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I bought my camera on October 30th, 2005. On that day my life changed irrevocably. Since then I have taken literally 10s of thousands of photos. To say photography has become a passion of mine would be a gross understatement. To say it has become an addiction or an obsession would place it into the close proximity to what photography has become for me.

Whether I walk down a city street or through a forest I no longer see as I once did. Now I see light, I see shadows and darkness. I see the interplay between all three. I see form and shapes. I see images taken by my mind's eye. I stop and stare. I return and look again and then look again.......

A request -- don't you place an award on a photo and leave - I don't know what you really think about my photograph. I honestly want to know what you think of the photograph, good, bad, or otherwise.

My Photoblog can be seen at jamesdawson.blogspot.com/

My serious website www.torontostreetphotography.com





TorontoStreet's flickr score: 2447



Look and think before opening the shutter. The heart and mind are the true lens of the camera. -- Yousuf Karsh

When gifts are given to me through my camera, I accept them graciously. -- Minor White

My Favorite Books
By Douglas Adams:
The Hitchhiker Trilogy
Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

By Ian Rankin: -->> good thing or bad thing I've been to too many of the pubs wirtten about in the books...

Knots and Crosses
Hide and Seek
Tooth and Nail
A Good Hanging and Other Stories
Strip Jack
The Black Book
Mortal Causes
Let It Bleed
Black and Blue:
The Hanging Garden
Dead Souls
Set in Darkness
The Falls
Resurrection Men
Beggars Banquet
The Complaints
A Cool Head

By Brahm Stoker:
Dracula

By Charles Dickens:
Great Expectations
The Tale of Two Cities

By Jane Austen :
Mansfield Park
Sense and Sensibility

By Charlotte Bronte :
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Jane Eyre

By Evelyn Waugh :
Brideshead Revisited


By Oscar Wilde:
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Lady Windermere's Fan

By D.H. Lawrence:
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Sons and Lovers

Favourite Movies, Stars & Directors:
Self-righteous, over paid, over thought of narcissistic B#$%#$% , however I do like Richard Dean Anderson....he has the same ball cap that I have, only I bought mine in the Isle of Skye. I don't know where he found his.

Favourite Music & Artists:
Celtic Music, Classic Rock and Roll, Classical Symphonic and Emily Lou Harris whose albums I bought because I thought she was/is beautiful......Norah Jones because she has a voice that moves me like no other.....Carlos Santana whose guitar work is simply outstanding ....

Endless dreamer and gazer through open windows .....