I was back just 2 weeks after my fall hike on October 9th, 2011 this time with my son Adrian and his fiancé Nicky. What a difference two weeks can make! There were hardly any leaves left on the trees so that an opportunity to capture some fall colors were almost gone. However, it was a pleasant walk with Adrian and Nicky as I don’t have many opportunities to do so.

 

 

As almost to be Adrian’s signature to do something mischievous  (goes back when he was young) he found a small garter snake and started to play with it only later realizing the stench left by the snake was hard to shake off. This resulted that both Nicky and I were walking ahed of him to escape this unpleasant “snakiness” , only after using water and some sanitizer in public washroom, he was accepted back to our group!

The turning point of our short hike was a crossroad just by the Credit River where we had a short rest, small picnic and took some photos of the running water.

 

On the way back we drove to a picturesque hamlet  of  Belfountain but didn’t stopped there since it was crowded with weekenders and bikers as alway is on nice weather weekend. The only sane visit is during weekdays!

 

 

 

 

 

This was another TCC outings with an early start to capture the first light at Evergreen Brick Works. When reflecting on the images from this shoot, I can’t but indulge in a wonderment that this nature jewel is in the middle of Toronto. What a refuge from all that concrete jungle and noisy surroundings! We had a group of about 15 people that turned out for the shoot. It was nice to see some of the new members coming as well.

We were really lucky with the weather, fog was hanging over the area (since it is located around Don Valley and Bayview); it created somewhat mystic scenery with all the fall colors, fog and sunrise. Perfect photographers dream (at least mine anyway) and it lasted for almost two hours.

 

 

 

You can always see our participants in the search of that perfect shot and inevitably, sometime getting into someone’s composition. so they appear as strange ghosts with cameras and tripods.

 

I couldn’t resist to do some abstract motion shots because of the plentiful colors and shapes that almost beg for it. Besides, it is one of my preferred tricks with my camera (due thanks to Freeman Patterson and André Gallant   workshops (2010)  (2008)).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One nice thing about this place is that there are many events throughout the year, so after exhausting fog, colors and sunrise we wandered through flee market in one of the buildings and also the surrounding areas. There is always something to photograph!

 

 

 

 

My favorite place to visit during short spell of warm fall season because it is within 30-40 min drive from Toronto and it is very scenic with ample hiking trails. For me it is almost a yearly ritual.