Having dinner in early May:
L: I will be in Montreal for the long weekend, anyone want to join?
O: That sound good. I am in, we can carpool.
S: OK, so shall we meet Friday after work?
O: Let’s give A a surprise!
B: Nice, I will be nearby and meet up with you guys.
Meanwhile A is having a dream that B appears at his door unannounced…
This is how ABLOS came to Montreal for the Victoria Day long weekend. Shot taken with the Yashica Mat-124G in Kodak Portra 160 NC 120 film.
Oleg looking contemplatively into the distance, but really he is just thinking about smoked meat.
Anthony posing in front of his ride.
Carmen, her first time at Montreal, sampling some whipped honey at the Jean Talon Market.
Beautiful limousine parked outside the church.
My attempt at capturing our reflections, now it just looks out of focus.
Amazing pastries at Kouign-Amann Bakery…so much butter!
2 kids attracted by the strange looking camera, too bad I couldn’t show them what I captured.
Taking a coffee break at Cafe Olimpico (Rue St-Viateur Ouest & Rue Waverly), part of the Montreal culture.
Tam-Tams, a Sunday gathering of Montrealers in Mount Royal Park. The main event involve playing hand drums (“tam-tams” in French) such as djembes and others dancing to the music.
A couple of weeks before Clara Noelle was born, I met up with the expectant couple, Mike & Tara for a quick photo session.
The expectant couple is so easy-going and relaxed around the camera.
Location is Victoria Park in Kitchener, Waterloo.
A beautiful spring day, trees are starting to turn green and lots of animals out and about in the warmer weather.
I brought along my new lens, the Pentax-DA* 50-135mm F2.8 ED [IF] SDM and it was a joy to use. Tack sharp and silent.
More photos from the shoot, you can also click HERE to see the gallery.
Congrats to the new baby :)
A while back I was trying to submit this photo of the homeless man to a photography contest. I thought the between his extended cup with the woman laden with shopping bags created a power juxtaposition. But first I had to get his model release form…so I contacted Ludwik on a quest to search for this man!
We jumped on our bikes and wandered up and down Dufferin Street, over to Queen Street. Asking for assistance and hints along the way. We crossed back on Bloor Street and found Bill sitting outside a Starbucks coffee shop. Bill said he needed time to think about it and to find him in 2 days. Unsatisfied Ludwik and I expanded our search for another quest.
We ventured into some bumpy bike trails on our speed bikes, going parallel is an abondoned railway bridge.
Using the overgrown bushes as a sign of unuse, we proceeded to carry our bikes across.
Being the intelligent beings, we proceeded to cross this train bridge, not knowing when it was last used.
Half way through. Don’t loook down! There were gaps in between the wooden beams and we could see cars passing 20m beneath us.
Finally made it across and now we are walking beside the DVP, one of the major highways in Toronto.
Traveling on the old railway tracks.
Ok now we have crossed the bridge…how do we make it up to that high bridge?!
We finally ended up on Danforth, wolfed down 2 Gyros and then headed home!
A couple weeks ago we visited Waterloo. First stop was St.Jacob’s Farmer’s market.
“1 for $3; 2 for $5; 5 for $10″. Simple math tells me we were saving 33.3% but reality was we had to carry 5 loaves for the whole day…
New building going up in Campus. Where did all the green space go?!
The new E5 building. We tried to find a way to get inside but with no luck.
After discovering our print accounts are still active and have some money left over we logged-on to Nexus.
Best use of an afternoon. Reading old lab reports and printing black pages.
We wandered around the Engineering buildings.
And pinned up posters on bulletin boards and slid them into glass displace shelves.
Slowly we made our way to the Clock Tower stage in downtown Kitchener.
Performance by Dr. John & The Lower 911.
The lead singer had a lot of character and great stage presence!
Bass guitar solo.
The crowd cheering during the final act.
