Spring is Here Again

Surprise! I've been neglecting this blog again. Life has been just a bit busy, but all that is in the past and the warm Spring is finally kicking into gear and there is no clearer sign than the cherry blossoms blooming. It's a bit late, but hey, I'll take "late" rather than "never."


It's been just over a year since I took the photos of the same trees by Robart's library and man, looking back now, more than plenty has changed. Although, the details on the said changes are for another time. This year, they bloomed almost a month later than last year. With all the rain we've been getting before they bloomed, I was quite terrified the cherry blossom might have been ruined for this year. My schedule didn't exactly make things any easier, either. This year though, I hoped and prepared for the best. Having my GF1 as my every-day-camera allowed me to take these photos instead of having to plan it out like last year. Although, if I had time to carefully plan out this year's cherry blossom photos, I think I would have liked to use my Minolta XG-M instead. I've been wanting to try out some new films but I guess that'll have to wait and with the warm weather staying here for a while, I'm sure I'll have more than enough opportunities.

I should apologize for the lack of anything good in this post. I am working on another post that's actually a bit more productive piece (if you will). So stay tuned and enjoy the warm weather (and rain) for now.

End of April

It's been a few weeks since Spring arrived (kind of) to the city of Toronto and while we do have some windy/wet days here and there, it's safe to say that it is getting warmer (quite slowly). That also means the Sakura (cherry blossom trees) bloomed not too long ago. Actually, it's been a week or so since they bloom, I just haven't had the chance to post this yet -.-;;



On the bright side, before heading to work last Wednesday, I took some photos of the cherry blossom trees near the infamous Robarts Library (they have many old and rare books) in U of T territory. Despite posting just one photo with this blog post, I took a good amount of photos that I am somewhat satisfied with. Unfortunately, most of them are cliche shots that everyone else probably took from the same angle since I didn't want some ugly looking building (*ahem* Robarts Library) to be in my frame.

While taking these photos, for some reason, I started thinking about what a good photo is. And quite frankly, after looking at some of the shots that my friend took (he takes photographs for various magazine and newspaper companies), I started to grasp the idea of a "good photograph." As it gets warmer, I plan on taking my camera out more often. Hopefully, someday, someone can take a look at one of my photos I took and say, "That's a good photograph."

Well, that and a cheque for it will be nice XD