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For the Love of Astro Photography (From City Moons to the Comet Chase)
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For the Love of Astro Photography (From City Moons to the Comet Chase)

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Writing and photography by Eddie Chan @eddiemarkhampyro Additional photography by @dp.ey Graphics and writing by Mike Simpson @tdot_shots Astrophotography is amazing! It’s the photography of astronomical objects and events, mainly in the night sky. Besides focusing on the moon, sun, and planets, astro-photographers capture images via long exposure, allowing us to see dim stars and…

Tdot Shots Photo Contest presents Finalists for City and Town Category
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Tdot Shots Photo Contest presents Finalists for City and Town Category

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Very happy to announce the finalists for the City & Town category! Congratulations to all and good luck! Our panel of judges short listed about two dozen images for this category and then chose 2-3 favourites. We compromised on a final list of 5 and published them today. Hope you will comment on the post!…

Toronto Photo Walk Update for Summer and Fall 2020
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Toronto Photo Walk Update for Summer and Fall 2020

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Will we be able to have photo walks this year? Good question. This year we had a great line-up of photo walks. Obviously they have been cancelled thus far. We hope we might resume, if conditions allow it, sometime in fall. It depends on the restrictions on groups and how people feel about it. We…

Tdot Shots Turns Two! Thank You Toronto and GTA Photo Community For Your Support!
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Tdot Shots Turns Two! Thank You Toronto and GTA Photo Community For Your Support!

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We have reached many milestones and celebrating our two-year anniversary ranks as an important marker. We launched in late May 2018. I posted the first few photos on Instagram while travelling from Niagara to Toronto on a Go Train. It was exciting watching those first few likes and follows arrive. It was a very slow…

Introduction to Astrophotography: Shooting the Milky Way and Star Trails
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Introduction to Astrophotography: Shooting the Milky Way and Star Trails

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Article and photos by Eric de van der Schueren Introduction to the Basics of Star Trail Photography and Milky Way Photography. It Is Possible With Almost Any Camera! Are you new to photography and want to try to capture the stars on your DSLR? You don’t need an expensive camera, lenses, or telescope to get…

Compulsive City Photography Disorder: Can We Cure Your CN Toweritis?

Compulsive City Photography Disorder: Can We Cure Your CN Toweritis?

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Are Photographers the Craziest of the CN Towerholics? By Peter Yu This post contains a photography challenge; avoid posting the tower – attempt only if you dare! CN-Toweritis: A photography disease caused by the powerful and highly addictive image of the CN Tower whereby the photographer becomes completely dependent on it for his/her photography. It…

Enter the Tdot Shots Toronto Photo Contest May 15 – July 1 2020
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Enter the Tdot Shots Toronto Photo Contest May 15 – July 1 2020

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CREATE COMMUNITY is the name of this year’s contest, part of the events produced by Tdot Shots, an organization promoting photography and art in the GTA (Greater Toronto Area). Are you a Toronto-based photographer, video producer or artist? You can enter your work in the Tdot Shots (@tdot_shots on Instagram) and win one of 3…

City of Toronto Launches Cherry Blossom Cam and Closes High Park
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City of Toronto Launches Cherry Blossom Cam and Closes High Park

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High Park Cherry Blossoms Are a Rite of Spring Looking forward to spring? So are we! And one longstanding tradition that we always look forward to are the cherry blossoms appearing around the city, particularly in High Park. High Park Crowds During the Bloom Every year I walk to the park from my home in…