matthew robertson photographs

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85754662013-06-14T11:58:59.479-05:00matthew robertson photographsMatthew Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04134787874718415563noreply@blogger.comBlogger1152125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575466.post-72873639840480989732013-06-14T11:58:00.002-05:002013-06-14T11:58:59.485-05:00Brickworks 2013

A return trip to the Brickworks, which Evergreen has taken from an easy destination for beginning urban exploration photographers and turned it into a community and environmental showcase. Opened up and with electric lights replacing holes in the ceiling, not to mention legal access, photography has become a very different experience. I did use my little keychain flashlight once, just for old

Matthew Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04134787874718415563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575466.post-7608613817818085442013-06-07T15:27:00.003-05:002013-06-07T15:27:37.530-05:00Red on White

I've photographed my share of 'Danger' signs, but this is the first time I've seen anyone colour-coordinate the marker. That's pretty awesome.

Matthew Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04134787874718415563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575466.post-55078070737390427622013-06-07T15:17:00.000-05:002013-06-07T15:25:04.744-05:0076 Grenville

The old building is being taken down before phase two of Women's College Hospital's redevelopment can be built. I was born here, so I was pleased to see that one of the companies involved in the project is my age. I'm still trying to come to terms with the Ricoh GRD-IV. There's a whisper of hope that I might have The New GR in time for NYC6 later this month, but that won't help much if I'm not

Matthew Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04134787874718415563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575466.post-60782109708095193102013-06-07T14:44:00.001-05:002013-06-07T15:25:04.746-05:00Smokers

While only the middle two are doing something blatantly and objectively offensive – smoking next to a no-smoking sign while blocking a busy set of doors in the second, and blocking an emergency exit in the third – it's also true that cigarettes smoked on the street almost invariably end up as toxic litter.

Matthew Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04134787874718415563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575466.post-67316338601398717222013-05-28T19:18:00.001-05:002013-05-28T19:18:35.450-05:00Hook

The working end of this crane.

Matthew Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04134787874718415563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575466.post-71457101497574615252013-05-25T20:34:00.001-05:002013-05-25T20:34:53.536-05:00Palace

The ceiling of the R.C. Harris pump house. If this was built today – not that we're building major civic infrastructure these days – it would be poured concrete and cinder blocks. It's certainly not something that would have its architecture draw hundreds of admirers eighty years later.

Matthew Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04134787874718415563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575466.post-22303256354233689432013-05-25T20:26:00.000-05:002013-05-25T20:26:02.504-05:00Fans

At the pump house of the R.C. Harris water treatment plant with the Nikon V1.

Matthew Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04134787874718415563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575466.post-89855260064498037102013-05-25T20:22:00.000-05:002013-05-25T20:22:16.565-05:00Pumps

At the pump house of the R.C. Harris water treatment plant with the Nikon D800.

Matthew Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04134787874718415563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575466.post-92197015398373535762013-05-18T20:34:00.001-05:002013-05-18T20:35:12.457-05:00Built and Abandoned

Continuing to work with the new little camera and its wide-angle lens. Wide lenses are so much harder to use than long ones. A narrow field of view makes it easy to isolate a scene, choose backgrounds, and limit focus. Switching to the different requirements of depth and subject that a wide lens requires, and understanding how this scalpel of a camera concept can work differently from what I'm

Matthew Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04134787874718415563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575466.post-48625152650985658812013-05-18T20:20:00.001-05:002013-05-18T20:20:13.218-05:00No Smoking

Continuing to work with the new little camera and its wide-angle lens. I've posted photos of this sign at least twice previously, as it's something that I use to learn how new cameras see. I have to confess that adjusting to a wide angle has been far more difficult than I expected, requiring fundamental changes in how I work and see. That's a good thing, but it means that I still have a lot of

Matthew Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04134787874718415563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575466.post-83418851593550472142013-05-18T20:02:00.002-05:002013-05-18T20:02:52.406-05:00White Tank

Continuing to work with the new little camera and its wide-angle lens. Most wide-angle lenses for full-frame SLRs generally range between mediocre and good, with very few that are excellent. A fixed-lens camera makes for a different set of design compromises, which can lead to a different kind of photography. This kind of conceptual variety in my tools is important to me.

Matthew Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04134787874718415563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575466.post-57157817223527750162013-05-18T19:32:00.001-05:002013-05-18T19:32:56.362-05:00Wooden Skids

Continuing to work with the new little camera and its wide-angle lens. It's a tough compromise. An SLR viewfinder makes it much easier to see the tilt and skew of the camera, which wide-angle lenses are incredibly susceptible to. But the telecentricity requirements for a wide-angle lens to clear the space needed for a mirror box makes them large and introduces design requirements that have

Matthew Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04134787874718415563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575466.post-40499752914231379932013-05-07T19:35:00.001-05:002013-05-07T19:35:11.635-05:00Sakura

My favourite photo from the 2013 Cherry Blossom season at U of T's Robarts library.

Matthew Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04134787874718415563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575466.post-45940460263993598072013-05-07T19:31:00.000-05:002013-05-07T19:31:21.565-05:00Back Campus

The University of Toronto's 'Back Campus' field, with the Soldier's Tower prominent in the background. This grass is slated to be dug up, paved over with astroturf, and fenced off in celebration of the 2015 Pan Am / Pan Para Games. It will remain a restricted access artificial field hockey surface in perpetuity. With construction expected to start in two months, this is likely to become an

Matthew Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04134787874718415563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575466.post-62794632134149826582013-05-07T19:23:00.000-05:002013-05-07T19:23:46.189-05:00Super Speed 50

I don't often post blatant camera pr0n here, but for the Zeiss CP.2 Super Speed 50mm T1.5 cine lens I thought it would be worth making an exception. No, I don't own this lens, but there's something to be said for an eighteen-blade aperture.

Matthew Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04134787874718415563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575466.post-56567041720195151632013-05-07T19:18:00.001-05:002013-05-07T19:18:15.550-05:00People Reading

I'm a bad 'street' photographer, but I thought I should give it a try now that I have a P&S camera with a strong street-photography heritage. And now, having tried it, I plan on stopping.

Matthew Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04134787874718415563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575466.post-78320603586058673252013-05-01T22:46:00.000-05:002013-05-01T22:46:09.440-05:00Mechanism

This is where I've been for most of April, and a fair bit of the earlier months as well: "Mechanism" artist statement. "Mechanism" background. "Mechanism" object. More to come…

Matthew Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04134787874718415563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575466.post-53847696624225333512013-04-08T19:16:00.000-05:002013-04-08T19:16:10.773-05:00Cathedral 1

Matthew Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04134787874718415563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575466.post-6123689415935591542013-04-08T19:15:00.000-05:002013-04-08T19:15:33.747-05:00Cathedral 2

Matthew Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04134787874718415563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575466.post-40746192080533078092013-04-08T19:14:00.001-05:002013-04-08T19:14:19.793-05:00Cathedral 3

Matthew Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04134787874718415563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575466.post-18322173903990952052013-04-08T19:13:00.000-05:002013-04-08T19:13:09.496-05:00Cathedral 4 - 7

Matthew Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04134787874718415563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575466.post-50544567921830671422013-04-08T19:10:00.000-05:002013-04-08T19:10:19.580-05:00Cathedral 8 - 10

Matthew Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04134787874718415563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575466.post-82293564039816764332013-04-07T11:27:00.001-05:002013-05-01T22:49:02.383-05:00Black and White

Even at 1/80 and iso3200, the little V1 resolved enough detail for me to see that these are 400mL cans. Not bad. I might even try printing this one to see what happens. The V1 is why I dislike using the word "better" as a way of categorizing cameras. It's a lousy little device, and my D800 could have done this shot without noise and with more tonal range. But if I was using my D800 I simply

Matthew Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04134787874718415563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575466.post-14710671078723033892013-04-07T11:17:00.002-05:002013-04-07T11:17:44.400-05:00Bridge Light

The light underneath bridges can be wonderful. Indirect, reflecting, diffuse but full of interesting shadows and contrasts. I just wish it wasn't so dark.

Matthew Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04134787874718415563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575466.post-27964336376235488342013-04-07T11:14:00.000-05:002013-04-07T11:14:51.465-05:00Highway Lights

These lamps, which look so impressive from afar, are even taller in person.

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