Mark Bellis
Hi all, journalist photographer, Blogging since 1996. Written for Toronto Star, Cité Libre, Toronto and Ottawa Sun and Ottawa Citizen. email markbellis@spamcop.net, enjoy! All content copyright Mark Bellis, and other copyright holders unless where noted.
Friday, March 20, 2026
And then you get used to not using a single temperature bidet attachment like a caveman.
Thursday, March 19, 2026
Snow geese and Canada geese, resting in St Lawrence
Tuesday, March 17, 2026
Thursday, March 12, 2026
Saturday, March 7, 2026
Pothole, Rockwood Conservation Area
Aztec Camera?
Roddy Frame, co-founder of the 80s pop band Aztec Camera, said in a Top of the Pops X post "It was in one of my deep thinking, psychedelic periods when I was about 15… because the bands we were listening to had names like The 13th Floor Elevators and all that ridiculous crap, we came up with the name Aztec Camera.".
Leica released an "Aztec" limited edition presentation case and attache case for its R-3 and R-3 MOT cameras in 1979, which would have been around when Frame was 15. The only thing particularly Aztec about them were they were made from amatl wood, the bark of which the Aztec used to make paper.






