Monthly Archives: November 2015

Schoolhouse Tree

I shot this one in early October. Frankly, I wasn’t all that thrilled with the photo but ended up liking it much better after processing it in black & white. Happy Monday. Have a great week.

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Man of the street

Not sure this guy’s story is, but he’s definitely a savvy street dude. I see him out front of the Tim Horton’s near Ryerson University all the time. Talking to him, he really seems to have his shit together. I … Continue reading

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Angel in the graveyard

I shot this in September at the end of my week’s vacation. It’s at St John’s Cemetery at Kingston Rd & Woodbine Ave in the east end of Toronto. I didn’t really get any decent shots that morning, just wasn’t … Continue reading

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Cops and Stairs

Another overly processed shot. Just playing around with some of the presets for Lightroom I’ve downloaded over the years. My feeling about this sort of processing is that if your photograph is great then you probably don’t need to do … Continue reading

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Last hurrah

By “last hurrah” I’m speaking of the end of fall and start of winter. I took this one a week back downtown near Ryerson University. It wasn’t a great day but it was still pretty reasonable, temperature wise. It’s gotten … Continue reading

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Christmas Window

The Hudson’s Bay Company department store at Yonge & Queen in the heart of downtown Toronto has done up their store windows for Christmas for as long as I can remember. Before them, it was Sears and before that Simpsons. … Continue reading

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The Martian

I shot this at Dundas Square for no other reason than I thought the light was working well for me. Later I noticed the sign for the movie The Martian. That sign will date this photo forever. One day Matt … Continue reading

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I want to build this church

“I have this vision,” he said. He went on to explain how he was a recovering addict and wanted to build this church up north. He named the town but I can’t recall. “It’s going to be a safe place … Continue reading

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