Author Archives: Richard Wintle

About Richard Wintle

I am Canadian by heritage, and a molecular biologist and human geneticist by training. My day job is Assistant Director of a large genome centre, where I do various things along the lines of "keeping the wheels on". In my spare time, I tend to run around with a camera, often chasing horses, race cars, musicians, and occasionally, wildlife.

2015 Top Ten

Posted on 15 June 2016 by Richard Wintle

I know it’s already halfway through June, but here are my ten favourite photographs of 2015, in no particular order. Strangely, no motorsports made the list, unless you count the tractor. 1. November – Ascot Royals at First Canadian Place, … Continue reading →

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TO2015 Tally

Posted on 21 August 2015 by Richard Wintle

And so, that is that. The Toronto 2015 Pan Am and Parapan Am Games are finished, and I’ve retired my photo credentials and numbered vest. With as little regret as possible I’ve given back the very nice equipment I borrowed from Nikon Photo … Continue reading →

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Busy, busy, busy – the Pan Am games are here!

Posted on 13 July 2015 by Richard Wintle

As of Friday, Toronto and places near it are officially in the throes of the 2015 Pan Am and Parapan Am Games. And I find myself with (a) a full media photographer’s credential, (b) access to every single competition venue, … Continue reading →

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Did someone say “cold”?

Posted on 16 February 2015 by Richard Wintle

With whatever the current digital version of “mercury” is dipping to an overnight low of 25 below*, and an expected daytime high tomorrow of only two degrees higher, I for one am not planning on venturing outside unless I absolutely … Continue reading →

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Holiday Snaps (lazy blogging)

Posted on 23 December 2014 by Richard Wintle

In my usual way, with the Christmas break in full sway, I’ll more or less finish of the year with some lazy photo blogging. First up: Toronto’s Eaton Centre with the 1937 camera: And here’s Jill Barber, the mystery holiday … Continue reading →

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Cuban heat in downtown Toronto

Posted on 20 November 2014 by Richard Wintle

On a day before a major snowfall on our neighbours just over the border in Buffalo, and an infuriating mix of snow and wind in Toronto:  some photos of Cuban-Canadian singer Adonis Puentes, and legendary Cuban Tres maestro Pancho Amat. With a sizzling band, … Continue reading →

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DEDPXL recap

Posted on 4 November 2014 by Richard Wintle

[Warning – this post contains, at the bottom, one image with mature content. Potential triggers: suicide, depression, addiction.] Back in March of this year, I posted about how I’d jumped in to a new online photographic community named DEDPXL, run … Continue reading →

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Non-science: Concert Photography in Downtown Toronto

Posted on 24 October 2014 by Richard Wintle

I seem to be morphing, at least part of the time, into a concert photographer. Toronto singer-songwriter Kai tears the roof off. Let me explain.

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I’m a student, graduate student (found poem)

Posted on 26 August 2014 by Richard Wintle

Coming to you from the twenty-first wonder that is automated voicemail audio-to-text transcription. I have used editorial license to slightly alter some words, and lightly apply punctuation and line breaks. I have not changed any names to protect the innocent … Continue reading →

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Marooned on the Island

Posted on 30 July 2014 by Richard Wintle

Not a desert island, mind you. Oh no – this “island” is a thin strip of land between pit lane and the front straight, the province of a select few photographers who absolutely need to take photographs of cars in … Continue reading →

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