“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invisible summer.” — Albert Camus Like many places in North America, Ontario is experienc...
David Smith's Posts
8 February, 2025
Don’t Take It So Seriously – Putting the Funny Back Into Photography
“Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.” — E. B. White If you read the comments on YouTube, Facebook or...
29 December, 2024
A Complicated Relationship With Colour Film
“Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night.” — Raine...
17 December, 2024
10 Shots from the Toronto Skate Scene
All photographers can ultimately be divided into two categories: the hip or the lame. The former, for example, includes grizzled, chain-smoking photojournalists wearing bullet-r...
11 December, 2024
The Whole Roll: 100 TMax in an Ordinary Place, on an Ordinary Day, in an Extraordinary camera (the Rolleiflex 2.8F).
“I just happen to like ordinary things. When I paint them, I don’t try to make them extraordinary. I just try to paint them ordinary-ordinary.” — Andy...
“Collectors are happy people.” — Johann Wolfang von Goethe Old Nikon rangefinders are a like catnip for camera collectors. Even insufferable Leica snobs, li...
8 October, 2024
Breaking the Bank for a Bubble — A One-Shot Story
“The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.” — Leo Tolstoy My photographic journey is yet to take me to Iceland or the game parks of Namibia. In ...
30 September, 2024
Expired Kodak Technical Pan – a Cornucopia of Contrast
I’m a straight shooter. I follow the rules. If a carton of milk expires on December 16th, I bloody well drink it before the 16th. And because of this, I came to the world...