Photos from my past, never to be forgotten
Photos from my past, never to be forgotten
These photos were taken with my Canon F1 professional 35mm SLR, the film processed by me and the enlargements and tinting done in my darkroom. The sailboat was printed on a special silver photo paper. My work was mostly in B&W in those days except for colour slides which were store-processed. All my colour slides are back in Canada, but if I remember, transfer to colour paper leaves something to be desired.
The barns were taken at a primitive farm I used to stay at near Killaloe, Ontario, when I wanted to be alone and close to nature.
The wooded trail was a logging road (as you can see there are no older trees) near the Killaloe farm. Perhaps this is why the locals call it "bush" rather than "forest" or "woods".
The hillsides with the stone house was taken in Wales.
The train tracks were at a spot behind Dundern Castle in Hamilton, Ontario, the city where I was born and grew up. As a little kid I was fascinated by sitting on the hillside watching the trains and the photo was taken when I revisted much later in life.
The sailboat was in the river behind the Canada Parliament buildings in Ottawa.
The photo of a farm with a small lake beside it is a property near Killaloe I could have bought back in those days for CDN$15,000. It was a 300 acre farm (only partly used for a personal vegetable garden) with a wholly enclosed private spring-fed 35 acre lake and 200 acres of woods. The tight little farmhouse, well back from the gravel road, had indoor facilities (very unusual there) and used a drilled well for drinking water and a cistern for other uses. It also had a vacant newer brick one-room schoolhouse at the road entrance that could easily have been converted into a residence and workshop/studio with living space. I still regret not buying it, because I could have afforded it, but my life would have been quite different had I done so.
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I don't know if I reposted this recently but it was originally posted on the Creative Arts group years ago. Since Robert in Ohio posted an article called "Darkroom to Digital" I thought this was relevent to repost, since many members may not have seen it.
I have seen them before Buzz. But, they are still great photos to see once again.
I haven't seen them before so thank you very much for sharing them, Buzz! They are wonderful!
Thanks for sharing your wonderful talent with all of us. These are GREAT!!
Thanks for reposting here, evidently I missed them in the CA group
Love b&w photograpy, for me it draws one to look deeper at the image...really taking in the subject, light and shadows!
Buzz
What great pictures, you are a very talented guy!
Thanks for sharing these pictures.
The scenes are also breathtakingly beautiful
I generally find B&W more dramatic - think of the work of Ansel Adams.
Buzz
Black and white photography can indeed be breathtaking in beauty and holds the focus on the subject rather than the surroundings
American sleepyheads may not have seen these.
I still prefer B&W - did an article about the difference by comparing the same photos using colour or B&W - posted on Creative Arts. It's one of the featured articles in the archives.
That's interesting. I was an video photographer, a long time ago. That was way back when I was still in High School! I had a darkroom, enlarger, etc. (We still used film back then
To this day I still prefer B & W. (Occasionally I've seen excellent colour photos that blow me away-- but mainly I refer B &W-- at least good ones).
P. S. You photos are fantastic-- I never knew you were such a good photographer! (Those in the country are so good...the make me want to sell my belongings and go live in a cabin in the woods).
These are more pleasing each time I see them, Buzz.
Just got back to my usual routine and will spend time tomorrow with each of your current articles.
Today was the day chosen to be our "fun day" but I'm always interested in and happy to read whatever and whenever you post.
WELCOME BACK MAC!!!
Ah, so we had a similar hobby.
That cold, lonely, feeling is enhanced by using stark B&W without tinting or colour. Although I doubt that I took the photo in the winter, the amount of white (which might be stones) has the appearance of snow.
Home sweet home huh Buzz? Love the photos, great eye sir and thank you!
:~)
Wonderful photos the 1st, 2nd and last remind me of what we use to call and I guess we still do "down home".