Toronto Photo Tours
Private Tours
Available year round - Daily except Saturday
morning
Toronto thru the Lens - Cultural Soup
Booking a private
photo expert allows you to select the below carefully planned
routes or when your photo guide contacts you directly (your email
required), to make desired changes where possible according to
your interest.
We meet at the Art
Gallery of Ontario at the corner of McCaul and Dundas by the Henry
Moore sculpture then head to Baldwin Street and discover the
atmosphere of outdoor cafes among the residential neighbourhood.
Walk behind the AGO to see the outside of The Grange, an old
Toronto homestead, built in 1817 by D’Arcy Boulton Jr. a leading
citizen in Toronto, and part of the “Family Compact” a
Tory-dominated Anglican group that had political influence in the
government after the War of 1812.
Discover the building of the Ontario College of Art and Design,
and its newly expanded Building in the Sky created by architect
Will Alsop that is perched on nine storey stilts. We walk south to
the hip Queen Street West to photograph the street life and shops.
Continue on until Spadina Avenue where we will tour Chinatown and
see the old clothing warehouses that now are trendy offices. Here
we will have the option to try some dim sum (lunch/brunch tapas)
or stop at a Chinese bakery. Then to Kensington Market on Baldwin
Street and walk through the vegetable stores and fish monger
shops, check out the funky used clothing shops of Kensington
Street, followed by the Latin flavour of Augusta Street spotted by
tattoo parlours and vegan restaurants. This market began as the
Jewish neighbourhood and now is a thriving community of
Portuguese, Latin American, Ethiopian, Caribbean and Chinese mix.
We will also tour some of the back alleys that are laced with
graffiti and street art.
We'll then discover Little Italy, where we will stop and have a
chance to photograph the street life here over a cappuccino. From
here we will head up Grace Street, over the Garrison Creek, which
is a former creek that has been quarried and filled by homes and
parks, until we reach Bloor Street and Korea Town. After Little
Korea we will be walking through the Annex, an area that houses
many of the students from the University of Toronto. The Bata Shoe
Museum is a point of interest.
The tour will end at the Royal Ontario Museum, where we will have
the opportunity to photograph the outside of the recent Lee-Chin
Crystal addition designed by architect Daniel Libeskind. This
structure is located next to the upscale shopping district in
Yorkville, and the Philosopher’s Walk through the University of
Toronto.
STARTING POINT: The Art Gallery of Ontario at the corner
of McCaul and Dundas by the Henry Moore sculpture
ENDING POINT: Royal Ontario Museum
Availability: April 1 - October 31
Daily (Except Saturday
morning) : 9:00am - 1:00pm
Languages: English
Private Tour Fee: 400 US$ (1-4 persons)
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Additional
Information
•
Participants must have a basic knowledge of their cameras.
• We reserve the right to change the route based on local
conditions.
• Tours leave rain or shine. In extreme conditions please call
the local number.
• We suggest good walking shoes, a lightweight poncho, in case
it rains and in high temperatures a small bottle of water &
sun hat.
• A lightweight tripod is recommended for evening sessions
• Clients who have not booked this activity in conjunction with
a hotel are advised to provide contact details.
• Cancellation fees may apply.
