Toronto Auto Show Composite Images

The Toronto International Auto Show brings together an amazing collection of fantastic vehicles, and everyone has a camera to capture their dream ride. But the environment at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre is far from the place to imagine oneself and their favourite car. Like the Audi R8. But with a bit of composite magic the car can be transported into a much more exhilarating environment.

George Socka Photographs at Beachside Grill

Two George Socka photographs of Beaches scenes are on exhibit and sale at the Beachside Grill on Queen Street East near Woodbine. The 24 by 28 inch framed images are a black and white view of the entire beach with the Toronto sklyline in the distance, and the fountain in Kew Park.

Todmorden Papermill Photo Exhibition

Great turnout for the Beach Photo Club photography exhibition reception at Todmorden Mills. The exhibtion features 6 of George Socka's histograph photo composites of Toronto landmarks as they were a century ago and as they are now.



The images in the exhibition are from the Histographs set on flickr below

Histographs

Histographs, a set on Flickr.

Painting Canada Interview with British Curator Ian Dejardin

"Painting Canada: Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven" is a new exhibition at the McMichael of Canadian art seen through british eyes. I had the opportunity to interview the curators and get a preview of the show.

More video at Youtube

Photos in Beach Business Directory

The Beach Photo Club was asked to submit images for the Beach BIA 2012 edition of the Beach BIA Business Directory. Two of George Socka's images were selected, for the back cover and for an inside page.

New Website for George Socka Photographer

I created a new WordPress website has gone live for George Socka Photographer. Based on WordPress, it uses only the pages feature to create static pages of large, bold photos. Based on a Linux shared hosting platform at goDaddy.com, it provides better navigation than the previous version running on a Windows hosting platform due to Linux's more adaptable URL re-writing capability http://www.georgesocka.com

Toronto in 365 Photos June 2012

Started a photo a day ( or so) project to highlight Toronto

Toronto in 365 Photos June 2012 to May 2013, a set on Flickr.

Fashion as Art [Exposed] video for McMichael

I had the opportunity to shoot interviews with the Group of Seven fashion designers who participated in a fundraising gala at the McMichael, the home of the Group of Seven. This production includes a bit of the behind the scene activities

Doors Open Toronto Roundhouse Open Doors

The old railway roundhouse has been well preserved, even with a Leon's furniture store inside where steam locomotives once lived. This image of the roundhouse doors was shot during Doors Open Toronto 2012. Canon 5D II 24-105
More Doors Open on flickr