow M.

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23.02.2026 20:27 — 👍 20 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you!

23.02.2026 15:18 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

My Favourite Light
I first discovered this light in Halifax in 1980 (see first photo in set) and have been enamored with it ever since. Back light on pavement is my favourite light and works best when the pavement is wet.
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23.02.2026 02:44 — 👍 39 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 1

Thank you!

20.02.2026 17:12 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Semi-Crazy

Yeah, I'm semi-crazy, I gotta be half nuts
To keep running up and down the road in these semi trucks

Junior Brown "Semi-Crazy" (1996)

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20.02.2026 13:55 — 👍 28 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0

Wonderful illusion in this one!

20.02.2026 05:20 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

5th Avenue and East 36th Street, New York, 1983

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20.02.2026 02:55 — 👍 129 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0

West 35th Street, Street, New York, 1983

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18.02.2026 21:21 — 👍 16 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Ellershouse, Nova Scotia

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17.02.2026 21:07 — 👍 26 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Cheers, Fred!

17.02.2026 02:58 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you, Marian. Yes, a little nippy.

17.02.2026 02:57 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Windsor, Nova Scotia

All we need is music, sweet music
There'll be music everywhere
There'll be swinging, swaying, records playing
Dancing in the street

Martha and The Vandellas "Dancing in the Street" (1965)

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16.02.2026 21:06 — 👍 190 🔁 11 💬 4 📌 1