Street Shots With The Sony RX1

First off, a big 'thank you' to Sony Canada for hosting this meet-up - it was a lot of fun! And also for bringing along the FE 85mm f1.4 G Master lens (very cool).  You can see some street portraits I took with it here. It was a pleasure to meet Ben, a very nice guy …

Street Portraits With The Sony FE 85mm F1.4 GM

Finally, the warm weather is here. The Sun is shining, the birds are singing, and The Hills are alive with the sound of lawn mowers! I really should get out and enjoy the nice weather. But what to do??  Hmmm.... I know! How about hanging out at 'Times Square North' (Yonge-Dundas Square in Toronto) with some friends and playing around …

Meeting Ben Lowy

At a recent Sony street photography meetup I had the opportunity to meet one of my favourite photojournalist and Sony Artisans, Benjamin Lowy. Ben is a New York based photographer who has spanned the globe to bring us images from some of the most dangerous places imaginable including Iraq, Darfur, Afghanistan, and Libya (where he travelled with Tim Hetherington). Having considered …

Night Photography – A Beginner’s Guide And 10 Tips & Tricks (Sony NEX, Nikon 1)

Hey - ya came back.  I wasn't sure you would.  This place, you know - it ain't what it use to be...  but it's got 'character'.  I like that.  That's why I come here. You see that doll up on stage? That's Goldie. She use to be a big-time star. Real big. Shoulda seen her …

Glasstronomical Delights

The invitation came on short notice. The event (hosted by Vistek and Sony) was an hour-and-a-half’s drive from my home. Yet how could I resist a buffet of some of the finest glass-tronomlc delights that Master Chef Naoki Miyagawa-san and others had so adeptly cooked-up? The answer: I couldn’t. So I put on my best …

The Toronto Honda Indy 500

I love visiting Toronto in the summer - it seems there's always something going on. This past weekend (June 13th and 14th) was the 29th annual Honda Indy. While I don't really follow motor sports, hearing the 'rrrrrrrrrrrrrr..... zoooooom, zooooom, zooooom' of the Indy cars flying by at over 300 KM/h on the Lakeshore made …

Sometimes You Just Get Lucky

I spent a beautiful day recently hanging out in the 'Riverside' area of Toronto. This is an area I hadn't explored much in the past, and has seemingly changed drastically since the last time I was there. Once a 'gritty' lower income area of Toronto (this area is the 'vibe' that the television series 'Degrassi' …

Who Are Your Influences?

Do you know who your influences are? I thought I did; my high school art teacher who taught me the basics, my friends who went to art school and who showed me the much deeper world of art, friends I met through Flickr whose work inspired me, people I've met at photography events whose words …

Wide Thing, You Make My Heart Sing

When the discussion of wide-angle comes up, I've often heard it said "I don't need a wide-angle lens because I don't shoot landscape". Or "Wide -angle lenses have too much distortion for my taste." I can relate. Landscape photography isn't really my genre either. Get up 3 hours before sunrise and traipse through the woods …

Caturday Confessional

Forgive me Vint Cerf, Father of The Internet, for I have sinned. Tell me, my son. I... I... I'm sorry, Father... I can't. I thought I could, but I just can't. My crime is so horrible, so heinous... There, there, my child. This is The Internet. We do not judge here. Please, unburden yourself. Well... …