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Retired public servant, from Cape Breton but living in Ottawa with my Scottish wife and our two Westies. Current focus of photography hobby is black and white, mostly medium-format film, portraits of Cape Breton and the Ottawa Valley.
Michael Joyce, Rupert, about 30 minutes north of Ottawa (Ilford Delta-100)
Darron Aucoin’s barns, near Alcove, on the Gatineau River, Quebec (Ilford Delta-100)
Neil Richardson lives on an old farmstead (house built in 1835) on the east side ofbthe Gatineau River, about 30 minutes north of Ottawa.
Bob Bate runs a private fish hatchery, founded decades ago by his dad, in the Gatineau hills, east of the Gatineau river.
Mark Richardson, in his sawmill north of Wakefield, Quebec.
Michael Joyce, Rupert, Quebec, 30 minutes north of Ottawa (Ilford Delta-100)
Hallner, near Snaesfellsjokukall National Park, Iceland
James grew up in Cape Breton. He was dyslexic and his teachers told him he would never succeed in school. He tried being a Franciscan monk, but gave that up, joining the US special forces in Vietnam before retiring back to his grandparents' property in Cape Breton. Beautiful guy. (Fuji-GFX)
This Peter de Vries came to eastern Canada to take up a University professorship and chose to retire along the shore of Lake Ainslie in Cape Breton (TriX-400).
Old barns in the Pontiac, a region on the Quebec side of the Ottawa river, a short distance west of Ottawa.
Raene, in Rockingham, eastern Ontario, about 2 hours NW of Ottawa.
Heading back up to Rockingham today where a number of young families are living off-the-grid and doing traditional things, like Daniel Stermac-Stein, who works in leather. I generally prefer more wrinkles but he makes up for it in other ways.
Another 'come-from-away' to Cape Breton luthier, Johannes Sturm in his workshop near Port Hood.
Benny Burchat, Tramore, on the Bonnechere River, about 2 hours NW of Ottawa (TMAX-100)
Gussie MacLean, Port Hood training racetrack, Cape Breton (Ilford Delta-100)
This is another shot of luthier Otis Tomas. I had run out of film appropriate to this opportunity. This is a 'fail' that nonetheless has a certain mood.
Otis Tomas, luthier, North River, Cape Breton. He moved to Cape Breton from the US around 1970.
Archie MacLellan, Colindale Road, Mabou, Cape Breton
Barns in winter, Colindale Road, Mabou, Cape Breton.
Gussie MacLean, Port Hood, Cape Breton (Ilford Delta-100)
Lady at MacLaren Orchards near Renfrew, Ontario. First is Pentax 67 film; second Nikon D800e digital. Much easier to get the shot with digital, even easier with my newer Nikon, but I will continue to work film for now.
Old farmhouse, Queens Line, eastern Ontario (Ilford Delta-100)
Laetitia Tardif Peacock, Fort William on the Ottawa river 2 hours upstream from Ottawa. Fort William was a Hudson Bay trading post in the 1700s and 1800s.
Medrick Dixon, fish worker in Neil's Harbour, Cape Breton (Fuji AcrosII-100)