'never the middle unless I mean it' is the whole rule of thirds argument in one sentence honestly

The skyline from the island at dusk is the one photo every Toronto photographer has taken and none of us will stop taking. See you at the railing.

I have thirty shots of a heron standing motionless in the Don and I treasure every identical one of them.

took me embarrassingly long to learn this. one full vacation of slightly dark photos.

Reference Library atrium is also criminally good light around 4pm, those upper floors go all honey-coloured. I've shot there so often the security guard nods at me now. We've never spoken. It's perfect.

One walked past my patio table in Kensington at like 9pm, fully unbothered, moving like he had a reservation somewhere. Nobody at the table reacted. Tourists gasped. We simply nodded.

as someone with coffee in my actual username I feel targeted and also seen. this thread is brewtal

meanwhile in toronto golden hour is 25 minutes and half of it is behind a condo. genuinely jealous.

Counterpoint: three streetcars bunched together at golden hour is genuinely one of the best photos this city offers. I have a whole folder called 'convoy'. I'm not saying the TTC does it for the aesthetic but I'm not not saying it.

open shade is the answer to like 80% of 'my photos look harsh' questions. for street stuff I actually chase the hard shadows at noon, but pointing that light at a human face you like? no.

fair, the over-processed look is real. I turn everything down where the phone lets me. but yeah, volume is the teacher.