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Tilt Shift

May 28, 2008
There is an interesting technique (at least I think so…) of selective focus, that can be applied to a photo in such a manner that it makes it appear that you are looking at a minature model. Similar to a model train landscape… It is known as Tilt Shift Miniature Faking. It works best when applied to an elevated photograph, and after my recent rip to the Medical Arts Building, I had a…
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Sprawltastic

May 27, 2008
Last week I took a drive out to the sprawled out mess at Walker and the 401. My reasons were two fold. 1. I was trying to get a few shots to display at the Check Out This Sprawl exhibit, and… 2. I wanted to see what all the crying was about, although I must confess I…
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884 Howard - Arsene Dupuis Home

May 26, 2008
Again, another inner-city house falls to make way for a vacant lot, and a little more density is removed from the core areas of the city. This house above at Howard south of Elliott, fell to the wrecking ball last week for no apparent reason. When the demolition request came…
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Looking North

May 21, 2008
A different view, looking north up Ouellette Ave. A few recent post subjects can be seen in this photo. On the right hand side are both the Masonic Temple, and the HMCS Hunter, and on the other side of Ouellette a little further up is Anderson’s Funeral Home. From this…
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Halton Radial Railway

May 20, 2008
I hope everyone had a nice holiday. Over the long weekend I had a chance to take a trip with John & Bernie up to the Halton Radial Railway Streetcar Museum. A vast majority of the cars came from the TTC, but many were similar to the cars used in Windsor and Detroit and countless other cities across North America. First up was this 1951 vintage car from Toronto. Built in Montreal by the…
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Hi Ho - Part II

May 16, 2008
A big thanks goes out to Chris Edwards at Walkerville Publishing, for sharing these photos with us over here. Last year at Art in the Park, Chris put on an exhibiton of historic photographs in the Manor House, and in that exhibition Hi Ho was featured as being…