Happy New Year

Continuing my tradition of photographing a strip club on the last day of the year.

Queen and Broadview

It's a Wrap

I'll be taking some time off over Christmas.

St. Lawrence Market.

Fish Head

Not everything can, or should, be pretty.

St. Lawrence Market.

Live Oysters

St. Lawrence Market.

Pork Chops

St. Lawrence Market.

Special Broccoli

St. Lawrence Market.

Easy Money

ATMs and lottery kiosks; easy money for people who waste it.

Instant Cash

The first little snowfall of the new winter.

Queen and Pape.

Something for Everyone

December 1st is World AIDS Day.

Splashdown

A ring-billed gull lands on the lake.

Ontario Place breakwater.

Nocturnal

With the days so short, I can't be afraid of the dark or intimidated by noise.

Walking Home

Single nature lovers wanted.

I wish I had taken this photo last night, five months later.

Chess

Giant chess pieces disguised as a balusters.

Olympus E-300, 50 f/2 macro lens wide open, iso800 and 1/250s.

No Angel

Shopping on Queen West.

Doorway

Every exit is an entrance somewhere else.

Queen West alleyway.

Misty Mooring

National Yacht Club, Toronto Harbour.

Things Past

This is an older photo, taken October 8, 2005. It was taken on a field trip with my mother, whom I miss very much.

Duck

Taking a few quiet moments down at the lake.

I can't post this photo without a link to the funniest cartoon I've read on the web:
What the Duck by Aaron Johnson.

Davisville

On the way to Davisville station, as seen from the last subway car.

Summerhill

Summerhill subway station as seen from the last car.

Everyone Deserves Music

Another image of Michael Franti and Spearhead, taken with my little camera phone.

November 3, "Yell Fire!" U.S. Fall Tour, The Guvernment.

Yell Fire!

The sign on the door said "no professional cameras". This was taken by my camera phone -- a first for my blog.

Michael Franti and Spearhead, "Yell Fire!" U.S. Fall Tour, The Guvernment.

A big man who takes a big stand: Michael put on a great show. I was introduced to him about fourteen years ago, after my eldest brother played a spoken-word CD that the Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy provided musical backing to. I've been listening to him since, with solo CDs, Spearhead disks, and even a dog-chewed Hiphoprisy CD in my collection.

His latest album, "Yell Fire!" is a tremendous work and worth whatever it costs to buy.

Day of the Dead

Dancers at a festival to celebrate the Mexican festival of the Day of the Dead.

Harbourfront Centre.

Treegull

The intersection between air, earth, and water.

Coronation Park

Think Pink

October is breast cancer awareness month.

You'll find a handy little "Donate Now" link on the website for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation.

This is the 300th post on this blog.
Thank-you to all of the people who have visited over the last two years.

Please Be Specific

"Danger Due To: Concrete bucket over head".

Bathurst & Fleet.

Trudeau's Jacket

A cultural icon under glass.

Canadian Canoe Museum, Peterborough, Ontario.

Haida Paddles

Haida paddles and dugout canoe.

Canadian Canoe Museum, Peterborough, Ontario.

Birchbark

Three birch-bark canoes of the Mi'kmak people on display in the Canadian Canoe Museum.

Peterborough, Ontario.

Birdcage

Playing with light and shadows early in the morning, getting ready for something else.

Bobcaygeon, Ontario

Downcast

Everything has a price.

Queen and Bathurst

A Bright and Shiny Toy

Street performer taking a break.

Toronto Eaton Centre.

Trinity Square at Night

Trinity Square, at night.

Happy Birthday, Chester

My heartfelt congratulations to Davina McCall and Matthew Robertson, who welcomed their first son into the world on September 14. Chester joins his two sisters, Holly Willow and Tilly.

For my U.K. visitors, Google News is an excellent resource for up-to-the-moment stories about my namesake and his lovely wife, but why not take a few minutes to leave a comment or browse a few photos and see what life's like on the other side of the pond?

Monarch

the Music Garden

Fall Colours

In the years that I've been running this blog,
I've never before posted back-to-back photographs of wheelbarrows.

the Music Garden

Lock Bicycles to Post

Trinity Square

Some Assembly Required

Sometimes, everything happens at once. And sometimes, "at once" takes several months to play out.

Queen and Broadview.

They're Coming!

This photo makes me think of Helmut Newton. I've tried to find a link to his photographs of the same name, but haven't had any luck.

On camera at Queen and Victoria.

Exit

Delaying late at night.

the Loft, Queen & Broadview

Fountain

Playing in the fountains in Dundas Square.

nightscape

Downtown in a turmoil.

1971 Penny

July 6, 2006.

for PJC.

Cityscape

Downtown Toronto as seen from Casa Loma.

Riding the Bart

Riding the BART, while nowhere near San Francisco.

Dundas subway station.

Circles and Square

Experiments in negative space.

Toronto Eaton Centre

nine meters

St Michael's hospital, Toronto.

Still Life

A collection of objects.

This was taken for the 20.06 project over on Flickr, which centers on taking photos at 8:06pm (=20:06) on June 20 (=20/06) 2006. If you'd like to see more, click on the photo, which will take you to my flickr account, and from there you can navigate your way to the group pool.

Items of interest, starting in the top left corner, are as follows. The folio is open to a pair of prints of "Cry", the previous image on my blog. There is a 5x7 of the unedited photo, and an 8x11 of the finished work. Next is my Epson R220, a recent purchase which has broadened my perspectives beyond a 700x560 pixel final output. (The photo in this post is 800x600.) It was bought because of the influence of a local photographer friend, who has a lot of other things to take credit for, as well. The watch is an Omega Seamaster automatic chronometer; if that means anything to you you'll appreciate what it means to me. It was a 30th birthday present from Rose, who has been the most important person in my life for over a decade. It is the single most valuable item I own, and the only one that I expect to have for the rest of my life. The tablet's nothing much, but it lets me play, which I don't do nearly enough of. The image "Cry" was done using it. The iPod's mandatory these days, but you can't see what it's playing: "The Sun Shines Down On Me" by Daniel Johnston. I took a photo for him here, with a concept very similar to this one. (No comment). The laptop, if you squint at it just right, shows some of the directions I am planning on taking. ... and deliver me from Swedish furniture.

Cry

My first foray into digital art.
The original photograph includes the graffiti.

Concrete

Breakwater, the Beaches.