chrysanthemums photoshopped to make them look waxier than they already looked. Desaturated as well. 

detail  

sunflowers with their faces turned away 

butterfly garden 

ricardo shooting on the edge of the Niagara Escarpment north west of Toronto.. you can see the skyline of the city in the far distance. 

waterfront thingie 

reflections in James Gardens 

Kensington Market in Toronto 

fun with a spray bottle and Mick 

uh oh, autumn is here 

mother and daughter

Some people have asked me what kind of camera I use. It's an Olympus E1 which is a lovely machine. A digital SLR. Check out the specs here at their website. For canoe trips and rough stuff I prefer to leave the Olympus at home and take the Canon Powershot G3 which is an amazingly wonderful camera. In my studio I use 3 lights mostly, a 750watt continuous light, and two Speedotron Force 10's, all with Chimera softboxes. For this shot, which needed more intimate lighting, I used just one light. 

reflections 

I like this surreal shot of the boardwalk but I forget how I did it. Tsk. 

sepia cedar at bon echo 

woman at the drum festival at Queen's Park 

Christopher Keith in a very familiar pose. Ex Senior VP of the NYSE, presently working on bold new plans to reshape the financial world. 

stained glass and wood 

metal staircase 

photoshopped view of the skyline with bike. weird, I know. 

this was a fun shoot at Mick's spring party. 

I like this one too 

just came across this shot I did of Patricia Moser, VP of Rogers Communications. It's one of the pics the magazine didn't use, but I like the composition and those legs. Wow.  

Lara 

more of ricardo's poppies 

hazelnuts 

peaches 

One of ricardo's poppy photos 

sara 

such a sweetie 

nine years old and determined. 

sara, who is going to be an actress. 

Lara laughing 

Lara 

Two shoots today... this is Lara, Toronto journalist and dynamo. 

Mary Anne in red 

kiss 

True beauty is ageless 

Mary Anne and her mum 

Anne, Mary Anne's mum 

Mary Anne in editor mode ;-) 

sharing a laugh 

Mary Anne brought her mum along to the studio today for some photos. She's 91 years old and I swear to you this shot isn't retouched one iota. All I can say is "wow". 

reflections 

wildflower stems 

found such a perfect pond today and captured some reflections. 

blue moon

Harold showing off a bit of equestrian ballet. That's Blue Moon he's riding. The unit won him at last year's North American Mounted Police Competition in Kentucky for being top scoring team. Beautiful horse. 

ok, ok, just kidding, it wasn't really an execution. Toronto Police Mounted Unit were putting on a demonstration of their skills and their horses' skills at the Ricoh. 

public execution (for speeding, I think) at the Ricoh Coloseum in Toronto ;-) 

still experimenting with my organic project...turning people into stone. 

Mickey's comp sheet 

Mick, emoting. 

the black dress 

Mick 

and another 

another one 

my workspace, looking eerie because I made ghosts by moving the camera. 

charlene, looking stunning.. 

Charlene, different look 

Had the pleasure of shooting Charlene today. She's a really lovely Toronto model/actress. She has a great modelling portfolio already but no actor headshots, so she asked me to do some for her. 

one of today's shoots, Mickey. Toronto actress and of course, friend. Back in the dark ages Mick was the first person I ever shot professionally. She's a great sport and gets better looking each time she sits for me. 

today's shoot, Lisa. Intense and beautiful 

dancingman 

ducks in the fog on Lake Ontario 

yes, it's true, I love fungi! 

Last summer, Ricardo and Drew watching the hurricane dregs at Ashbridges bay 

more mary anne 

another one of mary anne 

awareness 

Mick 

Luke 

Unionville 

Drea 

moulann 

magic 

flamenco at Yo Yo Ma's Music Garden 

Levi on sax 

David Grey Eagle Sanford's website 

David spoke out about responsibility and stewardship of this earth. We need to think beyond the end of our driveway. We owe it to our children and all the children not yet born.  

David Grey Eagle Sanford (right) and his new Metis brother Henry Hegland.  

Kim Sanford, David Grey Eagle Sanford's wife. Beautiful and strong. 

Turtle spirit in one of the trees at Boyd. 

they paved paradise....

one of the posters with our photos. The city of Vaughan is actually planning to build a 4 lane highway through the middle of the park. It's one of the most fragile and endangered urban ecosystems in Ontario.. how shortsighted can politicians be? They only see the dollar signs.  

Janet Berton, Pierre's powerhouse wife. What an amazing woman. 

Mr. Pierre Berton. Today, at Boyd Conservation Area there was a rally to raise awareness of the impending doom of the park thanks to hapless politicians and clueless people who elect them. Mr. Berton gave a succinct and powerful speech, giving us reason to never the forget the past in order to save our future. 

Mary Anne, highkey lighting 

Love this one 

Mary Anne 

Mary Anne, Toronto editor extraordinaire. 

Tail end of the Thunderbird 

Richard up close and personal with furry guy 

Words and pictures can't capture the immensity of this rock. You have to experience it. 

lichen on granite 

We're in the middle of a 500 ft deep lake in a canoe and Ricardo says to me... Anne, don't panic, there's a little bug on your back and I'm going to take him off you... I swear this thing was 5 inches long. I have no idea what it was, but we put it back on the rock where he came from.. unharmed.This is his photo on the tip of a canoe paddle.. 

Our canoe moored at Bon Echo 

Barry and friend 

Thunderbird tail light 

Susanne, huge expert on native birds and a great photographer. 

We met two amazing people, Barry and Susanne, who run a place called Stop 41 on Hwy 41 in Denbigh. Great little shop, great prices, great cooking. Barry rescued this little guy when his mother was killed by a car in front of the Stop 41. Now he thinks that Barry is his mom. :-)  

pink Thunderbird and oblivious little guy 

The getaway car 

Little bandit 

canoes 

Some of these white cedars are a thousand years old. Tiny, gnarled, incredibly eking out an existence on a granite rock face 100 metres high. It takes my breath away to look at them. 

Bon Echo cedar. Yes, it's true, we took a week off. First break in 18 months of non-stop work. So you'll have to sit through a few of my holiday snapshots. 

petroglyphs at Bon Echo provincial park 

Lindy and Jesse 

Lovely Lindy 

Lindy, showing me the right way to hold a coffee mug. ;-) 

Today's shoot, Lindy, Toronto actress and model. Luminous, elegant and gracious. It's a fact that the camera loves some people more than others. The camera loves Lindy.  

Spent some time tonight revamping and refreshing my website.. just click it if you're interested. 

another in the organic experiment series 

sarah experimental textures 

experiment 

A nice surprise in my email this morning. Sometimes I wonder where my work ends up.. here's my shot of Kaarin, the Finnish political candidate.. Nice site. Now if I could only read Finnish. :-)

"hi Anne,

how are you doing?

the portrait that you took keeps impressing people - and I
decided to make it the very framework for my webpage!"

Kaarin

 

Sarah was so much fun to work with. Really relaxed and natural.  

Sarah  

Sarah  

tonight's shoot... absolutely stunning Sarah, Toronto actress, model, dancer, sweet person.. 

Queen street West fabrics 

blue paint 

grey study 

one of my projects 

Andrea 

Kaarin 

Levi Cato, Kamera Kids 

red bridge 

Jen 

portal 

details 

headshot 

coco 

Cooper posing nicely 

hand-coloured downtown Toronto 

#16 

another version of one of my favourite shots 

Keeper of the Crypt 

black on yellow 

skyline 

water boy 

water world 

figures on the beach in the fog 

red stones on the move 

Dan's business 

Dan 

more  

ricardo's red stones 

return of the red stones 

coco headshot 

coco loco 

Luke Selby, DJ Starski 

fire alarm on Queen St. 

thinking of january in this heat... remembering the icy crispness. 

Wikwemikong 

Toronto Drum Festival 

I love this photo. Kate, Ricardo's friend in Leeds took it of her son Fin and his cats. I love the natural light and the whole shot. It really works. Kids are such a great subject. 

donald cleveland 

the blacksmith working at Toronto Police Stables 

sunnyside beach 

snow 

Moulann in a flower shower 

Mickey, one of my oldest friends, Toronto actress and one of the best moms I know.  

my father.. Azheimer's has stolen his memories. He looks in the mirror and doesn't recognise himself. He doesn't know my mother. He doesn't know me. Whenever I do a really good shoot I always think how great it would be if I could show him my stuff. He was a professional photographer his whole life and taught me everything he knew.. life can be so sad. 

my mom Theresa who is turning 80 next year. 

masked 

Moulann boxing poster 

sarilyn 

Tanya and Mikko 

skaters on Grenadier Pond at High Park last winter. The light reminds me of a Bruegels painting. 

Ashbridge's boardwalk in the fog. 

picked up my recovered data today from ActionFront. It's all there, all of it. Every single photo, I'm so relieved and happy. It's likely going to go down in history as the most expensive lesson I ever learned, but it was one that needed learning. So, to celebrate finding all my old stuff I'm going to post some of my favourites, just because they're there. :-) This one is down at Humber Bay last winter. Red, white and blue. 

mallory 

girl on bicycle 

a c t i o n f r o n t

huzzah and holy macromoley.. the folks at ActionFront may have actually recovered all my photos. I've looked through the file list they sent me and it looks pretty good. I'll know for sure tomorrow.. thanks guys. 

Drew, reaching for the top 

Hm. Ricardo being buzzed by two huge turkey vultures who seem to be attracted by his tasty pink head. 

rattlesnake point in Milton today. Ricardo coming off the wall in a hurry. 

poster 

This is one of the things I like to do when I have too much time on my hands.. or when I'm trying to get my mind off something... (*harddrive blues*) Take an old classic painting and replace the face with one of my portraits, using photoshop. Wonder if Caroline would recognize herself? 

me love hockey

i yam canadian, eh? Hockey season is delayed this year, contract disputes or something.. argh.. looking at this pic to cheer me up. I met Gary Roberts a couple of years ago, he was getting his hair cut at the same place I was getting mine done. He was sweet enough to sign his autograph for me. A real gentleman and gorgeous as well. ;-) 

pixies on parade 

mockup for king's cafe 

going through my backed-up files...  

playing around 

messing about in photoshop 

I must have this *thing* for rusted staples. 

Bannockburn School 

fava beans at the market 

Richard's excellent website. Check out his essay on Global Finance. 

just checking how this works. Cool. 

Caught this shot of some guy getting pulled over for speeding near King and Dufferin. The officer's name is Gregg John, the horse's name is Winston. 

disaster strikes

kensington market, photo by ricardo... I've been too paralyzed with grief to shoot.. arghh.. my hard drive failed and I've lost all my photos and work that wasn't backed up. :-( took the dead harddrive to Action Front Recovery Systems... pacing back and forth to stop me from jumping out the window...waiting to hear back from them.. keep your fingers crossed..