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 Park, we saw an elab­o­rate mar­riage pro­pos­al set­up that fea­tured a neon “Will You Mar­ry Me” sign hang­ing in the cen­tre of a large heart cov­ered in white flow­ers and sur­round­ed by white flower petals and lined by tea can­dles float­ing with­in clear glass­es vas­es.

The theme for the pho­towalk was a sin­gle focal length chal­lenge. It was meant to encour­age par­tic­i­pants to think dif­fer­ent­ly through the lim­i­ta­tions of a sin­gle focal length lens. Con­straints can often spur cre­ativ­i­ty to cap­ture stir­ring images. The pho­towalk was meant to reshape every­one’s per­spec­tive and unlock new dimen­sions of sto­ry­telling. Folks who don’t own a sin­gle focal length lens were encour­aged to sim­u­late the con­straint by not zoom­ing their lens­es.

Below are some of the pictures I captured during the photowalk. All photos were taken with my Fujinon 56mm F1.2 R lens.

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 envi­sioned for our April pho­towalk was aban­doned due to the gloomy weath­er, I risked repeat­ing the theme one more time. For­tu­nate­ly, that gam­ble paid off! The after­noon was warm and the sun radi­ant. Ulti­mate­ly, pho­towalk themes are mere sug­ges­tions designed to trick your mind into being more cre­ative via arti­fi­cial con­straint.

Some photos from the photowalk

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 sun­nier con­di­tions would encour­age folks to exper­i­ment pho­to­graph­i­cal­ly with the warm con­trast of late after­noon sun­light. Unfor­tu­nate­ly, the weath­er was drea­ry and over­cast, more rep­re­sen­ta­tive of late Novem­ber than late April.

Some photos from the photowalk

I’m slight­ly embar­rassed to admit that I only took two pho­tos, and one of them isn’t worth shar­ing. I blame it on my state of mind. The weath­er was unco­op­er­a­tive and I was busy ensur­ing every­one was feel­ing wel­come and enjoy­ing them­selves.

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 are will­ing to spend pro­longed peri­ods out­side!

Photowalk details:

Date: Feb­ru­ary 26, 2023

Loca­tion: Brook­field Place, Nathan Phillips Square, Osgoode Hall, and David Pecaut Square.

Theme: Wide-angle pho­tog­ra­phy. “Let’s explore the pos­si­bil­i­ties of using wide-angle lens­es. In this pho­towalk, you’re chal­lenged to use focal lengths of 35mm or less on full-frame or 24mm or less on APS‑C. Let’s have fun and explore extreme per­spec­tives!”

Some of the photos I made during the 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 the photowalk.

Several photos of me with the group.