Video: Cavalcade of Lights in Toronto

Short video footage of fireworks performance during Cavalcade of Lights, which I filmed with iPhone 5, while taking pictures for previous post.

Cavalcade of Lights in Toronto

"Cavalcade of Lights" has started 2012 winter holiday season with live music performance and breathtaking fireworks. And for me it was my first experience taking fireworks pictures.

Public Transport Theme

TTC Buses

 Two pictures for public transportation theme.

Toronto Subway

Parade During Ukrainian Festival in Toronto

I decided to try myself as a reporting photographer for a few recent events. Ukrainian festival is one of the most colorful events in Toronto and parade during Ukrainian festival was my goal for a long time. Here are some of the most successful photos from this event.

iPhone 5 Video Camera Test

I decided to try iPhone 5 video camera and my operator skills after watching few iPhone 5 and iPhone 4s video camera tests made by others. Test results are incredible. Well, as you know, it is better one time to see, that thousand times to hear.

Montreal - The Soul of Canada

Some photos from my first none-business trip to Montreal. Montreal at some point was the business centre of Canada. Since 70's it was surpassed by Toronto by economical growth. However, it is still remaining as a cultural centre.

iPhone Photography and Instagram

I want to share some of my best photos taken with iPhone. Quality of photos taken with latest iPhones is really high and in some cases it is even impossible to say, that photo was taken with phone camera. Also, your phone is always inside your pocket and you don't have to miss any opportunities. Apps like Instagram allows you to boost your creativity with a few taps of your fingers.

Toronto Downtown

The photostory about short walk in Toronto downtown in the neighbourhood of Spadina Ave and Queen Str.

Toronto Lake Shore at Night

I want to start my first post with this picture. This was a nice take, but unfortunately it had areas with different lightning. Some areas had light from the moon, and some areas from street lightning and it was impossible to make perfect white balance for the entire image. I had to use HDR technique with it, however not layering and blending images with different exposure, but with different adjustments of the white balance.
Good news - with new LightRoom 4.0 it is possible to apply different white balance settings to different areas of the image.