CHRISTINE AND WILL and a sunset kiss on a windy bridge in Toronto.
THE DRAKE HOTEL, where Christine and Will held their reception, is a happening place. There’s some beautiful spaces to photograph, including the retro, bilingual photo booth. Two dollars! That’s a good deal!
CHRISTINE AND WILL had a beautiful spring wedding in Toronto. With the reception at the Drake Hotel on Queen West, we had a chance to duck out for some photos down a cool graffitied alley.
I LIKE IT WHITE. A jiggly, handheld view of my incredible two weeks of snowboarding at Big White and Revelstoke.
ALL OVER THE WORLD, people make dumplings, different variations of boiled unleavened dough filled with meat or vegetables. In Italy it’s ravioli, in Poland pierogies, Sweden has pitepalt, and China has jiaozi (fried, they’re served in North America as potstickers). Since I was a kid, my childhood next door neighbour, Kim, has made pedahe (pronounced pet-a-hay) the Ukrainian version of the pierogi filled with mashed potato and cheese. Using a recipe passed directly to her from her immigrant Ukrainian grandmother, Kim has made the dish an annual Christmas tradition, sharing just a few pedahe with lucky friends. Usually too few. This year, I finally convinced her to let me help make the batches for Christmas in exchange for the recipe. We made a dozen dozen!
IT’S SNOWING IN MUSKOKA, but there’s nothing around here that looks like this. I can’t wait for mountain time. This is Nick, last year, enjoying his reward after a long hike at Revelstoke.
HA! THAT’S RICH! My friend Rob, an actor from Toronto and new dad to Theo. Here he is getting the light right. Look for his Future Shop commercial on TV right now.
MORE ANDERSON. My nephew, here at four months, is a ham. He’s a pretty smiley baby.
TASTY, TASTY. I photographed some food for a few pieces on the brand new restaurants at the enormous Red Leaves Resort recently. This is chef Mark Marchment’s veal Milanese with squash and arugula from the menu at Teca, the new Italian restaurant at the hotel.
WE GOT A NEW NEIGHBOUR. His name is Alasdair, and he’s perfect.
THIS IS WINTER. Literally. Her name is Winter. She’s a good horse.
MARTIN TIELLI is amazing. We went to see him at the awesome Black Sheep Inn in Wakefield, Quebec in the fall, and he performed two great sets. I took all the pictures I could in the low, low light.
RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE of taking this shot (at Secret Cove on the Sunshine Coast in BC) I met a fellow photographer from Sechelt. He happened to have a flash in his pocket, and helped light up Miranda against the sunset. His name is Chris and he’s got some great shots: www.lucidimaging.com.
