That shot of the waitress---were you shooting from the hip?
These guys look like the leftovers from the heady days of the Rex in the 70's. lol
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kps: re the waitress shot - naw, just leaned over the empty seat next to me and did a 'blind' shot around the corner... there was a pillar in the way so I couldn't see what I was going to get and I was just playing. That was past pint number two, so I was a little less - "ahem" - technical.
I've been to the Rex many a time... my late uncle Grant would meet me there in the 90s to catch Dixieland ad Django-inspired stuff; it was always so cool to see the mix of young and not so young catching this stuff. My earlier remembrances of it had more to do with cheap draught and proximity to school.
I've been to the Rex many a time... my late uncle Grant would meet me there in the 90s to catch Dixieland ad Django-inspired stuff; it was always so cool to see the mix of young and not so young catching this stuff. My earlier remembrances of it had more to do with cheap draught and proximity to school.
It was a pretty seedy place when it was the old Rex Hotel, but it managed to find a cool niche and survive, something along the lines of the Gladstone, I guess.
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Yeah kps, although the Gladstone is definitely much more of a posh place these days - probably more pretentious too, come to think of it. But it's true, they are both old institutions which have been, happily, rescued from a much dimmer fate. Always glad to see such places hanging in - they confer an added patina of character on our urban environments.
jellotor: like the top one. Where is that construction site you're shooting?
Here's a couple more. The first one I call Sky Belcher, also from the jazzbo afternoon. The other is a shot from a couple weeks back, when I was back in Ottawa, revisiting old stomping grounds from my early teens. It's near the airport, by the old (sadly dilapidated) wind tunnel complex.
That particular construction site is along Charlton Avenue in Hamilton, just east of Bay St. I've shot photos there a few times but it's probably been three months since I last walked by so it's a lot bigger than it was before!
Ha ha, Sky Belcher is certainly coughing up some wild clouds in that shot!
Yes, it sure is, in spite of our overly cautious politicians. Actually, Hamilton is in a unique position to not only capitalize on the last wave of large scale suburban development (and the taxes and development charges that brings) but also organic gentrification in the lower city.
Me, I live near Gage Park. I'm not part of the hipster crowd that's gentrifying Locke St. or James St. N, just working on property values in my little 'hood. I'm 2 blocks away from St. Peter's Hospital, though, and I've often considered leaving the TV biz behind, concentrate on freelance work and short films and open a coffee shop that'll compete with my local Tim Horton's. (It's a dual drive thru only Tim Horton's...)
Of course, part of that is me just wanting a decent cup of coffee in the neighborhood.
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