Hello from the top of the world

📝 New blog post: Study break

Sometimes there are little moments that catch my eye at night. I always wonder what people are doing up so late, myself included.

https://ian.photos/2025/11/12/study-break/

📝 New blog post: words of wisdom

Presented without comment.

https://ian.photos/2025/10/17/words-of-wisdom/

📝 New blog post: Bloor Yonge at Noon

Sometimes a City doesn't feel like a city when it's empty.

https://ian.photos/2024/09/23/bloor-yonge-at-noon/

📝 New blog post: People Watching

https://ian.photos/2024/09/25/people-watching/

📝 New blog post: Old and New

https://ian.photos/2024/09/25/old-and-new/

📝 New blog post: Serenity

I found these flowers somewhere downtown on a surprisingly mild October day in Toronto.

https://ian.photos/2024/09/25/serenity/

📝 New blog post: When life gives you lemons…

You have a bunch of lemons. Not a pithy saying. Lemons were a human creation, the OG GMO.

ian.photos/2024/11/16/when-life-giv...

📝 New blog post: Destroy Boys at the Opera House

Destroy Boys is a fun band! These pics were taken in Toronto as part of their tour with my Trusty 40mm Zeiss Batis.

ian.photos/2025/01/07/destroy-boys-...

📝 New blog post: Night energy

https://ian.photos/2025/03/28/night-energy/

📝 New blog post: A self portrait of sorts

Exactly what it says on the tin.

https://ian.photos/2025/05/30/a-self-portrait-of-sorts/

📝 New blog post: The Architecture of Mérida

I was in Mérida, Mexico a city in the Yucatan Peninsula! Such lovely architecture covering a mix of styles. It was spectacular weather for most of the trip.

ian.photos/2025/07/12/the-architect...

📝 New blog post: Pink & Green

I loved the contrast here. Pink and Green always reminds me of the Fresh Prince of Bel Air

https://ian.photos/2025/08/25/pink-green/

📝 New blog post: A self portrait of sorts

Exactly what it says on the tin.

https://ian.photos/2025/05/30/a-self-portrait-of-sorts/

📝 New blog post: The Architecture of Mérida

I was in Mérida, Mexico a city in the Yucatan Peninsula! Such lovely architecture covering a mix of styles. It was spectacular weather for most of the trip.

ian.photos/2025/07/12/the-architect...

📝 New blog post: Pink & Green

I loved the contrast here. Pink and Green always reminds me of the Fresh Prince of Bel Air

https://ian.photos/2025/08/25/pink-green/

Architecture in Mérida hits different and I love it. So much colour and energy. #architecture #photography #yucatan #streetphotography

An eastern bumble bee (Bombus impatiens) pollinates blue wild indigo (Baptisia australis).

Toronto alone has over 460 species of native bees, butterflies and other pollinators 🦋🐝🐞

Wild pollinators are crucial to resilient ecosystems and local biodiversity.

To learn more how to help pollinators and their struggling populations, visit www.toronto.ca/services-pay...

A beautiful young woman surrounded by gold jewelry in a market stall looks at two young men walking past.

A woman stands alone in front of a produce stand in a quiet indoor market

A leather craftsman has his back to the camera, cutting strips of leather surrounded by various leather goods and shoes

Going through more pictures the last little while! I love how these shots from the market turned out. #streetphotography #market #dayinthelife

Everyone needs to immediately do 3 things: 1) go watch @chrisgrace.com in Chris Grace as Scarlett Johansson 2) recognize it as a work of pure genius and 3) have your hope in humanity (or at least your hope in Chris Grace) be refreshed. 10/10 perfection.

It’s open source so you can find out no? github.com/google-ai-ed...

This bird is trying to break into my house

A branch full of delicate cherry blossoms flows into the middle of the frame from the left side. The delicate pink blooms are a contrast against the blue of the sky.

Spring is here and so are the Cherry Blossoms #spring #photography #cherryblossoms #sakura

Adorable curious chipmunk on a rocky outcropping on a sunny afternoon in high park

Adorable curious chipmunk on a rocky outcropping on a sunny afternoon in high park

If not friend then why friend shaped? #photography #nature #wildlife

A painting showing a figure lying on their front. A slice has been cut out of their bum, revealing layers of cake and filling, with that slice offered on a cake slice

Happy 9th birthday to us! 🎈
Happy 9th birthday to us! 🎂
Happy 9th birthday to Museum Bums! 🎺
Happy 9th birthday to us! 🎉
#MuseumBums 👍🏛️🍑

9 years ago we posted our first Museum Bum on Instagram!

This is Gina Beaver's "Cake", 2015, at Marianne Boesky Gallery 😁

(Buy the book 🥰)
(And leave a review😍)

No context just blooms #photooftheday

A different kind of ceiling exists in Massey Hall. It’s swooping and full of arches and decoration

A different kind of ceiling exists in Massey Hall. #architecture #lookup #masseyhall #toronto #torontoarchitecture #photography