From the 2010 Toronto Air Show

From the protest outside of Police Headquarters near College and Bay, the Monday following the G20 summit.

From the G20 in Toronto, and the protests at Queens park.

Includes photos of one protester who was sprayed with pepper spray moments before riot police pushed remaining spectators from the immediate area.

It was a beautiful day to spend on Toronto Island, and we found a quiet patch of beach to take some city shots from. With some gear help and advice from my buddy Brian, we set up the camera with two ND8 neutral density filters, an ND4, and a circular polarizer (on top of a UV filter, which at this point was probably unnecessary).  This allowed us to take a 30 second exposure on a sunny16 type of day (that Brian has some crazy ideas). The polarizer let us see the  bottom of the lake, and the long exposure smooths the waves and removes any moving vehicles. Gives an HDR type effect without the multiple exposures. As for composition, I think I got lucky with this one. Last shot of the day. The rest were rubbish.

Another from the Kodak Portra VC roll

Another photo shot on film. Kodak Portra 400VC.

I shot a roll of film for the first time in over 15 years. This was taken on Allison‘s Canon A-1 with Kodak Portra VC, ISO400. This is one of my favorites. More to come.

Why can’t this time of day last all night?

This is my business partner, Brian. I was teaching him what I know about off-camera flash. Not a particularly inspiring photo, but a good proof of concept.