Joy McWilliams, in black and white.

I was able to spend a day with Joy, one of my favorite people, while traveling through Mississippi last month. 35mm hp5

a little catching up..

A few b&w pictures from this summer in Charlotte. 

springtime.

I've had quite a few photos to catch up on recently.. it has been a busy few weeks for me. I only have a little over a week left in Montreal before heading home for the summer. Its a bitter sweet time. I am looking forward to seeing friends and being near family for a while, and at the same time I am going to miss Montreal and the people here so much.. especially because summers up here are glorious. Fortunately I am coming back, and knowing that makes it a little better. I've taken some time over the past few days to begin to reflect on and process all that I've learned and experienced over these 8 months. It really brings me to a place of humility and thanksgiving, I have been so blessed. Hopefully in the not-so-distant future I'll be able to blog about the fruits of all of this reflection. 

Anyways, here are some recent photos. The 1st 7 are from our trip to New York and the rest from my neighborhood project. All were taken with 35mm hp5. 

window light two.

Some recent window lit photos. There was a light leak when the film was processed, thus the random light flares... but I kind of like them. 

Myriam

Myriam

Jeroen.. lurking in the shadows

Nell Lavendar

Lauren and Nell

Denny

Denny

Justin  

Maurice on the bus

Nick- Pastor at St. Stevens Anglican Church

some old, some new

winter

Metro Snowdon

Plateau-Mont Royal Neighborhood

Metro Snowdon

Harmonica playing lady on the metro!

window light.

le vieux port.

Winter at the Old Port. One cold, snowy day my friend Justin and I ventured out and photographed an industrial area near the port. All the photos are were taken with 35mm hp5 film.

 

getting ready.

Its been a fun and busy few weeks up here. My family and the La Clef team came up here for a visit, we celebrated the 25th anniversary of ywam Montreal with a big party, and as often as I've been able to I've worked on photos for the arts night that is coming up this weekend. Yesterday I locked myself in my bedroom-turned-darkroom all afternoon and evening to finish printing all the photos for this weekend. I'm working on a handful of pieces with some older images that I've kept around waiting for the right combination and time to bring them out, as well as some new work from my time in Montreal. Here is a bit of what I have been doing. I'll have more photos of the finished pieces up here as well.

trying so hard to be organized