We took a boat over to Center Island (not the best name, Toronto) to get a view of the city at sunset. The island has had a lot of flooding lately, and getting over to the prime photo spots required getting ankle-deep in mud and muck. Toronto has the Adirondack chairs all over the place. I guess it’s one of the “things” about that city. Anyway, a lot of them were stuck out in the flooding zone. This island is also popular for Asian wedding photos (we saw about a dozen couples out there). This groom-to-be was getting in position for one of their photos…

Chair Hopping in Toronto

Photo Information

---

• Date Taken2019-08-01 01:53:27
• CameraILCE-7RM3
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time1/30
• Aperture4
• ISO1600
• Focal Length24.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias

When photographing new cities, I often randomly walk from bridge to bridge to see what I can find in terms of new perspectives. Most of the time, it’s a total bummer. But when you jump on Google Maps, you can often find bridges that go over railways. That’s usually a guaranteed winner situation because it makes for amazing leading lines the head towards an epic skyline… and it’s hard to do better than the skyline of Toronto.

Toronto from the Railways

Photo Information

---

• Date Taken2019-08-02 02:33:39
• CameraILCE-7RM3
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time2
• Aperture5
• ISO400
• Focal Length41.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias

We ended up in a fairly funny situation in Toronto. I had marked a spot on the map where I wanted to go take sunset photos in at the end of the dock. Curtis and I went there on our final night to get shots, but we did not realize that Caribana Toronto was going on. This is basically a huge street party for people in Toronto of the Caribbean descent. Man, it was wild. I can promise you we were the only two whities for miles… I looked so nerdy and white walking around with my camera. They were trying to figure out what the heck I was doing there! But, most of them were super drunk or high so they were super happy and nice… I was quite welcomed by the Carribean community in Toronto, so thanks everyone! 🙂

Sunset in Toronto

Photo Information

---

• Date Taken2019-08-03 01:45:18
• CameraILCE-7RM3
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time1/320
• Aperture4
• ISO640
• Focal Length26.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias

Who knew there was such a cool castle in Toronto? Certainly not me! But, in our research, we found this place called Casa Loma. You may remember it as the castle Patrick Stewart lived inside in the X-Men movies. It’s pretty during the day, but I decided to go at night because of all the crazy lighting. Besides, castles are always a bit more romantic to me in the night.

A Castle in Toronto! Casa Loma

Photo Information

---

• Date Taken2019-08-02 20:06:37
• CameraILCE-7RM3
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time2.5
• Aperture4
• ISO100
• Focal Length24.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias

Early one morning, I had a new friend take us over to Humber Bay Park East to get a view of the sunrise. There is a lovely little walk there along the lakefront. We got up at about 4:30 AM and headed out there… I didn’t expect to see many other people, but we saw about a dozen or so around the track. It’s also cool that this place, as remote as it is, is actually connected to the main city of Toronto through a running and biking track.

Toronto in the morning from Humber Bay Park

Photo Information

---

• Date Taken2019-08-02 18:58:27
• CameraILCE-7RM3
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time1/50
• Aperture4
• ISO200
• Focal Length30.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias

I didn’t know what I was getting us into when I recommended we head down to this pier in Toronto to take sunset photos. It turns out there was a MASSIVE party going on called Caribana. We were arriving just as the party was ending… and, let me tell you, we were absolutely the only white people there. But that’s totally cool. They seemed to really accept me into their community. Probably because they were all drunk and high. But hey, I’ll take it. I talked my way into the pool area after everyone had left to get this photo.

Wild Night in Toronto at Caribana

Photo Information

---

• Date Taken2019-08-02 19:02:57
• CameraILCE-7RM3
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time1/13
• Aperture4
• ISO200
• Focal Length37.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias

I took this one all the way back in 2013 when I went to Toronto to speak at a travel blogger convention. It was a really fun event, and after the talk, we all went over to Centre Island to take photos of the city. It was a stormy night, as you can see, but I managed to get in a pretty decent photo!

My First Photo of Toronto

Photo Information

---

• Date Taken2013-06-01 22:20:41
• CameraNEX-7
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time0.3
• Aperture4
• ISO100
• Focal Length17.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias

While walking around the top of the tower, I was taking photos with both cameras – the Sony NEX-7 and the Google Glass. Of course, I ended up getting better photos with the Sony, and here is one of them below.

The View from CN Tower in Toronto

Photo Information

---

• Date Taken2013-06-01 18:07:33
• CameraNEX-7
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time1/2500
• Aperture4
• ISO200
• Focal Length10.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias-1

After a super-long day, I decided to make it super-longer by joining all the TBEX crew over at a party on Centre Island. I’m not a total expert of the-best-places-to-shoot-Toronto, but this area seems good enough!

This was a three-photo HDR taken with the Sony NEX-7. I’m still working on that larger story where I compare the NEX-7 to the Nikon D800… that is coming soon…

It was quite a rainy night, so between squalls I ran out there to take a bunch of photos. Since my tripod was lost, I had to borrow a tripod from good man Edgar Van Der Meer. Thanks again Edgar!

Great Night in Toronto

Photo Information

---

• Date Taken2013-06-01 22:20:41
• CameraNEX-7
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time0.3
• Aperture4
• ISO100
• Focal Length17.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias