St. Lawrence and Union

Today was a 'I'll take my camera to work today because I have errands to run and I might have some time to shoot' that turned into 'I don't have time to run errands because I have to shoot' day. I had fun, but I missed having a tripod on hand for some shots.

I went to the St. Lawrence to take photos, but the priority was lunch! Half and half ravioli with meat sauce and cheese, $8-ish.

When I realized my 35mm (52-ish mm on my DX camera), wasn't wide enough to do the kinds of shots I had in my head, I focused on smaller subjects instead. And in the case of this stack of bacon, by 'small' I mean 'really freaking huge and super awesome looking'.

I basically drool constantly while in the market.

Good inspiration for color photos!

Some random people, doing random market things...

Picnic symmetry.

This is one of the many narrow, rabbit warren hallways where I work.

An old and foreboding-looking church I didn't shoot due to the foreboding locals.

I've been wanting to take photographs inside union station for years, and while the 35mm wasn't wide enough for most of what I wanted to do, I had some success focusing on the details.

The roof is a fantastic display of artistic brickwork.

/Salute.

The sign from the Royal York peaked through one of the windows (and if you look really carefully at this incredibly small photo, you can one of the panes is partially open).

The skyway (?) on the way to the CN Tower.

I was getting a little distracted at this point. Just some lines and tones... nothing to see here, move along.

It was really hard to get this shot, not because it is a hard shot to get, but because I'd turned my lens to manual focus a few steps back and forgot. Golly gee, I couldn't shoot a focused image to save my life! I actually left in disgust, got about 300 feet, remembered I switched it, and went back for this shot.

Some clear direction on the way back to... Well, you get it.

On the platform where I caught the train to Richmond Hill almost every night for 2.5 years. Can't say I miss the experience very much.

Back in the day we didn't have these fancy locomotives, either. A rushed shot due to GO staff avoidance techniques in action.

© Jeremy Buehler and Bug Noir (www.bugnoir.com), 2010.

Cheapest Model I Know

I've been trying to learn more about lighting but practicing is difficult. I hired this model and I didn't pay a lot and it was awkward. No talking, took directions poorly (odd, given the size of its ears), and had a wicked facial hair problem.

Sigh.

© Jeremy Buehler and Bug Noir (www.bugnoir.com), 2010.

Studio Messin'

I'm sneaking in photos whenever I can between a busy work schedule and bad weather. We decided today that there will be a lot of working from home between Christmas and New Years, so I need to think of some cool stuff to shoot in the three hours of commuting time I win back every day.

Yet another behind the camera self portrait. This time I'm hiding behind the 77mm front end of the 70-200mm at f/2.8. It's blurry because I shot at 1/6th of a second and I shake like a leaf. But the bokeh is always fantastic with this lens.

This is why I'm inside and not out shooting. The weather was wet on the weekend, and now it's really cold. I'm already starting to plan my spring/summer/fall of shooting.

I've been watching training videos on lighting, and this isn't exactly what they're about. I hauled out my 105mm macro for this shot, and shot at 1/8000th of a second at f/11. Fun.

© Jeremy Buehler and Bug Noir (www.bugnoir.com), 2010.

First Canadian Place

I've started a new contract and getting time to shoot is difficult. I took my camera downtown today to try and shoot First Canadian Place (home of the Hockey Hall of Fame). I took a few snap shots and that was that.

It was also raining. A view from my bus stop in the morning.

My coworkers are in the crowd. It's a very cool architectural design; I will have to think about the place and go back when I have more time.

© Jeremy Buehler and Bug Noir (www.bugnoir.com), 2010.

An Evening With Poncho

Earlier this week I had the opportunity to spend an evening with Poncho, an oldie and a goodie.

Poncho is a sleepy dog with a low voice.

I shot mostly with the 35mm f/1.8, at f/1.8.

The shoot was in the evening and at night, and in order to take reasonably focused shots, I had to boost the auto ISO range to 1600.

I haven't shot a lot above 800 ISO and the results held up, so long as you don't look too closely for grain.

I cropped this shot heavily and there is grain apparent in the top right corner.

The confines of the room and the furniture in it, meant isolating the subject was difficult.

He seemed to like the corner of the couch.

Sitting back watching some TV.

© Jeremy Buehler and Bug Noir (www.bugnoir.com), 2010.