Light and Shadow in Toronto

Locations

Toronto Skyline in Silhouette at Sunrise Toronto has been a frequent stopover on transatlantic journeys home. For me personally it has become more than a way station on my somewhere else, but a first stop I build into trips as often as possible – even if there are perhaps more direct routes to where I am going. Friends and family have coalesced there over the years and it is a fantastic location for photography, so I get a nice twofer every time I go through the Big Smoke.

I have had the good fortune to be put up in hotels with some sweeping vistas, but the view from my cousins apartment in downtown Toronto is tough to beat. I felt somewhat spoiled staying with family and having access to the Toronto skyline at all times of day, it is close to the downtown core. We hardly have any skyscrapers in Berlin so I was keen to capture the play of light and shadow in a bustling, vertical city. Winters in Berlin are also pretty gray and wet, so the heavy snowfall in Toronto was a very welcome change as well. 

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Flat Iron Gooderham Toronto

Gooderham Building, Toronto

The Gooderham or Flatiron building at the convergence of Front and Wellington Street in Downtown Toronto is an easy and frequent target for photographers. Putting a new perspective on a popular landmark is always a challenge.
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Lost in Amsterdam

The ‘Lost in Amsterdam’ title image is somewhat fitting, as I often got a bit turned around in a light, slightly-panicked jog, trying to catch what colour the faint sunlight could provide. I needn’t have worried, it’s not as if Amsterdam shuts up shop and goes dark in the evening. 

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The Colourful Streets of Reykjavik

Reykjavik is northernmost capital in the world. Walking around the city you wouldn’t guess you’re so far north, the city is colorful and the people are so warm you might think you’re closer to the equator than the arctic.
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