I guess you could say that this post comes out from a short I released on YouTube last month about why photo walks are important and that you should go on photo walks. When the average person hears the term ‘photo walk’ they tend to think of a group usually medium or large. And I’ll admit, large groups of strangers can be a bit iffy. But a photo walk doesn’t have to be in a group, you don’t even have to have another person with you. My good friend and fellow photographer, Michael Hurley, goes on solo photo walks all the time. In fact, he’sRead More →

I’ll be the first to admit that when I first started taking my photography seriously, I looked down on people who used their mobile devices to take pictures. I’m also a bigger person and have grown much as a photographer. The cameras available on mobile devices are far better now than in the early 2000s, and I have come to appreciate the power they bring. While I have written on this subject in the past, this entry will be different. Rather than focus on mobile photography, I’ll look at some of the apps I have collected and why I like using them outside the stockRead More →

It all started with my friend Andre Domingues’s question: are you going to the CineStill photo walk in downtown Toronto? I went through the various social media sites for CineStill and found no mention of it, even their website. So I then asked when it was happening, and the answer was the 26th. I still had no idea when the 26th was happening and simply assumed it was during the day, like the Toronto Film Shooters events. But after finding out it was after my morning commitment, I decided to attend. Hopping a train out of Oakville, I got into the city a little earlierRead More →