Photowalk through the Bridgepoint Hospital and Riverdale Park East. Abstract shapes and colours.

Toronto Photowalk – October 2023 – Riverdale Farm, Toronto Necropolis, Riverdale Park East

Pho­towalk details: Date: Octo­ber, 2023 What a dif­fer­ence a month makes! Just com­pare the weath­er evi­dence in the pho­tos from my Toron­to pho­towalk in Sep­tem­ber to the con­di­tions depict­ed below. Loca­tion: We met at 2 p.m. at the west gate of Riverdale Farm (near the bike lock posts). From there, we explored the farm and …

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Toronto Photowalk – August 2023 – Harbourfront

Pho­towalk details: Date: August 27, 2023 Loca­tion: We met in front of the bronze stat­ue of Jack Lay­ton on a tan­dem bicy­cle near the Jack Lay­ton Fer­ry Ter­mi­nal entrance. We made our way west from the Fer­ry Ter­mi­nal, mean­der­ing along the water­front and Queens Quay toward Ire­land Park. Along the board­walk lead­ing up to Ire­land …

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Soldiers' Tower at Sunset on the University of Toronto, St. George campus.

Soldiers’ Tower at Sunset

We were tak­ing pho­tos of the Trin­i­ty Col­lege facade ear­li­er today towards the end of my cam­era basics pho­tog­ra­phy work­shop. Real­iz­ing that one of the stu­dents was off by him­self, I approached him. He point­ed down Tow­er Rd and asked how I would take a pho­to of the Sol­diers’ Tow­er and the CN Tow­er togeth­er …

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Snapshot Wisdom: Your Old Camera is Good Enough!

I left the Canon sys­tem for Fuji­film back in 2016. The Fuji gear was fund­ed by the sale of most of my Canon cam­eras and lens­es. How­ev­er, at the time, I was­n’t able to get a decent price for my Canon 7D and EF 35mm F1.4L lens. Even­tu­al­ly, I passed it along to my mom. …

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Long exposure of the Shrine Peace Memorial at Exhibition Place in Toronto on a sunny day with clouds in the background.

Toronto Photowalk 5: Ontario Place and Exhibition Place.

Pho­towalk details: Date: May 21, 2023 Loca­tion: We met in the shad­ow of the Princes’ Gate. From there, the group processed toward the old Ontario Place grounds via Tril­li­um Park, and lat­er, north toward the Rose Gar­den at Exhi­bi­tion Place. We con­clud­ed the walk on the Duf­ferin St Bridge. Since the theme I had orig­i­nal­ly …

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Toronto photowalk and photography classes, Michael Comstock Pavilion in St James Park.

Toronto Photowalk 4: Berczy Park, St. James Park, and Distillery District.

Pho­towalk details: Date: April 22, 2023 Loca­tion: We met near the Berczy Park Dog Foun­tain. Our points of inter­est includ­ed St. James Cathe­dral and St. James Park, St. Lawrence Mar­ket, and Dis­tillery Dis­trict, where we grabbed cof­fee and treats. The theme I had orig­i­nal­ly envi­sioned, Light and Con­trast, was a bust. I was hop­ing that …

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Toronto Photowalk 3: Spring Vibes at Kensington Market.

Expo­sure Therapy’s third pho­towalk in Toron­to. As always, I’d like to thank every­one who attend­ed. It was our biggest turnout to-date, and I strong­ly sus­pect the mild spring weath­er was an influ­enc­ing fac­tor. The group had a good rep­re­sen­ta­tion of skill lev­els and back­grounds, and we had our youngest par­tic­i­pant ever — a baby! Pho­towalk …

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Toronto Photowalk 2: Brookfield Place to Nathan Phillips Square

Expo­sure Therapy’s sec­ond pho­towalk in Toron­to. I want to thank every­one who braved the chilly wind to join me on Expo­sure Therapy’s sec­ond Toron­to pho­towalk. There were sev­er­al last-minute can­cel­la­tions, but enough peo­ple showed up to form a tight, well-round­ed group. I hope for greater atten­dance as the weath­er swings into spring and more folks …

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Photowalk 1: Our first Toronto photowalk

Expo­sure Therapy’s first pho­towalk in Toron­to. Our first-ever pho­towalk was a great suc­cess, and I could­n’t have done it with­out every­one who came to spend four hours of their Sun­day with me. Pho­towalk details: Date: Jan­u­ary 29, 2023 Loca­tion: Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to, St. George Cam­pus Theme: Win­ter archi­tec­ture. Some of the pho­tos I made dur­ing …

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