Toronto Lifestyle Photographer :: Chinese New Year
Happy Year of the Dragon, everyone. We usually don’t make a big deal out of Chinese New Year, except for going out for a (sometimes ridiculously overpriced) dinner with Gen’s family. But this year, some great friends of ours decided to get into the spirit, and naturally we came along for the ride…well, we especially [...]
Toronto Family Photographer :: Cheers!
Elliot and his grampy…cut from the same cloth (though one might argue that this is because his grampy and his daddy are cut from the same cloth, too). Why do kids love to do this so much?
Toronto Photographer :: Sometimes I get bored…
After I put Elliot down to bed tonight, I got a bit bored, and decided to do my best David Hobby impression, though I replaced the Mountain Dew with a wonderful bottle of vin rouge (eagle-eyed readers will notice the red ring symmetry, courtesy of my 85 f/1.2L mkII on the left) The setup here [...]
Toronto Photographer :: The Best of 2011
As I sit here, there are only 5 hours to go in 2011. Without question, 2011 has been the craziest year of my life. I’ve been fortunate enough to do some serious traveling; started a new job which I thoroughly enjoy; had some terrific photography clients; and seen my son develop from a helpless lump [...]
Toronto Photographer :: Movember, 2011
As you may have noticed, it’s Movember out there (or, ‘the-month-formerly-known-as-November’, if you’d prefer). Anyway, for those of us involved in prostate cancer research, this is the month we get to show off our moustache growing skills (or, in my case, lack of skills). Anyway, this is the Princess Margaret Hospital Researcher Movember team [...]
Toronto Photographer :: San Francisco, October 2011
Not three days after we got back from Barbados, I was off again. Once again, work took me away from home, this time to the wonderful city of San Francisco. This was actually my first time visiting the Bay Area, so of course I **had** to skip away from my meetings once or twice to [...]
Toronto Photographer :: Initial Thoughts on the Voigtlander Bessa R3A (with images)
As I discussed last time, I recently purchased a Voigtlander Bessa R3A and CV Nokton 40 f/1.4. My first impressions were that while the Bessa seems like a very nice camera, it’s going to take some time to get to the point where I’m comfortable using the thing. So after about two weeks of use, here [...]
Toronto Photographer :: So I bought a rangefinder…
As you’ll recall, I’ve been getting more heavily into shooting film. Well, as luck would have it, my Fujica ST-801 developed a pretty nasty light leak, rendering it basically unusable. I was going to replace it with another film SLR, but I found them generally too bulky. Since my goal was to have a camera [...]
Toronto Family Photographer :: Sometimes There’s Just No Pleasing ‘Em
Sometimes, things just suck! Just ask Elliot.
Toronto Family Photographer :: Film is Not Dead, Episode 1
Digital photography is great, and will remain the primary medium in which I work as a photographer. For me, and I suspect most others, the primary benefit of digital is not necessarily image quality (though the latest digital sensors, such as the 21MP sensor in my Canon 5DmkII, provide an incredible level of image quality), [...]
Toronto Photographer :: Asia, Part 3 (Hong Kong)
You can find part one (Kyoto) of this series here, and part two (Beijing) here. After the madness that was Beijing, we needed a little down time. So we naturally headed to Hong Kong (only the fourth most densely populated area on Earth). These are some of my favourites; the full set can be seen here. [...]
Toronto Photographer :: Asia, Part 2 (Beijing)
If you haven’t already, check out part one of this series here. After departing the meeting in Kyoto, I took the train back to Kansai Airport in Osaka, and spent the night there (at the Nikko Airport Hotel, not literally in the airport; nice hotel, terrible, terrible food). I departed for Beijing the following morning. [...]
Toronto Photographer :: Asia, Part 1 (Kyoto)
First, a bit of background: I’m fortunate enough to have a real job that allows me, now and again, to travel the world. This July, Tokyo, Japan was scheduled to host the 5th International Cancer Genome Consortium Workshop. However, due to the March 11 earthquake/tsunami disaster in Japan, the meeting had to be moved to Kyoto, in the [...]
The Asian Tour, Part 1: Vancouver to Kyoto
My real job has taken me to Asia (via Vancouver). I’ll be documenting the trip here. Here are a few from the first leg – Vancouver to Kyoto, Japan. 2 more days in Kyoto, followed by Beijing and Hong Kong. More to come.
Toronto Family Photographer :: Father’s Day Weekend
This past Sunday was my first Father’s Day. Had a great time with the whole family at our place. Elliot loves his swing. Elliot and his uncle Jason Tasty watermelon. This was especially sweet, after having just finished 60 days of Insanity