Writings, Reviews, Cultural Criticism
The category, Heart, is for posts that make us feel.
Some images from Sunday’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade here in Toronto. I didn’t mean to take these photos. It’s just that I had to go through the parade to get home and happened to have a camera in my pocket. Incidentally, the parade taught me a valuable lesson. In an attempt to get interesting angles…
There’s been a lot of fuss in the news about how cold it is in southern Ontario this winter. It’s so cold, in fact, that portions of Niagara Falls have frozen. Surely, if the Niagara River is freezing at the Falls, a piddly little creek in Toronto would freeze solid. Seems logical. So why do…
I saw this guy sweeping broken glass from a smashed up bus shelter at the corner of Jarvis & Carlton. Although the scene was surrounded by yellow tape that said “Police Line – Do Not Cross” and although he had clearly crossed it to do his sweeping, I didn’t question him on what strikes me…
In August, I posted photos from under the Glen St. Bridge which passes over Toronto’s Beltline Trail and Yellow Creek. But it’s worth posting new photos of the same locale. What with all the trees losing their leaves, and the lower angle of incidence for morning light, and snowfall acting as a natural reflector, things…
No I’m not advocating violence against young people. And, to be honest, I usually don’t shoot children with a camera, either. But every now and again, a scene cries out to my camera and says: shoot me, shoot me. Like this one of the little girl who just had to stick her foot in a…
I met The Dragon near Parliament & Winchester. He was standing outside with his Timmies and a cigarette. Why The Dragon? He said it was because his mom gave him a crazy-assed name no one could remember or pronounce. He told me the name and he’s right; I couldn’t remember it or pronounce it if…
Toronto’s Bloor-Yorkville district held its annual IceFest. Just about every DSLR owner in Toronto was there, so I expect there are a gazillion images of the event floating around the Internets. Here’s my contribution to the glut.
This is the last installment of a 10-part series of posts featuring photos from Victoria. I began with touristy photos, and end here as far from touristy as you can get — with street photos.
In west Victoria (at Head & Wollaston), there’s a fence painted like a piano keyboard. Must be the home of a music teacher. In light of my earlier post on the importance of the white picket fence in the annals of photography, I thought I add this (ahem) variation on a theme.
Victoria has had a decent graffiti scene (probably because of the climate). But my impression is that the city has been trying to sanitize its appearance. Even so, there are still some places where you can find interesting street art.
The 7th in a series of 10 posts featuring photos of Victoria, B.C. This time: animals. (It was too wet for whale watching. Maybe next time.)
Photos taken while walking alone the shore below Dallas Road between Cook Street and the Ogden Point breakwater.
Victoria is unique to Canada in that it enjoys a cool-summer Mediterranean climate. That fact is reflected in the materials, colours, and design of many homes and other buildings.
My favourite place to shop in Victoria is Renaissance Books in Bastion Square, a used and antiquarian bookstore by the inner harbour. However, in deference to my wife, who has more “normal” shopping habits, I thought I’d share photos of destinations other than book stores.
Victoria is worth exploring at night, and not just because the legislature is lit up like a Christmas tree. February is off season, so the streets are really quiet. The winter emptiness underscores how much Victoria is dependent upon tourism.