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Photostock Pt. 4 – The People

The key to photostock was not the location, or the trips, the food, the road…but rather…the people. No one looked down on anyone, everyone helped out eachother, talk, shoot the breeze, drink. It just felt comfortable, especally for me, a first time participant in the event, I knew…one other person who was going, Mat. But in hte end it didn’t really matter I was welcomed be open arms.

The People of Photostock 2012

Goatee

Mat

Pipe

Hands

Blowing Smoke

John

Photostock 2012

Photostock 2012

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Photostock Pt. 3 – The Location

Ontario is beautiful, there’s no changing that, but sometimes you leave and go someplace else and only find that the same beauty you so like in the north can be found elsewhere, that’s exactly how I felt when I drove through Northern Michigan. I feel the state gets a bad rap because of places like Detroit and Flint (New Jersey is the same way), but there is incredable beauty to be found in the northern part of the state. You will be treated to miles of wooded areas, quant villages, friendly people, and sunsets…well sunsets.

Cross Village Port
The beach and port at Cross Village. A quick stop, before returning to the Birchwood.

The Harbor.
Harbor Springs, now a favourite town of mine. Plus a late night fudge shop helps alot.

Fort Michilimackinac - 1715-1780
Fort Michilimackinac a french outpost taken by the British in the Seven Years War, destroyed with a new fort was built out on the island.

Horses at Dusk
There was a horse paddock next to the Birchwood, which gave us a good chance to grab photos.

Petosky Harbor
The harbor in Petosky, sadly I wasn’t able to spend too much time here. Maybe next year.

Photostock 2012
Fence line along the M-119

Playing with ORWO
Lighthouse

Photostock 2012
I did promise you a sunset. And here it is.

End of Summer Classic – The Canadian National Exibition

Nothing says end of summer for Toronto like the Canadian National Exibition. I usually make an effort to attend on the labour day weekend to take in the airshow, saldy this year the light was horrible so my airshow photos just didn’t turn out that well. But I took a chance to wander around the grounds a little more this time around to do some street photography of the crowds and came out with some wonderful candid shots of the many people who attend the CNE!

CNE - Labour Day 2012
A Great overlook of the CNE midway from the Atlantis Complex at Ontario Place

CNE - Labour Day 2012
A big part of the CNE is always the Canadian Forces display. I spent a good hour talking to our brave men and women in uniform

CNE - Labour Day 2012
These two carnnies were great, they were most impressed it was a film camera

CNE - Labour Day 2012
A squadron of Harvards over the lake put on a show for the public

CNE - Labour Day 2012
There’s always a lot of see at the CNE, get a map or download their app for your smartphone, I know it helped me.

CNE - Labour Day 2012
Tiny Tom doughnuts are always a fixture at the CNE

CNE - Labour Day 2012
Taking in the view above the crowd

CNE - Labour Day 2012
It was a hot day, so the fire department helped out

CNE - Labour Day 2012
The Midway

CNE - Labour Day 2012
Long Day

Nikon F4 – AF DC-Nikkor 105mm 1:2D
Kodak Technical Pan (ISO-25) – Blazinal 1+50 4:30 @ 20C
Kodak Plus-X 125 – HC-110 Dil. B 5:00 @ 20C

Project:52 – Week 50

Finding myself back in Ohio I took a break from the long drive home to stop off in the city of Findlay, home of the university where we had a day earlier gone to a Polaroid Party. I had seen the downtown from the photos taken during the FPP mid-west meetup a meetup I sadly was unable to attend, so I made a point to stop off this time. Spent some time at Imagine That, and even ran into a friend and inspiration Mat Marash while enjoying lunch at a local pub.

Project:52 - Week 50

Project:52 - Week 50

Project:52 - Week 50

Project:52 - Week 50

Project:52 - Week 50

Project:52 - Week 50

Project:52 - Week 50

Nikon F4 – AF Nikkor 35mm 1:2D – Kodak Portra 160