Ron Smid

Dedicated to the traditional art of landscape photography, a 250 000km journey of Canada. Follow him, experience his work & behind the scenes.

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The Eagle's Nest... look a little closer and you'll see the little eaglets inside. #FollowMe & #Retweet ~ with thanks!

[Ron Smid @RonSmidPhoto]

Thirty Thousand Islands
1994

A solo canoe expedition led me to the mouth of the Key River of Georgian Bay to find this ethreal scene one early September morning. Twenty-five years later the image that I captured using my 1979 Canon F1 camera has faired … https://t.co/KHMwQ0BOwn

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Black-tailed deer in flower meadow.

My first short film clip captured on the land where I live.

#britishcolumbia #shortfilm
#naturefilm #filmmakers #filmmaking #deer #filmclip #cinematography #permaculture #sunshinecoast #secheltbc Watch #Instavideo:https://t.co/m3WOAGI24n

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The Arch. Newfoundland. 2003
25 limited edition
Cibachrome print

I drove over 5000 km around the island in search of a defining moment that could capture the spiritual essence of Newfoundland in a single frame of film. I waited alone in my car for thre… https://t.co/0c13yzlpSD

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My lifetime journey in one frame. The story behind THE ARCH. Newfoundland 2003.
25 limited edition Cibachrome print.
Video by Andrea Gomez.

The eternal convergence. When light, land and spirit become one.
Thank you Javier Badillo * film director and Shayan Bayat * produce…

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Look to the west and sea
A short clip of trembling leaves down by the sea.

#shortfilm
#shortfilmshoot #shortfilmproject #artfilm #filmmaking #shortfilms #cinematography #stanelypark #vancouver
#westcoast #canadianartist Watch #Instavideo:https://t.co/XYjP2ndWsH

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It was an honour to introduce Canada The Light on Our Land to Joseph Roberts who organized Vancouver's first ever Walk for Peace and helped start the Common Ground magazine in 1982. The publication covers topics such as health and wellness, the environ… https://t.co/epwnDEpuUQ

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Durst 8 x 10 Darkroom Enlarger
(Made in Italy circa 1980's)

Light passes through the negative directly onto the photo paper without the use of a computer. Thanks to the fine details present in the large format film shot through the wood camera, photogra… https://t.co/m0cCsT7JhG

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Bay of Fundy

Canada The Light on Our Land series. 30 x 40 Cibachrome print.

There is a force that moves through us and all actions that cannot simply be called our own. After 25 years of solo journeys across the Canadian Landscape and witnessing incred… https://t.co/xz9m3OirHH

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Sunshine Coast. BC

Light is home.

#sunshinecoast #britishcolumbia
#bcferries #sunset #intothelight
#spirtualjourney #awareness #canadianlandscape #canadianartist https://t.co/CF98vnfYHc

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Working with the 1974 Deardorff 8 x 10 Wood camera connected me to the land like no other tool. Capturing the spirit of the Canadian Landscape onto large format film became my meditation.

#deardorff #8x10 #ilford #largeformatphotography #canadianlandsc… https://t.co/UjGhy9Sjd2

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Amaterasu

The setting sun converges with the divine feminine, transmutting the light energy into her being as a goddess of light.

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#solargoddess #intothelight #light
#divinefeminine #spirutaljourney #souljourney #divinelight #universalen… https://t.co/KAlCaD4aNi

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The landscape will never speak to you again in that exact same moment. If you are present in mind to finally receive what it has to show you then it is finished with you. Then you can go.
#inthemoment #awareness #spiritualjourney #divinelight
#cibachrome #traditionalphotogr…

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Will be connecting light on our land at Petley Jones Gallery, Saturday 21st. Noon till 6. Everyone welcome.
#vancouver #britishcolumbia
#analogphoto #southgranville #largeformatphotography #8x10 #4x5 #analogphoto #darkroom #cibachrome #silvergelatin #la… https://t.co/9SjgYbFhpY

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Brier Island, Nova Scotia.
Canada/The Light on Our Land series.

I spent over an hour composing this scene before setting up my Ebony 4 x 5 wood camera to capture a 10 minute time exposure of the lichen covered rocks at twilight.

#novascotia #twiligh… https://t.co/xettDDFAHv

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Primordial Light.
Thirty Thousand Islands, Georgian Bay.

The beginning of Canada / The Light on Our Land series. Solo canoe journeys within the Canadian Shield of Northern Ontario 1992.

#georgianbay #lastlight #nofilter
#mediumformat #spirtualjourney
#… https://t.co/2gQsOH6YMo

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Bear Spirit Falls

On the way to Ucluelet last winter I came across this waterfall that had a bear face coming out of the moving waters.

#westcoast #vancouverisland #britishcolumbia #bear #monochrome #bnw #bnwcaptures
#bnw_souls #canadianartist #lighto… https://t.co/dlpZjcYqSE

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Crying Wolf

A walk in the forest connected me with this.

#wolf #bnw #bnw_captures #bnw_souls #bnw_of_our_world
#spiritialjourney #wolfspirit #monochrome #canadianartist #awareness #weareone
#consiousness https://t.co/ip84XS1vyo

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The Crossing

#monochrome #bnw #bnw_captures #britishcolumbia #sails #bnw_souls #bnw_of_our_world #spiritualjourney #convergence
#alignandflow https://t.co/0YwLdjUySy

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Cherry of the woods

#bnw #bnw_of_our_world #blackandwhite
#monochrome #landscapephotgraphy #bnw_souls
#britishcolumbia #bnw_captures
#spirit #cherrytree #canadianartist https://t.co/aybxMt3Jgv