For those looking for super cheap photography equipment, you should always check out photoprice.ca. It always has the best comparison prices from across Canada and the US and it calculates prices with shipping, tax and duties/brokerage (if applicable). This time it didn't seem to pick up a great deal on the Sb-700 flash from Nikon. It it selling for $295 ($333 all in) from memory express. In the future, ME also offers the uber price beat where they match the lowest price online and beat by %25 of the difference. Great for getting a deal! If you want more info on the flash (or any other gear), I like Ken Rockwell for some no nonsense reviews on all things photography.

I got to wondering what are the laws of taking pictures in Toronto. From what I understood before, anything in a public place is fair game. Cops, families, buildings, animals, and so on...Seems like most are more or less common sense, but take a look just in case. I got the info here.

• You can take photos of anything, but if in taking the photo you break other laws, such as trespassing, then you're in trouble.


• You can't violate others' privacy by taking photos of them in places where it's reasonable for them to expect privacy (i.e. a bathroom).


• You can't trespass on someone's property to take a photo if either indicated by a sign, or being told directly by the owner. Disobeying this means a trespassing charge. There are certain exceptions to this in the Trespass to Property Act.


• You can take photos of any building, provided you're not on private property, or invading someone's privacy (like pointing a telephoto lens in someone's home). Even on TTC property, they have their own set of private rules that prohibits commercial photography, and they could technically tell you to not take pictures there.


• Nobody can threaten to destroy your camera, photos, or force you delete photos taken as this would be considered assault and/or criminal mischief.

Cool art made by casting shadows...

How well can you take a photo? Try here...   

Some great silhouette photos and a tutorial on how to here.

Circular panoramic photos.... Learn how here

Perhaps one of the coolest things ever, and my next project! Cinegraphs are a sort of moving picture, where an object moves in isolation.

What are you waiting for?! Try your hand at it. Learn here.

Some interesting places around the world....