what photographers do on their days off

It's a day off!! Quick, grab the cameras and go..
Cruising on Queen St West.. 

sunlit street 

skeins of wool 

Old door 

Trick pic. If you look carefully you can see one of my favourite buildings in the city. 

I love the distillery. I guess it's getting photographed to death in the last few years, but I don't care, you can always find good shots. 

Ricardo not making a doofus face for once. 

Ricardo and I.  

halloween sighting 
I think that this is one of the best shots I've ever taken. Everything came together accidentally to make a sweet composition.

Okay, maybe not completely randomly. I saw her as we were driving down Queen St. I thought that it would make a quirky shot, a monster on Queen St.. I drove a few blocks along and got out and set up the tripod, hoping she'd walk by. Her mom ended up dragging her into an art gallery and staying for about ten minutes.. so I killed time shooting other passersby. When she finally came out of the gallery she decided she was going to jump up and down in front of the camera trying to scare me.. Not what I wanted. I wanted candid, right? So I shot a bunch of her scaring me, facing the camera. Eventually she got bored and her mom called her away. She turned to walk away just as this old gentleman on the bike rode past, curious, with his groceries. Snap. Just in time, as she was about to walk out of the frame.

Danger 

mmmmmm

And no Sunday photo ramble is complete without a Mayan hot chocolate (yummy pure chocolate melted and mixed with chilis) at the Distillery. 

Birds are coming! 

1128 Queen St. West 

lurker 

yarn 

A little green monster walking down Queen street 

Out and about on Queen West today.  

A slice of the sky in the gutter. Hanging around Rosedale waiting for Drew to finish practice with Mooredale orchestra. He's my younger son and very accomplished cellist.  

Yet more leaves 

Remember Uyen Chi and Jared? The cutest couple in the universe? They're baaaack 

Very cool 

Uyen Chi in traditional Vietnamese dress. They also brought some beautiful Tamil clothes too, so we got shots of all of the outfits. Some are going to be made into a calendar. I'll get Ricardo to work his kitschy magic on the project. 

ain anbu 

Uyen Chi, looking stunning. 

I heard someone call these "God rays" the other day.