Light Fixture

Light Fixture

I decided to scan this photo and publish for today's blog entry. One of the rules of photography is to know the rules of photography and then break them. One of my rules for the blog is to post a photo taken within a week, but I violated that rule since this shot was taken in 1993 with my Nikon 5005 camera. I could have used a bit more blurring of the background, but this was in the film days when you took a shot and waited a couple weeks for the film to get developed. I think this photo violates just about a million photography rules, but for some reason I really enjoy it. I like the business of the street, and the way the cars are blurred just a bit from going by. I like the way the light pole divides the shot with the symmetry of the men working on either side of the pole. Toronto is an amazing city.

Toronto Alternative

What do you do when your goal was to go to Toronto and take amazing photos of a beautiful city, but it was too cold windy and late to make the truck down town? You order a caramel Macchiato at Starbucks and take some photos of light fixtures. I've been admiring these light fixtures for quite some time and they appear in just about every Starbucks I have been in. The company that manufactures these things must be making a fortune!

One of these days I will return to the great city of Toronto for a photo taking extravaganza (but maybe when it's a lot warmer.) I took one of my best photographs in Toronto about 14 years ago. Two construction workers were fixing a light post. The framing of the workers, the buzzing traffic, the people walking by, and the colors all made the shot perfect. I took it with my Nikon 5005 film camera about 14 years ago and was the shot that made me really love photography. Until next time Toronto.