• I went on an early morning photographer's meetup at a park in Toronto to capture some of the autumn highlights. First thing in the morning, the light is warmed and the shadows more forgiving. The day's first light basks your subjects, be they people, buildings, or nature, in a special glow that far too quickly [...]

  • I just got my hands on a new zoom lens, the Nikon 70-300 F4.5-5.6, used on my DX body. The DX body only uses the centre portion of the lens, which essentially means you get an extra zoom factor of 1.5. This was perfect for the Buskerfest in Toronto, as chances were I would be far from [...]

  • This was the first time I had heard of and gone to see the Cherry Blossoms in Toronto's High Park. The trees were a gift from Japan in 1959,  and every spring, they bloom forth in stunning pink and white, only to disappear as fast as they emerge. High Park posts daily progress of the blooming when [...]

  • Every once in a (long) while, the moon gets a bit closer to the Earth, and appears up to 14% larger in the sky. This makes photographer go a little bonkers and get very upset if there's cloud cover that night. Fortunately, we had a clear calm night to take our photos as part of [...]