Tag: Photography
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You should print pictures
It was probably Peter McKinnon who reintroduced me to the idea of printing pictures. It could have been Thomas Heaton. It was most likely one of them. In any case, I sent some pictures to the photo lab this afternoon and I’m really glad that I did.
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Take the pictures you want to take
Faizal Westcott, in his video, “Is Street Photography With No People Still Street Photography?” says: “street photography is capturing the human presence.” With this definition, the answer to the question in the title is, “yes.” Westcott then uses the work of Fred Herzog to substantiate his point. Herzog, Westcott says, expresses the human experience in…
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It was supposed to snow this evening
I checked the weather at around three o’clock this afternoon and it said that it was going to snow starting at around four. At around four o’clock, I checked the weather again, and it said that the snow should start falling at around six. At six o’clock this evening, I had been outside for a…
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I signed up for Redbubble
I have no idea how this is going to go but there’s only one way to find out. Maybe something will come of it. It feels kind of strange. Oddly.
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I’m thinking about selling my art
I’ve been thinking about passive income for a few months. It’s an attractive concept: you make something and then it makes money for you. When thinking about ways to pay the rent, passive income seems like the best option.
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Can I take your picture?
I haven’t done it yet but I thought about it today while I was out taking some pictures. Asking people if I can take their picture, that is.
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Taking pictures again
One of the good things to come out of 2020 was getting back into photography. During the summer, I even tried vlogging about taking pictures. It was a fun project and something that I’ve been thinking about revisiting.
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December 6, 1989 | 31 Years Later
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The Last Vlog (in this series)
In this week’s vlog, I find myself at The Beaches in Toronto. Lake Ontario didn’t disappoint. This is going to be the last vlog in this series, and in the video I share some of the things that I learned by working on this project. In the end, I think the most important thing that…
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Bending Time a bit with Long Exposure Photography | Aly walks around taking pictures of Toronto, and he talks, too
This week, I spent some time working with long exposure photography. I went out to Niagara Falls, Ontario, and Bluffers Park in Scarborough, Ontario. I got to thinking about how photography influences our perspective on the world.
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Allan Gardens | Aly walks around taking pictures of Toronto, and he talks, too
On Tuesday, I made my way to Allan Gardens in downtown Toronto. There had been a tornado warning earlier in the evening but I ventured out when I saw a break in the clouds. The colours that came out after the rain and because of the flat light coming through the clouds were incredible. I’m…
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Aly walks around taking pictures of Toronto, and he talks, too | visiting Calgary
I went out to Calgary to visit my folks. While I was there, I went around and took some pictures. I never appreciated what Calgary has to offer as much as I did during this trip. In many ways, it’s the opposite of Toronto; the availability of space and access to nature is just one…