Yel Kaye – Travel Blog, Writing and Photography

One of the main things I am planning on doing with this website is to blog rolls of film. I’ll take a roll, whether old or new, and highlight my favourites.

I took this roll of B&W (TMAX 100) about a month ago in late May. It was actually the weekend of Toronto Doors Open, so I left the house in the afternoon with a camera in hand, ready to tackle the crowds. But after 10 minutes of standing in line at a house just down the street from my apartment, I decided that I needed a much quieter day. I meandered down Euclid and Manning, snapping at little things along the way.

Right behind the corner of Euclid and College, a collection of sad-looking plants:

Near Manning and Dundas, a creepy lawn full of dandelions:

I have decided that I really enjoy taking photographs of plants in black & white, especially in urban settings. B&W film turns what should be a friendly, warm subject into one that appears creepy and decaying.

I then headed down Queen to meet Magda at work. She seemed less than enthused after a day of greeting people for Doors Open.

Magda:

Our coworker Cailin, modeling for me at the Gladstone (She has such a classic face):

Magda, Jay and I set off on a gastronomic adventure to Little India, a neighborhood much farther east of Yonge than I had ever visited. We were all too hungry to loiter around outside on Gerrard St., so I only really took photographs inside our (ALL YOU CAN EAT BUFFET!) restaurant. I was particularly happy with the following photo that I took at the entrance: