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Pride 30 Portrait Project

photojunkie — Thu, 27 May 2010 21:39:01 +0000

So this year, Toronto Pride is celebrating it’s 30th year.

I wanted to do a portraits series of 30 queers in the community. Of course time and logistics got the best of me. I still want to do the project, but figured I’d make it more personal and shoot 30 of my friends. With each portrait I wanted to post their own personally story about pride. Could be about your first pride, a funny anecdote, whatever, as long as there is a positive spin too it.

So the original idea was to shoot only 30 people, so this afternoon, I started sending out facebook mail to all the people I knew, claiming a first come-first serve arrangement. I haven’t even finished sending out all my notes yet and I’ve already filled more than 20 spots. So I’m considering expanding and doing 140 portraits instead, for my new “140 characters” site coming soon.

So let me know if you want to participate and tell me, What’s your favourite Pride story?

Portrait of a Photographer: Louis Helbig

photojunkie — Tue, 04 May 2010 01:57:32 +0000

Louis Helbig is an ariel photographer. His CONTACT exhibit, Beautiful Destruction is showing this year at The Rivoli. I was on hand this past weekend at his opening. If you get a chance, you should drop by tomorrow evening (May 4th) at 7pm for his artist talk.

Portrait of a Photographer: Jalani Morgan

photojunkie — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 19:44:10 +0000

Jalani Morgan is a photographer who works out of Hermann & Audrey. He will be a part of a featured CONTACT exhibition at the Bait Shop next Wednesday, which explores collaborations between photography and other mediums. You can also follow Janani on Twitter

Looking for #140 characters in Toronto

photojunkie — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 18:10:11 +0000

I’m going to be starting a new portraits series in the city. I’m looking to capture 140 twitter users around Toronto. I want to capture a mix of known and unknown people, artists, celebrities, people from different walks of life doing interesting things in the city. Who are some of your favourite Twitter users in Toronto?

If all goes well, I’ll likely do a Canada wide version of this project as well.

You can leave your suggestions in the comments or email me at 140charactersproject@gmail.com

Creep – Open Mike styles at Podcamp Toronto

photojunkie — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 04:07:11 +0000

Photos from Podcamp Toronto 2010

photojunkie — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 07:44:42 +0000

I posted the Podcamp Toronto 2010 Portrait series on my portfolio site. The following are a few other images that I took that day.

Gotta Have Faith

photojunkie — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:09:08 +0000

Toronto Cupcakes?

photojunkie — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:37:05 +0000

So I’m doing a Cupcake crawl today with a friend and this is the list I came up with. So I thought I would share. I doubt we are actually going to hit up every single place, but I do want to get in a good balance of east and west cupcakes. Thanks to everyone on Twitter who helped me compile this list.

EAST

Life is Sweet
2328 Queen Street East
416-698-0555
http://www.lifeissweet.ca

Sweet Bliss Baking Company
1304 Queen Street East
416-916-7895
http://www.sweetblissbakingcompany.com

It’s The Icing on the Cake
1238 Queen Street East
416-469-4973
http://www.itstheicingonthecake.ca

Babycake (in Lil’Baci)
892 Queen Street East
416-406-5910
http://babycake.ca

LPK’s Culinary Groove
718 Queen Street East
416-461-6440
http://www.lpkculinarygroove.com

Sweet Tooth
508 Danforth Avenue
416-778-8800
http://www.sweettoothpastry.com

WEST

Miss Cora’s Kitchen
69 Kensington Avenue
416-593-2672
http://www.misscoraskitchen.com

Wanda’s Pie in the Sky
287 Augusta Ave
416-236-7585
http://www.wandaspieinthesky.com

Madeleines, Cherry Pie and Ice Cream
1087 Bathurst Street
416-537-3131
http://www.madeleines.ca

Sneaky Dee’s
431 College Street
416-603-3090
http://www.sneaky-dees.com

The Wedding Cakes Shoppe
859 College Street
416-533-9575
http://www.theweddingcakeshoppe.com

OMG Baked Goodness
1561 Dundas Street W
647-3485-OMG
http://omgbakedgoodness.com

She Takes The Cake
1600 Dundas Street West
416-538-2253
http://shetakesthacake.ca

Frostitution @ The Beaver
1192 Queen Street West
416-537-2768
http://www.beavertoronto.com

For The Love of Cake
171 East Liberty Street
416-306-6446
http://fortheloveofcake.ca

Yummy Stuff
1660 Queen Street West
416-531-9732
http://www.yummystuff.ca

NORTH

Dessert Lady
20 Cumberland St
416-924-3223
http://dessertladycafe.com

The Cupcakery
1034 St.Clair Ave W
647-430-7409
http://www.thecupcakeryto.com

Lollicakes
559 Mount Pleasant Road
416-484-2253
http://lollicakes.ca

The Designer Cookie
292 Eglinton Avenue West
416-619-1197
http://www.thedesignercookie.com

The Cupcake Shoppe
2417 Yonge Street
416-322-6648
http://www.thecupcakeshoppe.ca

Happy 40th Danny Michel

photojunkie — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 23:51:30 +0000

Photo Of Danny Michel from a May 2009 performance at the Don Mills Centre.

Today, Canadian Singer/Songwriter Danny Michel is celebrating his 40th birthday. As a special treat, all his cds are going to be free to downloaded from Zunior.com

Introducing Chelsea

photojunkie — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:06:21 +0000

On January 12th, the day before I left for Korea, our household gained a new tenant. A Vizsla-mix dog which we have since named Chelsea. Totally adorable, I usually take Chelsea for an afternoon walk, if I’m around the house. Of course, living in a geeky home, Martin, her owner has also setup a twitter account for Chelsea. You can follow her at @vizslaish.