Tuesday, November 12, 2024
ICYMI: TikTok gets (sort of) shut down in Canada
ICYMI: I joined the Vassy Kapelos Show yesterday to break down the federal government's decision to order the shutdown of #TikTok's Canadian offices.
Saturday, November 09, 2024
Yet more reflection...
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| Blink and you miss it London, ON October 2024 This photo originally shared on Instagram |
What are you reflecting on, over, or about?
#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #medwayvalley #heritage #forest #trees #autumn #color #colour #gameoftones #thames #river #reflection #water #naturephotography #landscapephotography #photography #nikon #nikonphotography #nikon_photography
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Ephemeral reflections, November 2024
Deep in the green boggy woods, September 2024
Reflecting deep in the woods, August 2024
Where the trees frame the water, May 2024
Reflections in the woods, January 2024
Reflections in still waters, November 2023
Tower on the water, June 2023
Getting reflective in a sweltering park, July 2022
Is it real, or is it...? January 2021
Friday, November 08, 2024
Ephemeral reflections
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| They're really just photons London, ON October 2024 This photo originally shared on Instagram |
From the light of the trees that bounces off the silvery surface to the flowing waters themselves, none of it is real or permanent.
And yet, still we stand on the riverbank, and still we stare.
Because even something that struggles to exist in our imagination retains the power to inspire us to act.
It’s something I toss around in my mind as I exit the forest, the scene behind me already forever changed, yet again.
#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #medwayvalley #heritage #forest #trees #autumn #color #colour #gameoftones #thames #river #reflection #water #naturephotography #landscapephotography #photography #nikon #nikonphotography #nikon_photography
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Deep in the green boggy woods, September 2024
Reflecting deep in the woods, August 2024
Where the trees frame the water, May 2024
Reflections in the woods, January 2024
Reflections in still waters, November 2023
Tower on the water, June 2023
Getting reflective in a sweltering park, July 2022
Is it real, or is it...? January 2021
Thursday, November 07, 2024
Monochrome is a colour, too
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| Reach for the sky London, ON October 2024 This photo originally shared on Instagram |
The irony isn’t lost on me. The world, apparently, is an unpredictable place. And while we expend limitless resources, time, and energy making the most elaborate plans, the universe so often seems to beg to differ.
In the end, I rather like life on the greyscale. The stripped branches against a starkly lit sky seem to speak to me, and this is the image that most sticks with me even if it wasn’t part of my initial plan.
Because scripts can only take us so far, and something tells me this is yet another example of photography imitating real life.
#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #medwayvalley #heritage #forest #trees #gameoftones #autumn #naturephotography #landscapephotography #monochrome #photogtaphy #nikon #nikonphotography #nikon_photography
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One tree always stands alone, December 2023
One unique (dead) tree, March 2023
Stripped tree. Blue sky. November 2021
Dead trees against a blue sky, October 2020
The trees that guard us, April 2020
Instagram 2K, February 2020
Thematic Photographic 118 - Branched, October 2010
Wednesday, November 06, 2024
Dogs get out the vote, too
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| Wake me when it's over London, ON October 2024 This photo originally shared on Instagram |
So please allow me to share this random photo of our dog, Calli the Wonderschnauzer.
Headlines don’t matter to her. As long as she’s fed and walked and played with and loved, she’s a happy girl.
I’ve been holding onto that notion for a while. Because dogs always seem to find perspective that evades the rest of us.
And a world with dogs remains better than a world without. Maybe find one and indulge in some canine therapy. It feels good. I promise you.
#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #calli #callitheschnauzer #dog #dogs #actofdog #schnauzerpuppy #schnauzersofinstagram #schnauzergram #schnauzers #dogsofinstagram #instapuppy #shadow #monochrome #photography #apple #iphone #iphone16 #shotoniphone
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Our dog the photo model, September 2024
All dogs deserve a Place, February 2024
That Schnauzer stare, December 2023
Boop the snoot, October 2023
Sleepy puppy stare, November 2022
The thousand-mile stare, February 2020
The king at rest, December 2014
Tuesday, November 05, 2024
America goes to the polls, so...
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| Refuge in photography Kitchener, ON November 2024 This photo originally shared on Instagram |
Here we go…
As millions of voters head to the polls in the U.S., you’d be forgiven for thinking it’s just another election. It isn’t. It's an inflection point in history.
Now, I’m not American. I technically have no skin in this game. Yet given the outsized global role this singular nation plays - and the fact that we’re next-door neighbours and besties - it would be naive to assume that the outcome of the election won’t have a profound effect in the Great White North. It will.
Social media and the broader internet are always cesspools, of course, but they’ve become even more so in the runup to today. The digital space is ugly, and we can expect it to worsen in the weeks and months ahead.
So I hope you'll view my offering today as something of a minor effort to bring light to an otherwise dark place.
I don't want to talk politics. I want us to focus on what we need to do to make the world a better, kinder place. Lofty and naive? Of course. But that's how I'm built, and that's how I roll.
SO HERE'S YOUR MISSION: Find a photo or video that makes you smile - and post it as a response here.
That's it. If we throw goodness out there, we're part of the solution to whatever disease it is that got us to where we are today.
I’ve decided to start us off with a simple mug of coffee on the table of a beloved diner. Because who doesn’t like still-life images that make us smile? And of all the choices we'll make today, this will most certainly be the most comforting. And we could all use more comfort.
Are you in? Let's do this, shall we?
#kitchener #ontario #canada #tikkunolam #stacks #pancakes #stilllife #monochrome #photography #apple #iphone16 #shotoniphone
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Democracy rules (for some), October 2022
The day-after-election hangover, September 2021
Biden wins. History is made. November 2020
Dog under the radar, November 2020
Where I eat Smarties before an election, October 2019
The obligatory post-vote selfie, June 2018
President Trump, some technology, and my dog, November 2016
Monday, November 04, 2024
Sky, scraped
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| Every window a story Toronto, ON November 2024 This photo originally shared on Instagram |
I’d imagine all sorts of only-in-a-kid’s-mind stories of wonder and whimsy and everything both in between and beyond.
Eventually it would be time to go. And the images and the stories and the whimsy would be tucked away in my memories.
Yesterday I stood on a sidewalk and stared up at this tall building scraping the sky and wondered pretty much the same thing.
Some things never change. Nor should they.
#toronto #ontario #canada #yyz #building #architecture #architecturephotography #buildingporn #architectureporn #urban #downtown #city #yonge #geometry #reflective #mirror #glass #photography #apple #iphone #iphone16 #shotoniphone
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I've been staring at balconies again, June 2024
Why yes, I do repeat myself. Often. April 2024
Impressionism and architecture, April 2024
Stories through glass, April 2024
When a hometown is no longer home, September 2023
Not just a building anymore, July 2019
Balconies in the sky, July 2019
Empty platforms in the sky, March 2019
Staring into my aunt's and uncle's past, March 2019
When life takes an ugly turn, look up, March 2019
Staring at concrete from a wintry sidewalk, March 2019
Sunday, November 03, 2024
A certain kind of mushroom
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| Fun fungus London, ON October 2024 This photo originally shared on Instagram |
If you close your eyes and listen within the overwhelming silence, you can almost hear this next chapter playing itself out in a place few choose to visit.
#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #medwayvalley #forest #trees #mushrooms #gameoftones #texture #naturephotography #landscapephotography #monochrome #photography #apple #iphone #iphone16 #shotoniphone
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Mushroom mania, March 2024
Fighting the coming frost, February 2024
More wonders on the forest floor, November 2023
Defiance deep in the shadows, November 2023
Dead leaves at our feet, October 2023
Rooted to the ground, December 2019
Shooting the magic mushroom, November 2016
Saturday, November 02, 2024
If...
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| A life Duvernay, QC July 2012 This photo originally shared on Instagram |
I share this not to be morose or dark. Life eventually ends for all of us. It’s also a given that we’ll all lose people who matter, and we’ll have to figure out what life looks like afterward. To my eyes, it just doesn’t make sense to choose to live in perpetual shadow.
So I don’t. He led a full, eventful life. He was lucky to have found and married the love of his life, and to have spent 48 years with her raising a family and building a community that continues to beat. He made a difference.
Of course we’d have liked to have had more time. Or for him to have had better health those last few years.
But that’s the thing in life: we get what we get, and we do our best with what we’ve been given.
He did. So that’s what we celebrate.
Happy birthday, Dad. Know you’re remembered well. Know you were, and are, loved.
#family #everything
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A milestone no one wants, September 2022
13 years... September 2022
12 years without dad, September 2021
When life ends, September 2020
10 years on... September 2019
7 years on... September 2016
5 years on... September 2014
A moment alone in the darkness, September 2011
2 years on... September 2011
A year, September 2010
2:23 a.m., September 23, 2009
Tornado in the sky
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| Painting the sky London, ON September 2024 This photo originally shared on Instagram |
I’d like to think that they can.
I’d also like to think that childlike wonder can take many forms, and staring at pretty planes painting the heavens counts as one of those childlike wonder moments.
#airshowlondon @airshowlondon @rafredarrows #raf #RedArrowsMapleHawk #ldnont #london #airport #ontario #canada #skydrive #nikon #nikonphotography #nikon_photography #aviation #flight #aircraft #avgeek #aviationphotography #photography #planespotting #instaplane
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Airshow photobomber, September 2024
Vipers. canopy to canopy, September 2022
Blue Angels, white lines, blue sky, September 2021
The day the Snowbirds came to town, May 2020
Taking in the head-on pass, May 2020
When Snowbirds fly, September 2019
Airshow! September 2017
In perfect diamond formation, September 2017
Snowbirds return to the skies, June 2007
Friday, November 01, 2024
Transit in monochrome
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| Journeys... London, ON October 2024 This photo originally shared on Instagram |
I know what you’re thinking: again? Aren’t there other things to shoot?
Probably. But here’s the thing:
The dog needs to be walked. All. The. Time.
We live in a city that believes sidewalks aren’t really necessary on side streets. Car culture and all that. So after the sun goes down, the puppy and I stick to the large-ish feeder roads that have sidewalks.
As luck would have it, the bus passes by every 20 or so minutes. Like the dog walk, it happens All. The. Time.
And as it glides past, I often find myself wondering about who’s on-board and what their stories might be.
City life can be so disconnecting. So perhaps it’s meant to be that random photos of busses lighting up darkened streets can be tools of connection.
Or so I like to tell myself as I yet again watch strangers disappear into the dark night.
#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #street #streetphotography #night #ltc #transit #nightphotography #monochrome #photography #apple #iphone #iphone16 #shotoniphone
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Empty bus shelter, June 2020
The endless wait, April 2020
Late nights by an empty intersection, August 2019
Where we come across a bus stop, April 2019
Pools of light before we continue the journey, February 2019
Sliding doors in a Toronto neighborhood, May 2019
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