Ron Smid

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

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 … ift.tt/2pMvBvx

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:ift.tt/35TVo5K

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… ift.tt/2B5aarY

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…

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:ift.tt/2M31pFh

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… ift.tt/2AWGPA9

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… ift.tt/338zr0K

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… ift.tt/2ADmLTa

Sunshine Coast. BC Light is home. #sunshinecoast #britishcolumbia #bcferries #sunset #intothelight #spirtualjourney #awareness #canadianlandscape #canadianartist ift.tt/2pi8c4W

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… ift.tt/2ng0xDF

Amaterasu The setting sun converges with the divine feminine, transmutting the light energy into her being as a goddess of light. @monew_____1214 #solargoddess #intothelight #light #divinefeminine #spirutaljourney #souljourney #divinelight #universalen… ift.tt/2mGHfHs

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…

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… ift.tt/30gWBES

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… ift.tt/2Oc72Co

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 #… ift.tt/2QbjO71

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… ift.tt/2Zx9H0G

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 ift.tt/2PydAOb

The Crossing #monochrome #bnw #bnw_captures #britishcolumbia #sails #bnw_souls #bnw_of_our_world #spiritualjourney #convergence #alignandflow ift.tt/2KSSSnJ

Cherry of the woods #bnw #bnw_of_our_world #blackandwhite #monochrome #landscapephotgraphy #bnw_souls #britishcolumbia #bnw_captures #spirit #cherrytree #canadianartist ift.tt/2ZqD3sy