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Last year I hosted a CCR Anniversary photo walk and brewery tour. And the event had an excellent turnout, but it also was on a hot day- a dangerously hot day and I had to call it when we were barely halfway through the walk. Mostly because if we had gone further, it would have resulted in injury, maybe even my own. And since then, I’ve been wanting to follow the rest of the route. So it wasn’t until we were out of the heat of summer and into the fall before taking to the streets for the sequel(ish) to the anniversary walk. For thisRead More →

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Don’t worry, this isn’t a post about new-age music. Back in August, I had the chance to tour one of Canada’s museum ships again; we don’t have many, especially here in Ontario. But it got me thinking about how important these museum ships are in bringing us closer to history. It’s all well and good to read about the naval battles of the past. But being able to walk the decks of the ships that were right in the thick of things is something else. My first experience with museum ships came way back in the 1990s on a family vacation to Hilton Head andRead More →

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There’s something so unique about looking back on a trip and thinking, “I was in a place where history was being made.” Remember, not all history is good history, but it was history all the same. Ten years ago, I visited a city I had wanted to visit for some time, but it had always slipped through my fingers. But in 2016 I finally decided to take some time and visit Washington, DC. It was the final place I needed to photograph and visit to complete my massive War of 1812 project, which, at that point, had been going on longer than the war itself,Read More →

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I wasn’t planning to visit yet another historic community in Halton Hills, but like everything, even the best-laid plans are often hampered by Mother Nature. A major storm that whipped through southern Ontario at the start of September flooded out my original plans for the day. I needed to go somewhere else, so after a bit of hunting around my original spot and not liking the locations based on my camera choice, I stuck to something a little more local: Acton. If you grew up in the Halton region, you’ll know that there’s a bit of a feud between the communities in Halton, with ActonRead More →

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I have visited plenty of small blink-and-you-miss-it communities across Canada and the United States. Some have a draw, while others make you think: is it even worth stopping? The funny thing is that I didn’t even consider going to the historic hamlet of Norval; it’s one of those places that I have heard of, driven through, but never fully considered stopping to get out and take photos. But here I am, willingly going to Norval, parking the car, getting out, cameras in hand, fully committed to capturing this historic hamlet and writing about it, which is saying something. For this trip, I took along myRead More →

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The last time I had attended this event was back in 2009, it was then known as Canada Youth, and it was the second time I had attended the event, but the third Presbyterian Youth Conference I had ever attended. The first one I attended was in 2001 as the Presbyterian Youth Triennium at Purdue University in Indiana. The event was interesting. Looking back at my vague memories of the event, I was happy that I never went back. The event began to clamp down on the number of Canadians who could attend, and the Canada Youth events focused on Canadian Presbyterians and lacked someRead More →

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It’s been a bit of time since I had the chance to do a solo photo walk through Toronto. I had a week off from work and decided to make the most of it. I had to come into the city to do a run at Downtown Camera to get film and chemistry for later in the summer, and decided to make the most of it by doing a bit of a walk through some of my favourite parts of the old town. But it wasn’t my usual route, so I decided to do something a little different in getting around. Despite the heat thisRead More →

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Despite the group’s name, “Toronto Film Shooters Meetup,” we tend to host events beyond Toronto’s borders. There have been walks in Hamilton, Dundas, Niagara-On-The-Lake, Elora, Guelph, and Unionville. But this summer I decided to host one in my hometown of Milton, Ontario. And why? Well, it comes down to one major world event, the FIFA World Cup. Rather than make our plucky band of photographers figure out where a quiet spot in the city is to do a walk with coffee and beer, why not host something on a quiet Sunday afternoon in Milton’s historic downtown? For the event, I went with my Minolta MaxxumRead More →

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A few weeks ago, an event that I first attended in 2012 had its final form. Back on the 20th and 21st of June, a group gathered to celebrate the life of Bill Schwab, who had passed away in 2025 while doing what he did best: leading a group of keen photographers to explore the world. Bill was the brains behind an event called Photostock. It started as a small gathering in the woods on his property in Michigan, far from the dirty industrial south, but in the far more beautiful northern parts of the state. And while I’m a fan of an event becomingRead More →

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Sometimes you need an easy spot to take photos. And while for many years that spot has been my own downtown in Milton, Ontario. Another option would be Guelph, Ontario, but downtown has been getting a bit rough with folks living on the streets. Plus, the last time I was there, I found drug paraphernalia in the open. So I wanted to get out in early June and settled on another favourite, Dundas, Ontario. I first learned about Dundas during a Doors Open event, and then it fell away from my mind until the pandemic. Dundas presented something different: it was also close to homeRead More →