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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What is the Stop in Photography?

This arti­cle will teach you about one of the most fun­da­men­tal con­cepts in pho­tog­ra­phy — the pho­to­graph­ic stop. The stop is ubiq­ui­tous — it’s every­where — and under­stand­ing it will make you an effi­cient pho­tog­ra­ph­er. How­ev­er, to learn why the stop is so vital, we need to estab­lish a foun­da­tion of knowl­edge about the basics …

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How to Photograph the Moon at Night

The fol­low­ing arti­cle is a tran­script of the video above.  Hi there, my name is Paul, and this is Expo­sure Ther­a­py. In this video, I’ll explain why your pho­tos of the moon are often over­ex­posed and how you can fix them.  It’s sun­ny on the Moon I teach group pho­tog­ra­phy work­shops, and occa­sion­al­ly, stu­dents will …

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How to Check a Used Camera You’re Buying in Person

This arti­cle com­bines the scripts from the video above into a sin­gle resource, detail­ing what to check when buy­ing a used DSLR or mir­ror­less cam­era on Face­book Mar­ket­place or Craigslist. When you’re fin­ished, don’t for­get to check out my guide on inspect­ing a used lens in per­son. Buy­ing a used DSLR or mir­ror­less cam­era is …

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How to Check a Used Lens You’re Buying in Person

In this post, I’ll walk you through what to look for when inspect­ing a used lens in per­son. Once you’re done, check out my guide on what to inspect when buy­ing a used cam­era in per­son. New pho­tog­ra­phers who are pas­sion­ate about their hob­by quick­ly devel­op an enthu­si­asm for lens­es and the cre­ative pos­si­bil­i­ties they …

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Relation of F‑numbers to the Aperture

F‑numbers and the aper­ture have an inverse rela­tion­ship Hi there, my name is Paul, and this is Expo­sure Ther­a­py. In this video, I’ll explain the rea­son for the inverse numer­i­cal rela­tion­ship between f‑numbers and the aper­ture. This rela­tion­ship is a wide­spread point of con­fu­sion for many begin­ner pho­tog­ra­phers, who regard it as irra­tional or need­less­ly …

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