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    I'm a Toronto Wedding and Portrait Photographer who also dabbles into Fine Art Black and White Photography. My passion for photography has been with me since high school, where I was often mistaken for one the Yearbook photographers. I want to thank you in advance for taking the time to look through my website.

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Toronto Landscape Photographer: Memories of Colombia Part 4

With this post I’m wrapping up the series on El Peñon de Guatape. Traveling by car, El Peñon is about a 90 minute drive from Medellin and unfortunately I cannot recommend a tour company or anything similar, as we travelled with a friend. Once you are done climbing to the top of El Peñon, you can go to the town of Guatape and check out the colorful homes on the way to the town’s plaza.

Toronto Landscape Photographer: Homes along the road leading up to the town of Guatape


Toronto Landscape Photographer: Another view of el Peñon


Toronto Landscape Photographer: A downsized version of City Hall


Toronto Landscape Photographer: A downsized version of City Hall

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February 25, 2011 - 8:37 pm

Laurens Kaldeway - Great series of pics, Juan. Colombia is beautiful country! Thanks for sharing these momentos of your journey.

Toronto Landscape Photographer: Memories of Colombia Part 3

Climbing el Peñon is no easy task and just to give you an idea, here are a couple of pictures showing the steps you have to climb and just how high it looks from the halfway point. If you want more information on El Peñon, I can save you the trip to Wikipedia by clicking here.

Toronto Landscape Photographer: Steps leading to the top of El Peñon de Guatape


Toronto Landscape Photographer: View from the steps at El Peñon de Guatape


Toronto Landscape Photographer: View from the top of El Peñon de Guatape

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Toronto Landscape Photographer: Memories of Colombia Part 2

Here’s the second installment of our travel images from Colombia. The view from El Peñon was so breathtaking that I had to include this beautiful panorama, taken from the top of the rock:

Toronto Landscape Photographer: El Peñon de Guatape

The final image was actually formed with five images, taken handheld in succession and stitched together in Photoshop CS 4 using the Photomerge feature.

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Toronto Landscape Photographer: Memories of Colombia Part 1

I haven’t posted any personal work in awhile, so I figured it was time to post a few images from our trip to Colombia. It had been three (3) years since the last time I visited and it was the first time for my wife, who had met my parents previously but none of my relatives. Today’s post comes courtesy of one of the most striking images I captured while traveling outside of Medellin to the Peñon de Guatape, which is a huge rock formation sitting atop a man-made lake. Climbing to the top of the rock is no easy task and at the halfway point you have a rest stop, which is where this picture was taken:

Toronto Landscape Photographer: El Peñon de Guatape


All of the images from our trip to Colombia were captured with my trusty E-PL1, which proved to be an outstanding performer. Here’s the view from the bottom of El Peñon:

Toronto Landscape Photographer: El Peñon de Guatape

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March 7, 2011 - 2:56 am

Vancouver portrait photographer Tamea Burd - That shot of the praying Madonna is absolutely brilliant!

June 12, 2011 - 9:25 pm

Elizabeth Salib Photography - That last picture looks incredible. I wish I could see that up close. Amazing pictures of the location. Nice work :) .

Toronto Portrait Photographer: The Creative Collective at Juniper

Two of the members of Juniper, asked me to get their portraits taken for two different purposes. Pauline wanted to update her bio images for Cabernet’s website, which is a group of very talented musicians available for a variety of events. In addition, Steve (Pauline’s husband) needed some images for his upcoming online gallery called Pluto Gallery. These are just a few of the images from that session:

Toronto Portrait Photographer: The Creative Collective at Juniper


Toronto Portrait Photographer: The Creative Collective at Juniper


Toronto Portrait Photographer: The Creative Collective at Juniper


Toronto Portrait Photographer: The Creative Collective at Juniper

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