Category Archives: Hobbies

My old new little friend – the Voigtländer VF-101

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Richard Wintle

I take a recent Ebay purchase for a spin – an early-1970′s rangefinder camera. Continue reading →

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Strange history, and thoughts of trying times

Posted on March 9, 2013 by Richard Wintle

I go exploring the cemeteries of long-gone pioneer villages, and think about the hard life that was not so very long ago. Continue reading →

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More Monochrome – Toronto’s Spadina Avenue

Posted on February 16, 2013 by Richard Wintle

Another photograph featured on the Popular Photography website, this time of Toronto’s vibrant Spadina Avenue. And it was taken, once again, with an ancient camera. Continue reading →

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Black and White, Silver and Gold

Posted on February 5, 2013 by Richard Wintle

Some long-lost memories from deep in the recessed of the basement bathroom drawers. Continue reading →

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Chuffed

Posted on December 8, 2012 by Richard Wintle

I blow my own horn again, this time about making it into a top-20 list at Popular Photography magazine. Continue reading →

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Non-science hobbies (again) – the Honda Indy Toronto

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Richard Wintle

Richard spends a whole weekend at the annual Honda Indy Toronto race, cameras in hand. Continue reading →

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Light Fighting

Posted on June 18, 2012 by Richard Wintle

Making the most of bad light while photographing a Canadian rock and blues guitar legend. Continue reading →

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This was the weekend that was.

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Richard Wintle

An exhausting, but fun, long weekend – full of car racing, fireworks, horseback riding, a large zoo, and a whole lot of photographs. Continue reading →

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Hockey Pool, Week 21, wherein I fail to win

Posted on February 26, 2012 by Richard Wintle

Hockey Pool week 21, in which Richard fails to make up any ground. Again. Continue reading →

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A New Angle of View, Part II

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Richard Wintle

Richard acquires a 1958 Agfa Silette LK camera, and takes it for a test drive around the University of Toronto campus. Continue reading →

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