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.

Perfect Purple – or, how a prompt word (or two) can help

Posted on 2 May 2014 by Richard Wintle

Occam’s Typewriter is a humbling place, sometimes. Surrounded by novelists, published authors of fiction, and those who write redoubtable, well-researched and thought-provoking editorial and opinion pieces, it’s a bit easy to be overwhelmed by that imposter syndrome that keeps rearing … Continue reading →

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Lines. Lines. Lines.

Posted on 12 March 2014 by Richard Wintle

I have lines on my mind. Just recently, commercial photographer and photography instructor Zack Arias has (finally!) launched his DEDPXL website, complete with Q&A videos, the obligatory blog, links to merchandise including the upcoming renewal of his popular Onelight instructional … Continue reading →

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UK Photography, OR how my ten-year-old daughter kicked my butt, three times

Posted on 12 February 2014 by Richard Wintle

A few months ago, I posted this photograph of my daughter piloting my best camera and biggest telephoto lens, while I was reduced to snapping a picture of her with an early-1970′s vintage rangefinder loaded with honest-to-goodness black and white … Continue reading →

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Another New Beginning

Posted on 3 October 2013 by Richard Wintle

I sense a theme. Henry’s just posted about the arrival of his new book, and Richard about that of his and Jenny’s new son. Athene’s Moving on to Pastures New and its companion, Moving On (Part II) are similarly about … Continue reading →

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Snapped and Snatched

Posted on 5 September 2013 by Richard Wintle

Recently, I lost my camera. A photographer and somebody else’s Nikon. Fortunately, I got it back, but not after the young photographer pictured above was done with it.

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A little preparation – the 2013 Honda Indy Toronto

Posted on 1 September 2013 by Richard Wintle

It’s the end of August, and high time I wrote something about my gig as a credentialed media photographer for the Honda Indy Toronto race weekend, back in July. The bridge, a subtle reminder that this is the Honda Indy … Continue reading →

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I smell a meme.

Posted on 12 August 2013 by Richard Wintle

Some days ago, Henry posted a set of what he describes as “more or less impertinent questions” asked of “various working scientists”, and challenged his readers to answer them. Now, I’m not much of a twenty-first-century technophile, but even I … Continue reading →

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A few weeks in May (condensed version)

Posted on 28 May 2013 by Richard Wintle

Gosh, it’s been a while. Things have been happening, but blogging has not been one of them. In recent memory, I’ve said I intend to post about more of my recent film camera acquisitions, and additional delving into local history. … Continue reading →

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My old new little friend – the Voigtländer VF-101

Posted on 6 May 2013 by Richard Wintle

Oh, goodness me. I’ve gone and bought a handful of old film cameras on Ebay. Six, exactly – purchased on the cheap with the understanding that they might not work. I think I’ve done alright – three apparently just fine, … Continue reading →

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Crawling around the back yard

Posted on 3 May 2013 by Richard Wintle

This is the kind of thing that happens when I’m waiting around all day for a plumber to appear to fix a leaky valve in the upstairs bathroom: Yes, that’s a perfectly ordinary Earthworm, wriggling into the earth under a … Continue reading →

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