Year End Wrap-up – Photos from Our 2025 Events (Toronto Photo and Creative Community)
Looking back on 2025 we hosted a dozen events, and while we enjoyed them all, there wee a few standouts. These events had the perfect combo of amazing organizer and participants – and we got some beautiful photos as a bonus to share with you.
Events spotlight – some favourites:
Illuminite Photo Walks with the Downtown Yonge BIA
Long Exposure Photo Walk Workshop with Paul Flynn
Art of Time Webinar and Moon Workshop with Michele Thompson
“Colour City” Photo Contest + Meetup with Tdot Mike
Highlight events
We had over a dozen events but we’d like to feature a few photos from our events with Downtown Yonge BIA, workshops with the amazing GTA photographers Michele Thompson and Paul Flynn, and the meetup for the Colour City Photo Contest with Tdot Mike (Mike Simpson).
Huge shout out to all who came out and got involved!
Event: Illuminite with Downtown Yonge BIA (February 2025)
We had a winter photo walk event in February. It was cold and snowy but lots of fun. There were prizes courtesy of the BIA and the camera shop. We shot the incredible Illuminite light installations and strolled from College Park to Sankofa Square (Formerly Yonge Dundas Square). Thanks to all who attended the the support of the Yonge St. BIA.
Follow our friends at Downtown Yonge BIA and visit their site for information:
https://downtownyonge.com/
Event – Photography Webinar and Workshop with Michele Thompson
Michele led a few workshops and we will draw attention to the both.
The first was the well attended and received “Art of Time” webinar. The second one which took place in fall with the shooting of the full moon. Toronto area photographers enjoyed the multiple events we offered with Michele, a terrific and enthusiastic host.
Long Exposure Photo Walks and Workshops with Paul Flynn (May and October)
We got out twice for incredible workshops with long exposure master Paul Flynn. With his calm and careful approach, our participants experienced a great photo walk across the downtown.
We walk the routes before the events, identifying 5-6 prime locations and Paul supports the participants with tips and hands-on assistance throughout the evening.
Streetcar long exposure / Photo by @yetanotherjuan
Our workshop group walking through the Financial District / Photo by Linda Taylor
Photo Contest Awards Meetup 2025
We celebrated the winners and finalists of our “Colour City” Photo Contest and enjoyed a photo walk across King St. in downtown Toronto. Thanks to our participants and contributors – what a great gallery of shots from the event! View the contest winners blog post.
Special shoutout to our sponsors London Drugs Photolab and Tdot.com. See you next year!
Photos by participant contributors – thank you all! See you again next year!
Work with Us – Let’s Collaborate
We are hard at work planning our 2026 + we invite you to “Collaborate with Tdot Shots.”
We specialize in three areas:
- Event planning & photography
- Blog, website & social media management
- Education & E-learning
Tdot Shots and our community site Tdot.cc are operated with passion by Mike at Tdot.com. We are grateful for our event participants and workshop facilitators.
Hire the team to take care of event planning and social media posts. We know photography and events. Looking for online training and course designers? We can manage your training site and e-learning program.
Please contact us to inquire about our design, education and event services.
See you at an event.
Mike Simpson
