Paul Henman

Which four should you check out? http://www.flickr.com/photos/pah57/ http://torontophotowalks.ca/ http://twitter.com/paul_henman and http://henman.ca/ of course!

I was explaining “YAGNI” (You Aren’t Gonna Need It) to someone recently and I wanted to send them an XKCD cartoon which I think sums it up, but I couldn’t find it. Well, just so I have it handy next time, here’s the cartoon: In case it’s not clear from the cartoon (which is called [...]

My aims for this year were “more of the same, improving my skills and helping others do the same … and trying to catch up (and stay on top of) all my email!” Did I do that? Well, somewhat – I’ve continued to work on my photography (attending a workshop, practicing with Toronto Photo Walks, [...]

I posted a round up of photos at the end of each month (Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec) but I thought I’d pick out just a few of my favourite photos/events from the year: The 3-day Marillion concert in Montreal …although my favourite shot is one with me [...]

Our regular schedule is to go out every other Saturday: Our next scheduled event is on Saturday February 4th; poll closes Saturday (Jan28) at 10am; hopefully it’ll be cold enough for lots of ice if The Beach/es or High Park get picked. The calendar (in the sidebar) uses Google Calendar, so you can import it [...]

Date: Saturday 21st January 2012. Meet: 10:00am outside Lansdowne subway, on NW corner of Lansdowne and Wade. [map] Morning route: north on Lansdowne; east on St.Clair W. Lunch: Desotos [confirmed] Afternoon: zigzag south-east (Glenholme, Rosemount, Oakwood, Burlington) then east on Tyrell Ave to the end; north on Wychwood; quick stop at Wychwood Barns; east on [...]

Questions & Answers from the January 10th meeting: The first Toronto Photo Walks group exhibition will be at Studio 561 on March 17th-31st 2012. Submitting your images: deadline for submitting work is Feb 4th (it’s a photo walk) — package details are below images must be in TIFF or JPEG format with minimum compression; no [...]

Date: Saturday 7th January 2012. Meet: 10:00am at The Natrel Rink (it’s on the lake side of Harbourfront Centre). [map] Morning route: After shooting some skaters we’ll follow the Waterfront Trail east, walking along by the lake until we reach Sugar Beach. Lunch: Against the Grain Urban Tavern [confirmed; 12:30pm(ish)] Afternoon: Continue along the Waterfront [...]

The polar bear dip beat out the Beaches fun run in our poll, so we’ll be shooting at Sunnyside again (same as the 2011 Hair of the Dog walk). Date: Sunday 1st January 2012. Meet: 11:30am at Sunnyside Pavillion. [map] Route: The Polar Bear Dip is at noon, then we’ll head over to the Cadillac [...]

It’s going to be a shorter walk than usual because it’s Christmas Eve, but some people want to get out and shoot. Date: Saturday 24th December 2011. Meet: 9:00am for breakfast at New York Cafe (they don’t do reservations at weekends) [map] Route: Broadview -> Gerrard -> Logan -> Danforth Lunch: We’ll end the walk [...]

We’ve done a couple of off-schedule walks recently (Christmas Market and Seasonal Lights) and we’ve got a couple more before we’re back to “normal” in the new year Our next walk will be a morning-only one on December 24th – yes, on Christmas Eve! Then there’s the Hair Of The Dog walk, which will coincide [...]

Sorry about posting this after the fact, but it was organised at short notice and only “declared an official walk” during the walk! I’m really only creating this entry so that I have a record of the walk, it’s hashtag (TOPW:SL) and somewhere to attach the slideshow.

Let’s squeeze in an off-schedule meetup at the Toronto Christmas Market in the Distillery District. Date: Thursday December 15th. Meet: 6:00pm outside Balzac’s coffee shop – when you come through the main gates, keep heading straight (towards the huge Christmas tree) – there ought to be space to meet up between the tree and the [...]