
TORONTO RAVINES, STREET SHOOT and CONTACT PHOTO FESTIVAL -- May 1, 2019
Pack your hiking boots and your dress shoes for this all-day mid-week trek from the County to the City. I have been scouting out some hot spots for great photos over the past 2 years and exploring the unique corridors of nature that run through the heart of Toronto--the Ravines. The Ravines hold a rich history with the remains of old industry, railroads, and lore of great nature artists like the Group of Seven and Robert Bateman.
The workshop will include city skyline shots after sunset and getting your fill of red street car shots and downtown characters. Feel the pulse of the city, grab lunch on Yonge, then immerse yourself in cutting edge photographic artistry at the launch of one of the world's largest photography festivals, CONTACT.
Departing Picton at 8:00 a.m., picking up passengers in Belleville and along the 401, meeting GTA participants at 10:30 at the Brickworks.
Only 2 spaces left in my van. To register send $75 tax included non-refundable etransfer to phil@philnorton.com then if you ride with me $15 each to cover gas and parking fees. No cancellations.
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PAST TRIPS

Join us for fun times in the wintry weather meeting enthusiastic photographers and naturalists (3 coming from Quebec on Feb. 9) who are here for all-day tours to Amherst Island. Special invitation to meet the locals at our lunch stop, bathrooms and warming up inside the family farmhouse at Topsy Farms.
This is a magical place. Spotting snowy owls, short-eared, saw-whet, and barred, bald eagles and hawks, rough-legged and harrier, deer, voles scurrying around at our feet, stone walls, old barns and Great Lake vistas. More dates will be announced and custom tours arranged for your group. $70 per person including a ride in the van (save the $9 ferry fee and gas) for the first 4 if you register immediately! Bring something for the potluck lunch. Non-refundable. Must sign liability waiver. Limit 9 people.
Optional: going out on the town in Kingston after our island tour!
Send $70 till Feb. 7 (then $95 after Feb. 7) Interac online banking etransfer to phil@philnorton.com |
Contemplative Photography Workshop
Slow down your approach to subjects and scenery. Get into a relationship with your subject whether it’s wildlife, an inanimate object, a landscape or a person. Take your time and click one great image rather than 20 rapid-fire shots. Live the moment.
Together we will define what Contemplative Photography means to you. Find abstract art in simple things all around you. Incorporate your photographic passion into your daily life. By looking and truly seeing, you'll retain memories and knowledge that will be more valuable than your photo collection.
Bring along 10 of your own digital image files on a USB stick, 1500 pixels or more wide. Or bring prints. To register: Send $70 e-transfer to phil@philnorton.com Non-refundable Liability waiver to be signed. Instructor Phil Norton is hosting the workshop at his home studio in Picton, Ontario.
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TESTIMONIAL
I had an absolutely marvellous time on the March 2016 South West USA photo trip! You found really great places for us to visit and then to photograph. Your passion for photography is contagious! It was such great fun to hang out for days with fellow photographers and immerse myself in photography 24/7! Thank you Phil, for all the pre-work that you did so that our group of photographers could just show up and starting shooting! Your good nature and helpfulness its others is what keeps these photo trips going forward. Lastly, thanks for helping me complete an item off my bucket list! S.M.
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To see a Facebook album of photos from our previous trips to Amherst Island, click here.
2018

Parts Unknown in Prince Edward County
Canadians: how about a Staycation this summer. Stay close to home for your vacation and discover some unknown parts of rural Ontario and Quebec. A series of half-day outings along the shores of Lake Ontario are kicking off the season on June 23, June 30 and July 7, 2018. "Parts Unknown" will take you into unusual wildlife habitat and along backcountry roads where we encounter the authentic rural side of this growing tourist and wine region. Each outing will include a coffe and snack break and local farms to purchase fresh eggs and honey and garden produce. $45 per person. More details and how to sign up on the County Outings website. Or phil@philnorton.com
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