Stolen Moments: Rough Night?

Location: Richmond St, Downtown Toronto

Stolen Moments: Vintage Vehicular Homicide

Dude let me borrow your car...but only if it comes with a flux capacitor...
It's the DeLorean babyyyy

Street Style: Vintage Mid '70s

These lovely square pics are of my parents in the '70s.  I had to take the pic with my blackberry because my Nikon kept picking up the raised and grainy texture of the photo paper making it hard to see the actual photographs.

I love the spirited nature of both pics. My mom with her beautiful carefree smile and my father with his reflective gentleness. Can't miss the choppy bangs and layered fringes women often wore as hairstyles and my dad's flared denim, corduroy jacket and heeled boots that were so popular amongst early hipsters of their time.

So young and so free...

Stolen Moments: "I get my pallets from the sky..."

Location: On a side street somewhere...

Name: Mz Keyz

One of my most fav movies in terms of cinematography is New York, I Love You.  It doesn't have a spectacular screenplay, nothing that would warrant an Oscar. But I just loved it for the simple fact of just how simple it was.  It's a short romantical film compromising of eleven different encounters with love or lust, all taking place within the five boroughs of New York and all directed by eleven different directors.

The part of the film that sticks out the most to me is when a cabbie is randomly chatting and references the sky above and says "I get my pallets from the sky".  I don't know why, but I just fell in love with that sentence. It's the first thing that pops in my head whenever I look up and see all those beautiful hues that only sunsets or sunrises can create. 

Stolen Moments: The Oracle

Location:  Fry Chi Sports Bar and Restaurant, Montego Bay, Jamaica

A lot of Jamaica's architecture is based on old structures that have been renovated for commercial use.  The ghost of it's colonial history remains in many places and this bar was no exception. 

It's like seeing through the looking glass or one of the oracles in The Neverending Story. Old meets new in an uncanny fusion balancing commercial growth and sustaining history. 

Stolen Moments: He Will F*ckin' Eat Your Food

Location:  Ching Skatepark, Brampton

Name: Max

Toronto standin' up and out!

Stolen Moments: Free Fallin'

Name: Max

Location: Ching Skatepark, Brampton

You can check out the other pics on my Facebook page

Stolen Moments: Instant Cool

Location:  Queen St, Downtown Toronto

The picture quality sucks here because I left my Nikon at home and caught this with my Blackberry. These two gentlemen were cruising the streets and were stopped in front of my truck at a red light.  Freshly dipped in cas (as in casual) cool, it was just so in the moment how they were stopped side by side on matching bikes beside the wrought iron fence.

Stolen Moments: "Just think...what if you could just...just blink yourself away..."

Location: The Art Gallery of Ontario, Downtown Toronto

The New York Abstract Expressionist Movement Exhibit

Stolen Moments: True Grit

Location: Adrift Skateshop, Downtown Toronto

 I stopped at Adrift and ran into my new little homie Max and his crew just outside the shop.  What a fun bunch of turkeys I have to say.  Surrounding yourself with a tight crew of friends that have your back is essential to survival and maintaining your sanity these days.  True grit!

Fresh to death:

Stolen Moments: It's a Lazy Afternoon

Location: Trinity Bellwoods Park, Downtown Toronto

Summer was in full effect yesterday bringing everyone from all walks of life to Trinity Bellwoods Park. Expanse greenery with beautiful trees to accompany you while reading a favourite book, catching a tan while gossiping on your crazy weekend, mother's chasing their children, dudes tossing frisbees and even a video shoot, all of that was happening at once...but still in an undisturbed harmony.

Mini Me below, posing for the camera lol:

Stolen Moments: Blazin' Chinguacousy Skatepark

Location: Chinguacousy Skatepark, Brampton

Today couldn't have been a better day in terms of weather. I found myself at multiple spots around the way and got some pretty candid shots of these dudes shredding it at a local skatepark.  These are a few of my pick, but you can catch all of them on my Facebook page.

And since I'm feeling a little nostalgic, I thought I'd just post the trailer to perhaps one of my most favourite 80's flicks (LOL). Gotta love the '80's:

Stolen Moments: Devotion

Location: Po Lin Monastery, Lantau Island, Hong Kong

I pulled this one from the archives. I completely forgot I took this while I was visiting a monastery in Hong Kong.  

A traveller comes to pay her respects and worship by practicing burning incense as a form of devotion. 

Check out my facebook link for more stills of my one day retreat:

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/fbx/?set=a.155838421146080.35385.100001597707035 

Stolen Moments: Forgotten Things

Location:  Mill St. Downtown, Toronto

People probably pass by this spot on a regular basis thinking it's just a pile up of shit...if they even spare a moment of thought at all, but I don't know what it is that captivates me. It's a freeze frame moment in time...random forgotten things, free storage space, junk, nature, tags and bricked up windows? It's just the perfect balance of all things.

Stolen Moments: The High Life

Location: Ironshore, Montego Bay, Jamaica

'Nuff said!

Stolen Moments: Reflection Eternal

Location:  Doctor's Cave Beach, Montego Bay, Jamaica

Stolen Moments: Rainbow Tunnel

Location: Don Valley Parkway

When I was a kid, I used to see this every Sunday when my parents drove along the DVP to church.  When "The Rainbow Tunnel" was painted, the city promptly removed it classifying it as graffiti, but soon after, it reappeared again. They eventually left it and now it's an unofficial landmark. The original colours have long since gone disappeared though I'm pretty sure it gets refreshed every now and then.

Mad respect to the originator...whoever you are!
Every artist has a vision :)

Stolen Moments: Up Close and Personal

Location:  Batangas, The Philippines

I can't stop staring at this photo...it's hauntingly and grotesquely beautiful.  I was taking a walk at sunrise when I saw tiny starfish washed up on shore...

Stolen Moments: The Door to Destiny

Location:  Fashion Walk, Causeway Bay in Hong Kong

I seem to have a fascination with doors for some reason.

Stolen Moments: The Great Revelation

Location:  Ngong Ping, Lantau Island in Hong Kong
Name:  The Tian Tan Buddha

It's always humbling to be in the presence of something so grand and ethereal.  I love the city and the whole cosmopolitan of it all, but there's a part of me that takes solstice in solitude and spirituality.