Toronto Photography Meetup Group

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What: Toronto Islands
When: Sun. Jan 02, 2011
Time: 12PM
Where: Toronto island Ferry Terminal
Bring: money for ferry, camera, tripod, warm clothing, snacks and drinks

We can meet up at the Toronto Island ferry terminal at noon to catch the 12:30 ferry to Wards Island. Start off by wandering around Wards island and around the south shore then head west along the beach ending up on Olympic island for sunset and to shoot the city skyline.

Date Changed

Up North that weekend, Sorry Tim.

I would love to attend, but based on recent happenings I will have to say maybe for now and will confirm closer to the date.

I appreciate you sharing and organizing and hope I can make it out though!

The new date possibly works for me!

looking forward for this ....cheers

I"d love to go - enjoyed last years trip there in the winter - but may be up at my friends cottage that weekend - can't you do it the following weekend

I've got 2 friends coming.

The 2 friends I have coming have signed up themselves; however I have another friend who is currently a maybe.

so as a new member will be wrong if i wont attend. so im comming along with 1 or maybe even 2 friends. hope to meet the group, learn and of course... have fun. see you all on sunday.

so as a new member will be wrong if i wont attend. so im coming along with 1 or maybe even 2 friends. hope to meet the group, learn and of course... have fun. see you all on sunday.

You are welcome to bring friends If in case you are coming .....
See you on sunday
Yeshwanth

Never shot outside in the cold for this long
anything special I need to do for the camera?

nothing special. plus on sunday its gonna be plus 8 so its like sping. but in case of cold after shooting put camera in worm place ( like lowepro or any other backpack)

You can see last year's thread:
http://tpmg.ca/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14 ... torder=asc

and don't put it in worms just try to keep it warm

slather it in vasoline - it will protect it -- just kidding! Don't do that.

When it comes to cold weather, there are two rules I know.

1. Put a spare camera battery in your coat, close to your body to keep it warm. Batteries don't like to be cold, and will lose their apparent charge faster than 'normal'. By warming the battery up again, you can squeeze some more juice out of it.

2. Put your camera in a bag before going from outdoors to indoors to avoid your lens fogging up, and other issues. This rule in particular I'm particularly reliable at breaking.

and don't breathe on the lens to clean it outside

Or anywhere, for that matter... The acids in your breath eat away at lens coatings

Just got my new body and an extra battery!
I'm ready for this event and super excited now!

who knows ferry price and what about car park ?

http://www.toronto.ca/parks/island/ferry-schedule.htm
Adults are $6.50 each (including return)
http://parking.greenp.com/find-parking/
45 Bay has parking as well as 10 York Street.

I kind of want to go... we shall see!

Compared to last year, looks like there will be a lot less snow with all these recent warmer weather!

Hi everyone. Sunday is getting closer and the weather looks like it will be ok. Minus 3 to minus 5 and a slight windchill.
In order to enjoy your outing don't forget the following.

1: bring money for the ferry. Adult fare is $6.50
2: dress properly. Layers are best so you can adjust from hiking to standing around at sunset
2a: warm socks and good boots
3: charge camera batteries and bring extras as they do not last as long in the cold
4: bring snacks and drinks for the hike
5: bring a remote release and tripod for night shooting
6: laugh at my jokes

The Rectory cafe is open from 11am to 5 pm for those that wish to stop in. There are washrooms near the play ground on Wards and
At the cafe and also at the fire station, other than that plan accordingly.

We will start with a tour of Wards island then move towards the pier and farmville then to Olympic island for sunset and night shooting.
Last year we started back at 7 pm to catch the 8pm ferry and then went to Caseys for some much need hot food.

Any questions can be posted here or pm me. Thanks to those who have helped answer questions already.

Tim

thx now i know all i should.

Looking forward to this event. I'm a newbie to the group and look forward to meeting you all. Not having much experience shooting in the cold will two batteries last for the day? I have Nikon D70. Saw the great advise on keeping batteries warm, just not sure how many batteries I would need.

Hi Tracy

Two batteries should be fine. Just charge them both up today and then keep the spare in a pocket close to your body to keep it warm. Just make sure you are warm and comfortable also.

Tim

Have fun guys, I am heading north to Haliburton for the day!

With the rain today, what do you think we'll see weather wise on the Island tomorrow?

I'm pondering whether to attend, or jump ship with lxdesign.

Rain will end tonight. Tomorrow will be -3 dropping to -5 and partly cloudy
a 30 % chance of snow. So it should be nice day.

Tim