Toronto Photography Meetup Group

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What: Light Painting, Night Shots, and Long Exposures at the beach!
When: Friday, October 1, 2010
Time: 7:00PM
Where: Cherry Beach
Bring: camera, tripod, flashlights, LEDs, steel wool, sparklers, coloured gel flashes, and whatever blinking flashing sparkly items to you want to try out.

I loved all those light painting shots from the last ad-hoc so I

maybe 'the beaches' could be an option too?

cause campfires can happen there. That could be fun too! just a random though

and rain boots I do have. yay cheap canadian tire boots

this sounds interesting... still a maybe for now..

i think i have coloured gel flash and flashlight and sparklers. let's go to cherry beach and if it rains there's the t&t

awwww I really wish I could come I've been dying to try this kind of photography but I'll be out of the city next weekend. Have funnn!

is this still a go? and is it going to be over at cherry beach??

I guess it'll be at Cherry Beach? I have a bag full of goodies and the weather looks decent...but there's not a lot of interest/confirmed Maybe I should reschedule?

What's the steel wool for?

for something like this

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madelica/4781690755/" title="fire_shower by madelica, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4075/4781690755_c7ab6ff779.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="fire_shower"></a>

I'm still interested. Was waiting to see where the location was going to be etc. I'm good for either cherry beach or ashbridges bay.

I will be a bit late tho, probably around 7pm or just after.

ps if ur bringing steel wool for shots like that maybe ashbridges bay is better with the big beach/sand area. sand=no fires!

If you plan to reschedule, I'll be interested as I've been wanting to experiment with steel wool Unfortunately, I have a friend's wedding that night, so it's a no-go for me

Yeah, Ashbridges has a bigger beach but it's really visible from the road/boardwalk/houses. I don't want noisy people being freaked out by all the lights and sparks.

Cherry Beach should have enough sand space to play around plus we can wade closer to the water if necessary.

great, i'll be there. yeah, steel wool looks fun to play. i think i'll be there before 6:30 so i can run to t&t and grab something to eat

Sorry, I'm still not getting it. The steel wool is on fire? Looks awesome.

Here's the instructions:
http://dangerouslyfun.com/fire-wire

We should film some of this, could be cool.

I'm definitely interested, but don't want to put myself down as a "Yes" until the day of, depending on how I feel. This has been one hellish stressful week, and I may just need to go home Friday night and crash on the couch....

Another event I was going to attend just before the outing Friday got cancelled so there's no point in going downtown just for one thing, as much as I like doing painting with light.

Besides it looks like rain Friday afternoon & evening.

Only 40% POP, low percentage.

Weather people are usually wrong anyways.

That's funny. I've also had a hellacious week, but it makes me want to go out and do something completely different and fun. Then I'll crash. Everyone's different.

Can anyone help me out and tell me how to get to Cherry Beach by TTC? I'm coming in from Finch Station I'm a wee bit foggy on it... haven't been there in a while.

May also be late... is anyone willing to give me their cell number for communications sake?

Thanks,
Steph.

I have my car parked on the Esplanade. PM me for details/number if you require a ride to Cherry Beach. Will probably leave around 6:15-6:30PM

Let's meet at the lifeguard station on Cherry Beach around 7ish. I might swing by the docks or the bridge to checkout the skyline first.

So yeah, mikefellh's link shows all that you need for steel wool spinning- just make sure it's fine steel wool. It's suppose to burn better. You can find them in the paint sections of Cantire or Home Depot.

Also, I can't find my LED pen light. Boo. I have a couple of flashlights but they don't have super narrow beams. Hopefully others have some lights?

PM if you need my cell.

Cover up and dress warm! It's gonna be chilly...and there might be some sparks flying around

for the docks, keep in mind that its going to bet nuts due to Friday club operation. You would need to walk there as there is no parking on Polson street. T&T supermarket parking is an option but they usually keep an eye for none customers.

Also, TTC 72B bus to Cherry beach only runs up to labour day weekend.

http://www3.ttc.ca/Routes/72/Map.jsp
Eddie

There's parking at the bottom of Cherry St, no?

Yes.

For those travelling by TTC, 72B leaves from Union few minutes after 7PM and goes all the way to Cherry Beach and 72A going from the same place with a frequency of 13' will get you to the corner of Cherry and Commisioners St. I hope this helps.

Yeah, usually I do too, but this one has left me physically exhausted (I had to pack, haul, and unpack boxes to move classrooms within 3 days), and I feel a cold coming on.

Will update this afternoon whether I'll be joining in or not. At this point, I'm thinking I don't want to chance the cold developing into a full-fledged illness....

There is no 72B until next year. servcie runs up to labour day weekend only.