People: portraits and street photography

As you may have gathered if you've spent any time looking at my photos, I gravitate to images of buildings, objects, abstract photos, not people.

There are a few reasons - colour correction with photos of people is far less forgiving than photos of objects. Get it wrong, and it is quite obvious! And it is a challenge to take photos of people without invading their privacy. But people are fascinating, so I hope you enjoy these portraits, mostly informal.

(Not the category you were looking for? The full list is here at the bottom of this page.)

Beijing, China

Beijing Night Market (Donghuamen)

China self portrait (Dongdan Park, on Chongwenmennei Dajie)

Good cheer (Forbidden City)

Sitting on the stairs (Dongdan Park, on Chongwenmennei Dajie)

Brooklyn, Ontario

Bubble Faces (A Friends house)

Cannington, Ontario

Dogsled race run (McLeod Park)

Dogsled race start (McLeod Park)

Changsha, China

Changsha girl (typical Changsha street)

China smile (typical Changsha street)

China Truck (typical Changsha street)

Happy Canada Day! (typical Changsha street)

Holding hands with flowers (typical Changsha street)

Georgian Bay, Ontario

Cold once the sun's gone (Friend's cottage)

Fire portrait (By the water)

Sun. Water. One. (By the water)

Just outside Port Bolster

May Windsurfing 2006 (Lake Simcoe)

Lake Simcoe, Ontario

May Windsurfing (Just outside Port Bolster)

Napanee, Ontario

Long weekend (Napanee Golf and Country Club)

Ontario

70's Portrait (Living room)

Ottawa, Ontario

Sparks Street Busker 1 (Sparks Street)

Sparks Street Busker Clown (Sparks Street)

Southern Ontario

Costume hug (Village at Blue Mountain)

Guy (Village at Blue Mountain)

Parenting blues (Balsam lake)

Silly hat (Village at Blue Mountain)

Toronto, Ontario

1970s jumper (Greenyards Drive)

3 generations (Sherwood Park)

7K 4 10K (Yonge and Davisville)

A frank Santa (Yonge Eglinton Centre)

A frank Santa too (Yonge Eglinton Centre)

AGO AbEx - AGO Director under the spotlight (Art Gallery of Ontario)

AGO AbEx - MoMa Director Glenn D. Lowry (Art Gallery of Ontario)

AGO AbEx - Photojunkie and White Light (Art Gallery of Ontario)

AGO Conversation (Art Gallery of Ontario)

AGO Picturing the Americas: Goodbye Mr. Teitelbaum (Art Gallery of Ontario)

AGO Steichen Bend (Art Gallery of Ontario)

AGO Steichen Interview (Art Gallery of Ontario)

AGO Surreal Things curator (Art Gallery of Ontario)

All Occu Will (Back of a cab)

B-O-N-N-I-E (Vox on Adelaide)

Baby Matteo (a friends house)

Beaches Jazz Festival Drummer (The Beaches)

Beaches Jazz Festival Harmonica (The Beaches)

Beaches Jazz Festival Window (The Beaches)

Better days (Greenyards Drive)

By the tree (Our living room)

Car bomb - Stare (Yonge-Dundas Square)

Cherry Beach Kiteboarding (Cherry Beach)

Chinatown Rock band (Downtown Chinatown)

David Cronenberg talking about Andy Warhol (Art Gallery of Ontario)

David Milne preview at the AGO (Art Gallery of Ontario)

Eglinton Break Dance (Eglinton Avenue West)

Escalate (Kensington Market)

Fancy dress for a skate (City Hall)

Flags to go (Queen Street)

Fountain stretch (City Hall)

Four glass boxes (Eaton Centre)

Frank Gehry at the AGO (Art Gallery of Ontario)

Gayla Trail (Apple Store in Yorkdale)

Gulu Walk (City Hall)

Gulu Walk 2006 (Yonge and Davisville)

Gulu Walk Camera (Yonge and Davisville)

Half of Istoica (Apple store in Yorkdale)

Halloween 2005 glasses (Friends house)

Halloween 2005 Kiss (Friends house)

High Park smile (High Park)

Ian Thom and camera (Art Gallery of Ontario)

In Transit Scene (Toronto Free Gallery)

Jester Smile (Our house)

Karaoke Green Hat (Fiddler on the Green)

Karaoke Strong (Fiddler on the Green)

Kensington Car-freedom (Kensington Market)

Kensington Digery-doo (Kensington Market)

Kensington Escalate 2010 (Kensington Market)

Lensbaby baby (Our dining room)

Little Blue Car (Our backyard)

Model... Rolleiflex... Model... (Eglinton Avenue West)

Moebius Closeup (Sailing Club)

Moebius Crowd (Sailing Club)

Moebius Light (Sailing Club)

Moebius Silhouette (Sailing Club)

Night Ballet (Jarvis)

Photobooth montage (picture number 700!) (Yorkdale Mall)

Photographer and grass (Taylor Creek park)

Queen. Leafs. Snack. (Queen Street East)

Rannie Singing at the Gladstone (Gladstone Hotel)

Ray of hope (Athletes for Africa launch party)

Reflecting on two (The car)

Science Centre Grid (Science Centre)

Singing. Smiling (friend's house)

Skydiggers. Gord Downie. Yellow Hat. (Horseshoe Tavern)

Spotlight on caring (Athletes for Africa launch party)

Swell Season with Glen Hansard (Massey Hall)

The CBC reporting on Emily Carr (Art Gallery of Ontario)

Three Presidents (Don Valley brickworks)

Two lens portrait (Our backyard)

War at City Hall (City Hall)

Willowdale, Ontario

Blue socks, brown shoes... (Our house)

Happy Birthday to ME (Our house)

Xian, China

Xian Gates (Old city wall)

Full list of photo categories:

Here are the full set of top level categories that we have used to organize or many, many photos. Enjoy!

Abstract: taking a different approach to the everyday :: with 128 photos
Architecture: the wonderful, and the everyday :: with 306 photos
Art: paintings, sculpture, murals :: with 368 photos
Landscape: as old as art itself :: with 209 photos
Objects: looking at normal objects in a different light :: with 194 photos
People: portraits and street photography :: with 100 photos
Signs: street signs, old signs, new signs :: with 48 photos
Think: photos that make you stop and think :: with 15 photos
Video: motion can change our perspective :: with 3 photos