My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Black & White Study

You can also find me in the following places!

Music:

Mainly Depeche Mode..my spots never change. For the rest it changes...y'never know...my ITunes is jammed with some interesting varieties of music...unfortunately some have little frilly dinging sounds and some really LONG songs.

Movies:

Lost in Translation, The Usual Suspects, The Highlander, Last Night, Baraka, Donnie Darko, Fearless, ...I am going to continue this one.

Television:

Really working hard on this one ;-) WOW!!... As long as someone imitates British accents while watching the show Most Haunted I will maintain my interest.

Books:

Charles Dickens - Great Expectations, Ernest Hemingway - Old Man and the Sea

Heroes:

A little girl named Margaret,who would introduce me to love, inspiration,friendship and laughter. A little firefly that tells me to keep shooting. My mom (almost 7 years without her), Roy Schatt (James Dean Photographer), Rolfe Horn (Fine Art Photographer) Almost any black and white photographer. Anyone who can stand and face challenges no matter how daunting.

My Blog

From Torontos Past (New Black and White Images)

A set of new images from Toronto's historic Distillery District neighbourhood and Old Forest Hill Village. I have a lot of images that I am finally able to sit down and edit from the winter months. I ...
Posted by aperturef1point8 on Sat, 08 Mar 2008 08:07:00 PST

Queen St. West Fire Aftermath

Queen St. West is a well known historic hot spot for Toronto and on Feb. 20th my birthday, a major 6 alarm fire broke out in a series of heritage buildings. On my way to work I could see the smoke bli...
Posted by aperturef1point8 on Sat, 08 Mar 2008 10:40:00 PST

Music to my ears, Romeo in an Alley (2 Photos!)

While out searching for items to shoot I heard the sound that pulled me, I love a good brass session and this gentleman was no exception. Just playing randomnly in the middle of the street occupying a...
Posted by aperturef1point8 on Sun, 09 Dec 2007 04:03:00 PST

Long time no see.... ;-) Recent Work! (14 Images)

It's been awhile since I have posted, but I still keep shooting. This is some of my recent stuff since my relocation to Toronto in August. I hope all is well with everyone and hope to have some more i...
Posted by aperturef1point8 on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 07:50:00 PST

Toronto Gay Pride Festival 2007

Toronto is an exciting place to capture great images in general. They also have tons of festivals annually and have become well known for one of the most exciting PRIDE festivals in North America. Amb...
Posted by aperturef1point8 on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 08:59:00 PST

Girls rock your Girls!! (HOT!!)

To mark their friendship as they were moving away. Alma and Delia approached me to do a photo shoot. They wanted a shoot that resembled Tanya Chalkin and gave me free reign over ideas and composition....
Posted by aperturef1point8 on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 08:48:00 PST

An apology and explanation ;-)

Well life has funny twists and turns....when you least expect it things can go awry. Life has been an interesting journey this past year and I have run through most of the damage so far. For most of w...
Posted by aperturef1point8 on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 08:48:00 PST

Just one...another moment sharing my sleeve ;-)

A new BW portrait that has become a favourite using a newer style of processing directly from RAW and converted with multiple channel layers...nope this has not been seen by me....after this post....i...
Posted by aperturef1point8 on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 07:00:00 PST

A taste of my own medicine ;-)

I am lucky to get to shoot people for a living and enjoy the work very much. I take for granted some times that in being behind the lens, I forget how hard it is for those in front of it. In a debate ...
Posted by aperturef1point8 on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 08:35:00 PST

Box Car FiRefly ( 8 New Photos!)

I am putting out the fire on my camera's...wow I have been shooting like crazy for last week or so. Today Amber and I set out to do some shooting at a railyard here in town and came up with some aweso...
Posted by aperturef1point8 on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 08:08:00 PST