Overnight shoot... no pictures to show

As with most things tied into my work - there's not much proof I'm allowed to proffer for the work entailed. Last night was more of the same... or should I say this morning?

Pyjamas joined me for this one - which had us leaving work early - grabbing some zzzzs - waking up around 2am and then heading for our destination for 3am.

Let me say now - the night was planned over and over with tons of detail - and as per usual Murphy's Law - nothing went to plan.

Our location wasn't expecting us - the schedules events didn't occur - and our guide showed up late. Did I mention our audio failed to deliver and I didn't have anywhere near the type of lighting I needed to take decent shots.

Regardless... I shot off a couple hundred pics to try and get a good basis for the project ahead of us.

Overnight shoots - are never worth it. Not unless booze, grass, friends and a week to recuperate are involved.

08!08!08! Congratulations Robyn & Brian!

On this most luckiest of days of the entire century - 080808 - one of my good friends from my highschool days and her bestest friend in the world got married in a blaze of love, craziness and excitement.

It was really beautiful to see Robyn and the amazing life she has created for herself amongst the tough history that has so far followed her in her journey. Brian is not only her best friend, but a strong partner who has devoted his life not only to her, but to her son as well.

The day was a whirlwind of events, that even included crazy TV antics as Brian works for CityTV - AND - their wedding was being featured on the show Wedding SOS.

LanaByng and I came together, and met up with our "usual suspects" of "fr-amily" - including lots of faces from school years past.

LanaByng was also one of the reception's MCs - so she had to deal directly with the crazy SOS woman. Being part of the television show also added extremely high drama to the event. One of Robyn's "wishes" that she was granted by the wedding "fairy godmother" was to have an extremely spectacular entrance to her reception - and spectacular it was, with smoke, lights, music and a grand staircase. Remind me to keep that in mind for future parties!

All in all - it was a wonderful day, night and eventually wee morning hours as we all danced our hearts out and spent the time basked in love and friendship.

A walk in pictures: August 3, 2008

We've tried this gambit a few times before - and it never seems to really take off - but Michele and I decided today was a great day for one of our random picture walking days where we randomly pick a subway station that we have never (or rarely) gotten off at (Today: Landsdowne) to get off at and then just walk, walk, walk - taking pictures all along the way.

It's actually a fairly neat way to experience Toronto - and catch a glimpse of things you may otherwise ignore.

Obviously - I took way too many pictures to post them all - but here's my top 6 for a little look around the city today.

Off the races in Dufferin Park

So close to the sunshine... maybe a bit too close

The beauty of ebb and flow

A bench of many colours

National pride of a gigantic size

And the Gnome stands alone

PS - The city isn't as big as you think, seeing as we managed to walk all the way from Landsdowne to the water's edge near Harbourfront in one afternoon... crazy!