Fred Lum
@2manycameras.bsky.social
photojournalist. off and on cabin dweller. gelatin silver and platinum printer. observer of life
235 frames with the D850 intervalometer at 30 second gaps. One of the visual elements in my star party story that was the latest in the Globe and Mail's Underexposed series. Drove to southwest Saskatchewan for the party and skies were pretty nice haha. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
October 17, 2025 at 2:05 AM
235 frames with the D850 intervalometer at 30 second gaps. One of the visual elements in my star party story that was the latest in the Globe and Mail's Underexposed series. Drove to southwest Saskatchewan for the party and skies were pretty nice haha. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Reupping this really wonderful cover of Radiohead's 'Creep' cuz I'm tired after a drive back home from Fredericton NB, last night (included a ridiculously long stretch of crawling traffic cuz accident on the 401). Also this is my feels this morning. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZoH...
Mom & I Cover Creep By Radiohead (she is a classical Indian singer 🕉️)
YouTube video by Avie Sheck
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October 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Reupping this really wonderful cover of Radiohead's 'Creep' cuz I'm tired after a drive back home from Fredericton NB, last night (included a ridiculously long stretch of crawling traffic cuz accident on the 401). Also this is my feels this morning. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZoH...
Using Kobayashi-san's hake brush for spreading platinum solution. Exposing a 7x17 negative while working down at Gallery44.
June 1, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Using Kobayashi-san's hake brush for spreading platinum solution. Exposing a 7x17 negative while working down at Gallery44.
RIP. His work was breathtaking. Regret missing his q&a with Burtynsky a few years back. Sebastião Salgado, photographer known for Amazon rainforest images, dies aged 81
May 23, 2025 at 5:38 PM
RIP. His work was breathtaking. Regret missing his q&a with Burtynsky a few years back. Sebastião Salgado, photographer known for Amazon rainforest images, dies aged 81
Some people hit that burger place with the orange bridge over 11 when heading to their cottage, but this is my fav spot when heading up to the cabin and I take the lazy route up.
May 22, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Some people hit that burger place with the orange bridge over 11 when heading to their cottage, but this is my fav spot when heading up to the cabin and I take the lazy route up.
Haven't had breakfast here since I don't know how long. Pre pandemic maybe ? Avenue Open Kitchen is one of my fav diners/grills in the city, bar none. #diners #breakfastjoint
May 16, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Haven't had breakfast here since I don't know how long. Pre pandemic maybe ? Avenue Open Kitchen is one of my fav diners/grills in the city, bar none. #diners #breakfastjoint
I know today's date but I am NOT going to say it. Please can we all be spared it ? btw-there's also a marathon on the tube so get your kicks there. hahaha
May 4, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I know today's date but I am NOT going to say it. Please can we all be spared it ? btw-there's also a marathon on the tube so get your kicks there. hahaha
So there's an independent bookstore crawl in Ottawa this weekend, ending at 5 today. Didn't do the crawl but picked up two books at Perfect Books (on Elgin St.), by Bill Bryson and Nicole Coenen. #books #independentboosktores
April 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
So there's an independent bookstore crawl in Ottawa this weekend, ending at 5 today. Didn't do the crawl but picked up two books at Perfect Books (on Elgin St.), by Bill Bryson and Nicole Coenen. #books #independentboosktores
That time of year for Chinese to visit their ancestors at the cemetery (The Plot as I call it). Plant some flowers, bring some roast pork and steamed chicken. And burn candles and incense so the area where Chinese are buried, the air is infused with the scent of incense.
April 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
That time of year for Chinese to visit their ancestors at the cemetery (The Plot as I call it). Plant some flowers, bring some roast pork and steamed chicken. And burn candles and incense so the area where Chinese are buried, the air is infused with the scent of incense.
So once again, driving in to the cabin was not happening so hauling in supplies etc with the sled. Can't remember the last time snow was still around in April. Weather is not too cold but still chucking wood into the woodstove. Hope everyone has a restful and wonderful weekend
April 11, 2025 at 9:56 PM
So once again, driving in to the cabin was not happening so hauling in supplies etc with the sled. Can't remember the last time snow was still around in April. Weather is not too cold but still chucking wood into the woodstove. Hope everyone has a restful and wonderful weekend
the paintings are wonderful and why he did them is so endearing
A little while ago, my parents' cat Bridget went missing. As the weeks dragged on, they became extremely worried. My dad devised a way to distract himself: he began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up in some of art and music's most iconic scenes.
April 6, 2025 at 12:09 PM
the paintings are wonderful and why he did them is so endearing
Glad week is over, so now listening to this underrated song by Joe Jackson. It may be cliché but it brings me back to those autumn New York nights in the 80's when I was visiting a friend who moved down to work on Wall Street.. Hope everyone has a restful weekend. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VgN...
April 4, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Glad week is over, so now listening to this underrated song by Joe Jackson. It may be cliché but it brings me back to those autumn New York nights in the 80's when I was visiting a friend who moved down to work on Wall Street.. Hope everyone has a restful weekend. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VgN...
When you wanna shave time and figure why not edit from the riser instead of the workspaces set aside for the media for election night coverage.
February 28, 2025 at 12:31 PM
When you wanna shave time and figure why not edit from the riser instead of the workspaces set aside for the media for election night coverage.
Got little buddy hanging off my Mac monitor, ready for Chinese Lunar New Year tomorrow. Hope everyone can share a meal with fam and friends and the year is filled with health and prosperity.
January 28, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Got little buddy hanging off my Mac monitor, ready for Chinese Lunar New Year tomorrow. Hope everyone can share a meal with fam and friends and the year is filled with health and prosperity.
Finally got around (after 7 years) of making contact prints of 8x10 negatives from my chronicling (somewhat) of the place I called my other home, for 30ish years. Have a ton of uncut 120 film (Hasselblad) of same. Truly miss the neighbourhood, but not the horrible gridlock on Spadina Ave..
January 5, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Finally got around (after 7 years) of making contact prints of 8x10 negatives from my chronicling (somewhat) of the place I called my other home, for 30ish years. Have a ton of uncut 120 film (Hasselblad) of same. Truly miss the neighbourhood, but not the horrible gridlock on Spadina Ave..
Reposted by Fred Lum
Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post cartoonist Ann Telnaes announces she's quit the paper because her editors wouldn't print a cartoon going after Big Tech and media oligarchs paying tribute to to Trump
A new low in mainstream media's post-Trump meltdown anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
A new low in mainstream media's post-Trump meltdown anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
anntelnaes.substack.com
January 4, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post cartoonist Ann Telnaes announces she's quit the paper because her editors wouldn't print a cartoon going after Big Tech and media oligarchs paying tribute to to Trump
A new low in mainstream media's post-Trump meltdown anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
A new low in mainstream media's post-Trump meltdown anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
“Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die” Princess Bride has a wonderful cast (I mean Wallace Shawn and Mandy Patinkin for starters) and a lovely story. It has to be on everyone's all time fav movie list right ?
December 29, 2024 at 12:28 AM
“Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die” Princess Bride has a wonderful cast (I mean Wallace Shawn and Mandy Patinkin for starters) and a lovely story. It has to be on everyone's all time fav movie list right ?
Time to listen to Stuart McLean's Christmas cd's. Will never tire of hearing about Christmas at the Turlingtons or Rashida, Amir and The Great Gift Giving. Merry Christmas to all and hope everyone has a happy holidays.
December 25, 2024 at 1:45 PM
Time to listen to Stuart McLean's Christmas cd's. Will never tire of hearing about Christmas at the Turlingtons or Rashida, Amir and The Great Gift Giving. Merry Christmas to all and hope everyone has a happy holidays.
Really loving timeless Christmas songs like this one. More to come www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoXH...
Dinah Washington - Ole Santa (1959)
YouTube video by Okmusix
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December 23, 2024 at 9:54 PM
Really loving timeless Christmas songs like this one. More to come www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoXH...
December can be either the most wonderful month, or the most miserable. While this is not what many would consider a Christmas song, it speaks to the other side of the festive, buy ! buy ! buy ! that many get caught up in. Think of, and be kind to others this month. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqX8...
If We Make It Through December (2022 Remastered)
YouTube video by Holly Cole - Topic
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December 15, 2024 at 10:46 PM
December can be either the most wonderful month, or the most miserable. While this is not what many would consider a Christmas song, it speaks to the other side of the festive, buy ! buy ! buy ! that many get caught up in. Think of, and be kind to others this month. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqX8...
Larry Towell and The History War, at Stephen Bulger Gallery where he was signing his latest book. fwiw, there's a book sale at the gallery, so if someone you know LOVES photo books...
December 8, 2024 at 5:29 AM
Larry Towell and The History War, at Stephen Bulger Gallery where he was signing his latest book. fwiw, there's a book sale at the gallery, so if someone you know LOVES photo books...
First heard Creep way back when I was photographing New York Fashion Week, and it's been a favorite since then. Any Thom Yorke version is golden especially that animated acoustic version. This cover has to be right up there. Sung alongside Rag bilawal, it hits different. youtu.be/nZoHuoFQyrI?...
Mom & I Cover Creep By Radiohead (she is a classical Indian singer 🕉️)
YouTube video by Avie Sheck
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December 7, 2024 at 3:15 AM
First heard Creep way back when I was photographing New York Fashion Week, and it's been a favorite since then. Any Thom Yorke version is golden especially that animated acoustic version. This cover has to be right up there. Sung alongside Rag bilawal, it hits different. youtu.be/nZoHuoFQyrI?...
My office this morning. Perfect for this miserable Toronto day.
December 4, 2024 at 4:23 PM
My office this morning. Perfect for this miserable Toronto day.
Finally got to the new Iqbal Foods in Thorncliffe Park and glad it's open again after being moved cuz Ontario Line. Miss the old tickets at the butcher counter. Still long waits but it's where I get my lamb shoulder.
November 30, 2024 at 6:24 PM
Finally got to the new Iqbal Foods in Thorncliffe Park and glad it's open again after being moved cuz Ontario Line. Miss the old tickets at the butcher counter. Still long waits but it's where I get my lamb shoulder.