The voyage of three navigate the calm waters of Lake Ontario on a scorching hot day in Toronto. This was the half way point of a very long walk in Tommy Thompson Park or once known as Leslie Spit. Now that winter is nearing I will be going back through the archives of images that I put on the to do list of editing and conversion. Tagged: Art, Black and White, BW, Derek Shanks, Fine Art, Monochrome, Photography, Toronto Read Full Story

Underneath the contemporary architecture of Toronto glassy skyline hides an unseen past. This bridge is tucked away quietly within Riverdale Farm and it is amazing to see that structures like this still lead the new world into Toronto’s old. Tagged: Art, Black and White, BW, Derek Shanks, Fine Art, Monochrome, Photography, Riverdale Farm, Toronto Read Full Story

Seemingly calm and odd scenes somehow find their way into my collection of imagery. Absolutely no one around to claim their ownership of the wagon, so I took the liberty of time and set up for the shot playing around with different ideas, this was the shot I liked best. Tagged: Art, Black and White, BW, Derek Shanks, Fine Art, Monochrome, Photography, Toronto Read Full Story

One by one each stone etched with dates along with names unknown to me, all have passed long before my arrival in the Necropolis Cemetery. In the age of passing and in this moment of quiet you can almost feel or imagine spirits of the past who spent their time quietly remembering the soul whose name is permanently marked in their honour. Given the dates of some of these stones one can only imagine that a person who stood here once has since moved onto to join the names and memories that line ... Read Full Story

Beyond the edge of darkness, sadness and loss. There is a glimpse of hope, a glimmer of light that guides our fallen ones who lay permanently asleep amidst the grounds we weep upon. Someday we shall all meet again at the lights guiding path and realize that we only had a brief darkening pause before that smile comes to life again, we realize it was just their time and not yet ours. Wait for that light to come someday, however live for now as we can never foretell what the next day or even the... Read Full Story

The beautiful Danielle Nielsen from [A Sirens Dream May Come] made her way back to Toronto to shoot with me again, finally after numerous weather related cancellations. However just like the last time we had a fantastic time coming up with ideas on the run and I’ll just stand back and watch her work the magic as I click the frames away. I love when photo shoots are fun and energetic. So much so…. I am waiting for the calendar dates to tick away for her arrival back in town for ano... Read Full Story

I was at a toss up as to whether to call this shot something of a mushroom and decided to go different and give it a name of what it actually is, a cyclonic reptition of turns that cycled within about a minute exposure. Tagged: Art, Black and White, BW, Canadian National Exhibiton, CNE, Derek Shanks, Fine Art, Monochrome, Photography, Toronto Read Full Story

I caught this cute older couple holding onto each other like they probably might have done years ago reminiscing over the fun times of before. Or this could very well be a hot new date and they are feeling like kids again. Either way the sentiment played throughout the duration of my shutter of the Orbiter during its run. Tagged: Art, Black and White, BW, Canadian National Exhibiton, CNE, Derek Shanks, Fine Art, Monochrome, Photography, Toronto Read Full Story

I think that black & white would have been the only thing to make this a phenomenal shot. I left my shutter open for the duration of the ride and it captured a perfect remiscent version of the spirographs I used to create as a kid. The lights of the ride left an interesting pattern for the shot. Sometimes I am lucky to know what is going to happen when the shutter remains open Tagged: Art, Black and White, BW, Canadian National Exhibiton, CNE, Derek Shanks, Fine Art, Monochrome, Photo... Read Full Story

Anyone who has lived in Toronto or visited may have come across Sam the Record Man’s two spinning record neon light signs. This isn’t the signs that were there on Yonge St. but a closer shot of the spinning carousel at the Canadian National Exhibition, but it did remind me of the old Sam the Record Man logo when I was editing the image. Tagged: Art, Black and White, BW, Canadian National Exhibiton, CNE, Derek Shanks, Fine Art, Monochrome, Photography, Toronto Read Full Story