Smith...John Smith

Legs

2012-01-10T22:13:00.000-08:00

10 June 2011

Catherine the Great

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Catherine Murphy
Ottawa Fashion Week
September, 2011

Sleeper

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Woman asleep on the steps of the Post Office, Sparks Street, Ottawa. 15th June, 2011

The Best of the Best

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Bianca Gittens and Herieth Paul lead the runway for Jana Hanzel and Emilia Torabi, Fashion Week, Convention Centre, Ottawa. Saturday, 1st October, 2011

Portrait by Jonathan Lorange

2011-11-08T19:04:00.000-08:00

This is the first time that I have posted another photographer's work on my blog, the colorized pictures notwithstanding. This picture of me was taken on Friday, 30th of September, 2011 by Jonathan Lorange. He used his Leica M6 and the lens was my 50mm f2 Summicron lens. Jonathan loves the lens. For more of Jonathan's work, visit his site at http://www.lorange.ca/. I cannot stress enough that it is worth the visit.

More great photographs have been taken with the 50 mm Summicron than any other lens. - Ralph Gibson

Rest

2011-10-27T21:27:00.000-07:00

Ottawa 2009

Man with a Camera

2011-10-06T14:29:00.000-07:00

Regarding cameras, sorry, but nothing is as cool as a

Leica rangefinder.

Saturday, 1st October, 2011

OFW

2011-10-05T15:05:00.000-07:00

Woman at Ottawa Fashion Week

Saturday, 1st October, 2011

Kinda Like A Fritz Lang Flick

2011-09-15T20:37:00.000-07:00

Thursday evening was a great evening for picture taking.

She Tweets By Night

2011-09-15T20:16:00.000-07:00

Woman tweeting in downtown Ottawa at 10:00 p.m.

Thursday, 15 September, 2011. The picture is noisy

as it is shot at ISO 3200 on a Canon G11.

Laurier Avenue Bridge

2011-08-28T19:07:00.000-07:00

Handheld shot, over one second,

Friday, 26th August, 2011 11:30 p.m.

Chloe

2011-08-25T16:12:00.001-07:00

Friend and model Chloe

Kent Street, Ottawa

17 August 2011

You Don't Say

2011-08-04T15:46:00.000-07:00

Model Chloe Lafreniere.

29 May, 2011

Ode to Sally Rand

2011-08-03T18:28:00.000-07:00

Model Stephanie looking spectacular

in the middle of nowhere.

29 July, 2011

Caught in the Joy

2011-07-31T09:38:00.000-07:00

A reveller at My Condo,

34 Clarence Ave, Ottawa

1:00 a.m., 31st July, 2011

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Marcia

All that I need to say.

One Less Bank

2011-07-17T19:56:00.000-07:00

A bank torn down in Westboro, Ottawa

17 July 2010.

Listen to Jherek Bischoff's orchestration of

Konono No. 1's Kule Kule

http://soundcloud.com/jherek-bischoff/kule-kule-orchestral-version

AND CRANK IT UP!

And while you're at it, visit Mr. Bischoff's blog at

http://jherekbischoff.blogspot.com/

SHE WHO MUST BE OBEYED

2011-07-14T21:11:00.000-07:00

Ayesha as voodoo queen supreme.

Little known fact...the name of title character in H. Rider Haggard's

book She is Ayesha. And so is the title of the sequel. That'll set your

head ablaze.

Bloomsbury Woman

2011-06-26T22:02:00.001-07:00

British High Commissioner's Gala

26 June, 2011

Backstage

2011-06-20T08:55:00.000-07:00

Raliat

18 June, 2011

Sin Sisters

2011-06-20T08:46:00.000-07:00

Classic burlesque act.

18 June, 2011

Suburbia

2011-06-13T11:39:00.000-07:00

Orleans, Ontario. 12 June, 2011. Noon.

Great model

2011-06-10T21:02:00.000-07:00

The general consensus on working with me.

Model: Emma Calder, Angie's Modeling Agency, Ottawa

10 June, 2011.

Trenton

2011-06-10T20:59:00.000-07:00

Surrounded by beautiful women.

The happiest boy in the world.

Thank, you, Norman Rockwell.

10 June, 2011

A special thanks to model and

friend (and Trenton's muse)

Ihuoma Onyegbula.

2011-05-26T21:40:00.000-07:00

Ottawa, 13 February, '09

Sofa...

2011-05-20T22:31:00.001-07:00

...so good.

Obey

2011-05-20T22:25:00.000-07:00

Off Rideau St., Ottawa

ope

2011-05-20T22:05:00.000-07:00

Petit Mort Gallery, Ottawa

Celina II

2011-05-11T21:24:00.000-07:00

The Passion of Max Factor

2011-05-11T21:18:00.000-07:00

Celena

2011-05-11T21:17:00.000-07:00

Train Yard

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Toronto train yard, Sherbourne Ave. 1981

Canon IV rangefinder

GUNFIGHTER

2011-05-05T13:05:00.000-07:00

A line of P-51Ds.

Beaches Diver

2011-04-25T00:33:00.000-07:00

Kodachrome 25, 1952 Canon IV rangefinder.

Taken Summer 1982 in The Beaches, Toronto East.

P-51D

2011-04-23T17:30:00.000-07:00

Ahhhh...Kodachrome.

DC3

2011-04-23T17:24:00.000-07:00

Douglas DC3. The greatest airplane in history. That is the

consensus of most historians.

Pink P40N Shark

2011-04-23T17:17:00.000-07:00

Curtiss P-40N Warhawk in pink. Reconnaissance planes

DID actually fly in services painted pink.

Mustang

2011-04-23T17:08:00.000-07:00

My scanner is an Epson V700 and it kicks serious ass.

This picture was taken in Hamilton, Ontario in 1987 and

I used a Leica M3, the greatest camera in the world.

Smile!

2011-04-09T19:51:00.000-07:00

Model at Ottawa Fashion Week who saw me shooting her at the last second.

Probably my favourite picture that I have ever taken.

More Shweta Wahi

2011-04-09T19:40:00.000-07:00

22 February, 2011

Guerrilla Party

2011-03-18T21:55:00.000-07:00

GuerillaEroticaLIVE
Friday, March 18
St. Brigid's Centre for the Arts

The party was so good that Louise Brooks dropped by!

2011-03-18T21:47:00.000-07:00

GuerillaEroticaLIVE
Friday, March 18
St. Brigid's Centre for the Arts

Abandoned Gallery

2011-03-18T21:35:00.000-07:00

Sussex Street, Ottawa

Friday, 18 March, 2011

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Vickers Supermarine Spitfire Mk.XVI, known as the American Spitfire for its Packard built Rolls Royce Merlin engine. It was essentially a Spitfire Mk. IX LF (Low altitude Fighter).

This picture was shot with a 70-300mm Canon lens, WITHOUT stabilization. Remember that this plane is travelling at over 300 m.p.h. From this angle, the port wing seems smaller than the starboard wing, an illusion brought about by the wings' acute dihedral. (Yes, I know about aircraft design.)

26 August, 2007

For Jeannie

2011-03-04T15:35:00.000-08:00

Black and white version of Superior Superior.

Homage to Larry Clark

2011-02-25T06:04:00.000-08:00

Bode Spa, Ottawa

11 February, 2011

Makeup supreme

2011-02-24T17:23:00.000-08:00

The remarkable makeup artistry of Shweta Wahi.

See her site at http://shwetawahi.com

Colourful Model

2011-02-21T00:18:00.000-08:00

Fashion Show for Funds

Glebe Community Centre

20 February, 2011

Portrait

2011-02-18T22:22:00.001-08:00

Woman of indescribable beauty.

Ayesha

2011-01-27T19:06:00.001-08:00

Looking very late twenties, or early sixties.

2011-01-23T22:30:00.000-08:00

Alexandra Gueye

2011-01-23T22:09:00.000-08:00

Alexandra Gueye

20 January, 2011

OO

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Catherine Murphy

20 January, 2011

Catherine the Great

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A Touch of Class

2011-01-21T21:41:00.000-08:00

Catherine Murphy

Frank Sukhoo salon show

20 January, 2011

Snowstorm

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Ottawa, 15 January, 2011.

Roll of the Wheel

2011-01-13T20:58:00.000-08:00

Circus, August 2009

Street Scene

2011-01-06T15:46:00.000-08:00

Hintonburg, 14 August, 2010.

Bicycle Ride

2011-01-06T15:09:00.000-08:00

Clarence and Byward, Ottawa

5 June, 2010

Meet the new master:

http://vivianmaier.blogspot.com/

Vivian Maier has just been discovered and the buzz in

the last few days has been astounding. She ranks with

Weegee and Cartier-Bresson as a street photographer.

Visit the site for her work and and her haunting bio.

Eugene Robert Richee Ripoff

2011-01-05T19:54:00.000-08:00

Takeoff of Eugene Robert Richee's 1928 portrait of

Louise Brooks.

See

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QjEsW4lP0EQ/TOly-VNdXgI/AAAAAAAAAu4/DvHccVZbEl0/s1600/LouiseBrooks1.jpg

to compare.

Ashley McConnell

2011-01-05T18:58:00.001-08:00

Ashley...bohemian and elegant.

Ashley

2011-01-05T17:50:00.000-08:00

Ashley McConnell in a late '40s Beat mode.

Dylan and Woody

2011-01-05T17:23:00.001-08:00

Two English tourists from Oxford who decided to busk

across Canada.

Bugs and Pooh

2011-01-05T17:14:00.000-08:00

Queen Street East, Toronto

22 August, 2009

Pickup on Christie

2011-01-05T16:58:00.000-08:00

22nd August, 2009

Garbage Day

Marcia and Lilac

2011-01-05T14:29:00.000-08:00

Marcia at Lilac Lingerie Party

3 December, 2010

Self Portrait

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Yours truly, Summer 2009

Railway Spikes

2011-01-04T22:16:00.000-08:00

Sunday, 12 July, 2009

Type Set

2011-01-04T21:32:00.001-08:00

Friday, 13th February, 2009

Piano

2011-01-04T19:46:00.000-08:00

13 February, 2009

Louboutin Legion

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Fashion Week, Ottawa

31 October, 2010

Happy New Year, Terrence.

Kari Smoking

2010-12-31T05:32:00.000-08:00

Operator, give me CHester 9...

2010-12-29T23:20:00.000-08:00

Jazz Age iPhone.

2010-12-29T23:13:00.000-08:00

The hurt and the pain...

Hopperesque Woman

2010-12-26T21:23:00.000-08:00

Byward Market, Ottawa

The New Breed

2010-12-26T14:34:00.001-08:00

Electroscooter and rider.

Snowball Fight

2010-12-20T22:48:00.000-08:00

The Long Trailer

2010-12-20T22:20:00.000-08:00

Fifties or sixties trailer on urban street

Bus Stop

2010-12-20T22:03:00.000-08:00

Bus stop

2010-12-19T23:41:00.000-08:00

Montreal

24 August 2008

Chew on this, O Painter'o'Light

2010-12-19T23:14:00.000-08:00

This was shot in Perth, Ontario on the 28th of July, 2009.

It's a tongue in cheek take on the works of Thomas Kinkade,

the weasel known as The Painter of Light. I'd give you,

dear reader, Kinkade's web link, but I feel that it only

encourages him and I've sullied this page enough with

some of my works. He's easy to find on Google.

But with this picture, there is that Goyan twist...

IT'S GARBAGE DAY! Certainly no reflection on

Kelly's Floral Market, a really nice and sweet little store.

The least that I can do is give you their link

http://www.kellysofperth.ca/

Say it with flowers.

the Minute Man

2010-12-19T19:30:00.000-08:00

Another abandoned drive-in restaurant

Carleton Corners, Ontario

28 July, 2009

Happy Pot

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Don't ask.

Jonathan Lorange, photographer

2010-12-10T22:42:00.000-08:00

Leica photographer Jonathan Lorange discusses his work at

his showing at the Shenkman Arts Centre, Orleans, Ontario

26 September, 2010

I urge you all to look at his diverse work. He shoots with Leica M6

rangefinders, the king of the grabshot cameras. Nothing equals the

Leica rangefinder for speed of composition.

http://www.montrealburlesquefestival.ca/pics/Burlesque%20Shows/jon/index.html

http://www.123people.ca/ext/frm?ti=person%20finder&search_term=jonathan%20lorange&search_country=CA&st=person%20finder&target_url=http://www.getguerilla.ca/g-gallery/44-g-gallery/326-unmasking-the-g20&section=weblink&wrt_id=430

2010-12-10T20:44:00.000-08:00

Steampunk dance troupe

Hintonberg Art Festival

14 August, 2010

Hate Glee?

You'll love this...

http://flashbacksfromanotherplanet.blogspot.com/

2010-12-06T08:11:00.000-08:00

Lilac Lingerie

Westboro, Ottawa 2 December, 2010

Lilac is a remarkable high end lingerie store.

Check out their website http://www.lilaclingerie.ca

Elvis and Churchill

2010-12-02T15:11:00.000-08:00

Churchill Ave. and Richmond Rd., Westboro, Ottawa,

2 December, 2010

Chaos

2010-11-26T17:54:00.000-08:00

Backstage at the Fashion Cures show in Ottawa

7th November, 2009

Jonathan Lorange is the man with the Leica.

Street Woman

2010-11-25T19:34:00.000-08:00

Street woman, St. Patrick Street, Ottawa

29th July, 2010

Musicians

2010-11-25T19:31:00.000-08:00

Musicians

2010-11-22T10:48:00.000-08:00

Marcia B

12 July 2009

Tchin Tchin

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Cocktails at Fashion Cures.

7 November, 2009

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Alissa Pritchard prepares for fashion show.

7 November, 2009

Graffiti Artist

2010-11-20T19:21:00.000-08:00

Graffiti artist, Ottawa.

25 July, 2009

Festiva

2010-11-20T19:16:00.000-08:00

Graffiti show, Rideau Canal, Ottawa

25 July, 2009

Lifetime

2010-11-20T19:09:00.000-08:00

Rideau Street, Ottawa

25 April, 2009

Building

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Building off Rideau Street, Ottawa

11 June, 2008

Maia

2010-11-20T09:21:00.000-08:00

Maia Donnelly

Ottawa fashion model extraordinaire.

Fashion Cures 6 November 2009

Bucolic Drivel

2010-11-11T12:52:00.000-08:00

A far cry from my usual fare.

Taken 27 April, 2009.

Ah, wilderness.

Good news, folks. I am getting my Leica M3 rangefinder camera repaired, so I will be shooting in film again. Being the retro guy that I am, I will be shooting in orthochromatic black and white film, the kind that was used before the 1940s. Finding the film is a task unto itself, but I found a great place to buy film and rangefinder equipment. The place is called Big Camera Workshop (see http://www.bigcameraworkshops.com/default2.asp ). Amazing supply shop from Burlington Ontario. The site is like a candy store for photographers. Check it out! You won't be sorry! The lens section is like looking at the jewelry section at Tiffany's. BTW, for those who aren't familiar with the Leica M3, click here http://www.kenrockwell.com/leica/m3.htm . The Leica M3 is often regarded as the greatest camera in photographic history. I concur.

Shoes

2010-11-08T11:17:00.001-08:00

Alright. I know.

The shoe thing is getting out of hand.

These are the shoes and ankles of Terrilynn Rader,

the famed ballroom dancer and host of the Rogers TV show Daytime.

Smart, witty, and one of the most graceful people on the planet,

I am proud to call her a friend.