Doors Open

On Friday I became the proud owner of a this camera, a Nikon D60. I decided I wanted to take better photos and to learn more about photography so I said goodbye to my cannon point and shoot and forked over $700+ for this entry level DSLR. I haven’t owned or us

ed a DSLR since grade 9 when I took a photography class. I am very excited about learning with this, and so far it has not disappointed. This is particularly important as I had spend nearly four hours trying to decide between the D60 and the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX3, the best Point and Shoot camera on the market ( and it looks so cool and retro). When I finally went back to the store the clerk informed that they don’t have any FX3 in stock, and that it is in fact out of stock in most of Canada. This made the decision that much easier and so I can now look artsy taking pictures with my big ass lens and camera.

The perfect time to test the baby out came yesterday at the annual Doors Open Toronto. If you don’t live in Toronto, or simply have no idea what this is, it’s a two day event where buildings and places that are normally either off limits or have costs to get into are free and open to go into. A way to encourage people to explore Toronto. M and I tried our best to get up early to see as much as possible, including Don Jail which we mistakenly went to last year and had to explain to the warden what were were on about trying to see an active jail like tourists. Unfortunately we didn’t make to the Don, or to much of anything. We did however spend a considerable amount of time at Exhibition Grounds at the Animal Services, the Horse Stable, and the oldest house in Toronto, followed by a long ride back downtown to the Japan Foundation and George Brown House. We tried to get into the parliament building but the tours had already ended by the time we got there.