James 

Levi 

Princess Katerina 

Masked 

Some amazing cellos at Remenyi. 

In case there was any doubt, it really is spring. Fingers crossed we'll get no more frost or snow to spoil the effect. 

It was 60 years ago this week that the Allied Forces finally triumphed. This is the Year of the Veteran in Canada. Here's a shot I took last November, Mr. Geoffrey Rumble, much decorated war veteran, ex Toronto Police Mounted Unit officer, sharing a laugh with P.C. Steve Noble and P.C. Harold Williamson. 

puddle jumping again.  

Yesterday's shoot, for magazine article. 

Toronto lawyer, Lesli Bisgould. 

Lesli Bisgould has been the only practising animal rights lawyer in Canada, acting for individuals, charities and non-profit organizations trying to expose and stop the animal exploitation which is pervasive in this country. She is now working out of ARCH, a legal resource center for people with disabilities. 

Toronto cellist Andrew Baughn 

Alex and Andrew 

Paola Konge 

Yesterday's shoot. 

Hamilton lawyer, Paola Konge, shot for Montreal magazine. Paola travelled to Africa to work for the prosecution in a war crimes tribunal in Sierra Leone. Life-changing experience.  

One of Ricardo's photoshop ideas for Suite 608 

Last night's shoot 

Alex, lovely Toronto cellist 

I have about a million shots of my older son David, all of them pretty much like this. He towers over me for one thing, and for another he hates the camera and always manages to screw up the shot, accidentally on purpose. 

But I actually grabbed a shot of him when he wasn't looking.  

Strange sight on the beach on Tuesday. Coconut Jane bites the dust.. and here's a bonus, I'm going to impart a bit of trivia for Toronto beachcombers.. I know that Lake Ontario is sometimes called an "inland sea" but I also know for a fact there are no coconut-bearing trees in the northeast of N.America. So where are all these coconuts coming from? They're bobbing in the water, they're washed up in the dozens along the beaches. Well, I did a bit of research and came up with a likely explanation. It's to do with a Hindu festival called Raksha Bandan: it's celebrated in some parts of India as a festival to honor the sea god Varuna, where coconuts are offered to the sea. Because of its three eyes, the coconut represents the three eyes of Shiva. There is quite a large Hindu population in Toronto, and this would explain all the flotsam and jetsam of flowers and coconuts. Ta da! 

Not sure if this is the advertising demographic I'm going for... 

drummer 

Backstage looking out.