“Untitled” – Trees catching the setting sun at a housing development in Vaughn, Ontario

“Taking the First Steps” – Cat paw prints in the first snow of the year, Toronto

“I Want To Care For You” – Customer service trailer at development sight in Vaughn, Ontario

“But I Want to Fix It” – Awkward/creepy advertisement, Canadian Tire, Lakeshore and Leslie, Toronto

“Lost” – Carpet in meeting room Woodbine Racetrack, Toronto

“Ready. Aim. FIRE!” – Kitty launches retaliatory strike on dangled pendant

“Untitled” – Detail of graffiti in Memory Lane, Toronto

“Apparently Everyone DOES Love a Parade” – People waiting for the Santa Clause Parade, Toronto

“Great Speech” – Thanks Piali! – #RoyWedding

“Warning Sign Fail” – Beat-up collision warning sign for buses at King and Dufferin, Toronto

“Hangin’ on the Fire-Escape” – Birds perched on fire-escape steps, Liberty Village, Toronto

“Toronto Shopping; Indigenous Techniques” – Woman balancing a shopping tray on her head at the William Ashley sale, Toronto

“Yum!” – Kitty enjoying fish flakes

Nothing says ‘We’re home; we missed you!’ like a big jar of fish flakes.

“The City at Night” – View from Porter Airlines flight from Boston to Toronto

“Parallel Lines” – Boston’s Logan International Airport, Terminal E

My fascination with huge American flags continues.

“I CONVERSE*> Boston” – Neon sign at the Newbury Street Converse store, Boston

This is the first and currently ONLY Converse store in the world. Apparently Boston is where it all started for Converse.

Upstairs they have an in-house ‘maestro’ who will customize your chucks while you wait! Very cool.

I couldn’t resist and had to pickup two new pair.

“Ummmm…no thank you” – Unfortunately named sauce for sale at T & T Supermarket, Toronto

“Dragon-Fire Red” – Chinatown restaurants wallpaper, Boston

The dim sum was excellent but our table was not.

If you can visit and they attempt to seat you on the small karaoke stage at the back of the dining room, insist on another table. The food carts can’t get to you!

“The Kaiser Sleeps on the Subway” – Moustachioed rider with a unique hat stretches-out on the Boston metro’s Green Line

“There’s A Monster Outside My Window” – The view from my room at the Boston Hotel Buckminster

“Scratch That” – Innovative wall art, SoHo, New York City

“GPH is the sh*t – literally” – Even the toilet paper is branded at the Gramercy Park Hotel, New York

“Water Snake” – Having fun while emptying the rain barrel

“Feline Gothic” – The kitties are not amused as life imitates art

“Sun Walk” – Photo crew returning to the studio after a test shot at Pinewood Film Studios, Toronto

A few weekends ago I had the pleasure of working with photographer Andrew Macpherson. Even if you don’t know the name you’ll definitely recognize his celebrity and music work – just take a look at his website http://www.macfly.com

Andrew was in town to shoot publicity stills of Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum for their upoming movie “The Vow”.

I captured this image on our pre-light day while the crew was walking back from a test shot. Andrew had hoped to take a few shots of Rachel and Channing outside but on the day of the shoot the weather was overcast and rainy. However, it wasn’t a total loss for Andrew as he did managed to grab a shot of a “sun dog”, an intriguing atmospheric phenomenon which he further describes on his blog at http://macfly.com/2010/10/sun-dog-in-toronto/

Location was Pinewood Studios. All equipment was provided by S1group.ca

“Yes Dear” – Exhausted husband at the William Ashley Warehouse Sale, Toronto

 

IMAGINED DIALOGUE:

WIFE: What do you think of these sheers?

HUSBAND: Hmmm?

W: I said, what do you think of these sheers?

H: They’re nice.

W: You didn’t even look.

H: Whatever you say.

“Pan-O-Rama!!!” – Driving west on Lakeshore near The Kingsway, Toronto

This panorama is my first ever iphone panorama and it was made with the PanoLab app by Originate.

 

“Tossin’ Out the Turf” – Discarded AstroTurf at Lamport Stadium, Liberty Village, Toronto

“Subway Lovers” – Teenager lovers lingering on the stairs at Greenwood Subway Station as the world rushes by

“When’s It Gonna Get Here?” – Kids on a field-trip waiting for the Harbourfront streetcar in the rain, Toronto

“In the Clouds” – Toronto’s iconic tower obscured by fog, Toronto