1998 - The Summer of the Crown Graphic
Although I own a nice monrail with a good assortment of lenses, I used almost exclusively my 1966 Crown Graphic with the standard 135mm lens. I was lazy, and the Crown Graphic is just such an easy camera to use. I did not keep track of all the films used, but mostly they were HP5+, FP4+ and Delta 100. Most were developed in either Rodinal, Xtol or PMK Pyro.
The SanJo 6" Binocular Telescope
Made in London, Ontario by my friends Mark St. George & dave Rubenhagen, they have started up a small company to produce these telescopes commercially. These pictures were taken August of 1998, in a small park near the south branch of the Thames River. Lower down on this page look for the railrod bridge picture, as it si about a 2 minute walk away form where these pictures where taken. The picture on the left is infrared film, Kodak HSI.
A Tale of Two Bridges
Taken July of 1998, the first bridge is BlackFriars bridge, norht branch, Thames river. The second bridge is the Adeliade st. RR bridge, south branch, Thames river. It is only for trians, no pedestrian or vehicle traffic.
Family Pictures
The first picture was taken on the shore of Fish Creek, on the family farm near Granton, Ontario. My son Tristan is seen sitting there. The second picture is of both Tristan & Siobhantaken July of 1998 at Port Bruce, Ontario, north shore of lake Erie.
A Dam Fine Time
In 1937 the Thames river unleashed a terrible flood in the city of London. The Upper Thames River Authority was formed, and years later, we have two dams that were built to help controll the spring flooding. The picture ont he left is the Springbank Park dam, on the extreme west end of the city, while the picture on the right is Tristan in front of the Fanshawe lake dam, extreem north east end of the city.
The Last Two
The left image was taken August of 1998, and shows the CPR rail years, looking west off the Quebec St. overpass. The picture onteh right was taken in the early spring (you can see the snow pile), of my next door neighbour, Dr. Rosen, the Vet. He had just put up a new sign, with a beautiful picutre of Noah's Ark.