California Dreamin' (Lindsay, ON)

minus 30 degrees Celsius

Lunar Eclipse (Bobcaygeon, ON)

Composite image taken at 1:30, 1:39, 1:54, 2:08, 2:22, 2:30, 2:37; 2:58, 4:00 AM Eastern Standard Time.

The first 6 have a constant exposure for the moon lit by the sun.

The last 3 are exposed 10 stops brighter to expose for the red hue as the moon is lit only by the Earth's atmosphere.

10 full stops mean that the top photos are 1024 times brighter than the lower three.

Early Morning Swim (T.O)

Hoops (T.O)

Kayak (Kawartha Lakes, ON)

Rest in Peace (Markham, ON)

Aziz was the pilot of this plane; the picture was taken a few months ago. The 26-year-old flight instructor died last night in a crash that also killed two Seneca College students. Pictured below; Aziz (center) monitoring students in a flight simulator. Having spent some time with instructors and students of Seneca's flight program both on ground and in the air, I can say they were professional and very meticulous. This tragic event should not eclipse the thousands of flights over many years where nothing went wrong.

Globe and Mail report

Toronto Star report

Lets hope the program - the only public college offering it in Canada - will recover. I would not hesitate a second if asked to fly with them again.

May Aziz, Cynthia and Lloyd - unfortunate casualties of one of man's greatest invention - rest in peace.

Breaking the Double Team (Barrie, ON)

Violent Football (T.O)

Knight Portrait (T.O)

They Might Be Giants (San Francisco, CA)

Just watching the World Series and remembering shooting a couple of ball game in San Francisco last season (these two pictures taken in 2009)

They have the best ballpark and I had a great time. Go Giants!

Fake Football (Toronto, ON)

Many factors come into play when it comes to positioning yourself at a soccer game (or any sporting event for that matter)

For pro sports, more often than not, you don't really have much choice over where you can be. This was a rare Toronto FC game that was not sold out so we went and shot from the stands - away from the overbearing security guards.

Shooting from a higher angle allowed to have cleaner backgrounds (see above). The spot we favoured allowed us to cover a big part of the field, but unfortunately, while being able to see both nets, the angle was pretty bad (see below).

This is still a good gamble, because God knows there isn't a lot of action around the goals in soccer, but this is what the only goal of the game looked like from where I was:
Now I didn't re-invent the wheel here, but fortunately, I had a camera in the net to show a different angle (without advertising MasterCard).

Real Football (Montréal, QC)

Some CFL action from the weekend. Always great to shoot at a different venue; light is different, making new friends / meeting old friends...