I shot Toronto Fashion Week in Toronto last week. New friends were made and good times were had. I shot a project through the week and I will be editing it this week.

Toronto is in the middle of the annual film fest craziness and I am having a good time.

Here is my favourite portrait so far.

Director Jacob Tierney, who's film The Trotsky is in TIFF, poses for a portrait in Pravda Vodka bar, in Toronto, Ont. Wednesday, September 09, 2009. Photo copyright National Post/Canwest.

I am shooting the  RBC Canadian Open all week for the Post.

Lots of rain today but still was able to make some photos.

Greg Patterson, a Grounds crew worker, drains a sand-trap at Glen Abbey Golf Club in Oakville, Ont., during the first day RBC Canadian Open Thursday, July 23, 2009. Play was suspended at 8:38 am due to rain.

A score card waits for the rain to stop at Glen Abbey Golf Club in Oakville, Ont., during the first day RBC Canadian Open Thursday, July 23, 2009. Play was suspended at 8:38 am due to rain.

Golfer John Dally walks across the green on the fourth hole at the Glen Abbey Golf Club in Oakville, Ont. after missing a putt, during the RBC Canadian Open Thursday, July 23, 2009.

I took a trip to Toronto Island on Tuesday. Ferry access to the island has been shut off do to the municipal workers strike in Toronto. The only way to get to the island is to catch a ride with a private water taxi.

Normally swarmed with people, on the hottest day of the year so far it was deserted.

Toronto Island, Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Toronto Island, Tuesday, June 23, 2009.

Toronto Island, Tuesday, June 23, 2009.

Toronto Island, Tuesday, June 23, 2009.

I hung out with some friends on the weekend and rode (well I didn’t ride to much,) during the annual Toronto ICC BMX Street Jam.

BMX was what initially drew me into photography. I have been riding since grade school and my friends on their bikes were the first subjects in my photography. I bugged my mom until she would teach me how to use her cool SLR camera then begged some more to let me take it in my backpack as we rode around the city and through fields.

I haven’t been riding very much since I moved to Toronto, an injury last summer and a busy life has seen my BMX collecting dust. Adversely I have not really shot bmx photos in the last year or two. This weekend was a great, pedaling around and enjoy the atmosphere that I grew up in.

This blog has been a little quiet lately, but my life has been a whirlwind.

I had a double page spread published in the April 27 edition of the National Post on a project that I have been working on for the last six months. I have been fairly quite about this project, but it focuses on a group of Krump dancers and their small apartment in Toronto.

Along with the spread, the post also published a video that I shot- Click Here

And if that is not enough, I will be exhibiting the work in the Contact Photography Festival. I will be showing the work at the Street Dance Acadmey- 160 Spadina Ave. http://streetdanceacademy.com/

http://www.contactphoto.com/view.php?sec=exhibitions&eventid=1579

I will be setting the work up tomorrow and it will be on display until May 29. I will be having a showcase galla on the 29, info is bellow. The event is open to the public and will feature a performance from the Northbuck Dance Crew.

Contact has been a huge process for me that started in December. I had to secure a venue, commit and register for Contact and obviously print the work. Lots of learning in the process, but it will hopefully work out.

I will be posting more info on Contact. I am really excited for the festival and I have already began my gallery tours.

I spotted the Google Street View car cruising the streets of Toronto Yesterday. Will be cool to see if I am on Google Maps when it is online.

A car operated by Google drives through a Toronto neighbourhood near the Distillery District, Wednesday, April 15, 2009. The vehicle is collecting photographs for Google Streetview, which will have a photograph of all of the street in Toronto and other major cities.

I covered the White Pride March, organized by the Aryan Guard, today through downtown Calgary. This was the wrap up of my photo essay on the Aryan Guard and Neo-Nazi Skin Heads.

I will post more details about the story later on.

White Pride supporters walk through a North-East area Calgary, AB , Saturday, March 21, 2009, on the way to a White Pride March. The event was organized by the Aryan Guard, a neo-nazi skinhead group in Calgary, AB.

White Pride supporters walk through the downtown streets on Calgary, AB , Saturday, March 21, 2009, during a White Pride March. The event was organized by the Aryan Guard, a neo-nazi skinhead group in Calgary, AB.

White Pride supporters walk past a anti-racist protester on the downtown streets on Calgary, AB , Saturday, March 21, 2009, during a White Pride March. The event was organized by the Aryan Guard, a neo-nazi skinhead group in Calgary, AB.

White Pride supporters walk past a anti-racist protester on the downtown streets on Calgary, AB , Saturday, March 21, 2009, during a White Pride March. The event was organized by the Aryan Guard, a neo-nazi skinhead group in Calgary, AB.

White Pride supporters clash with anti-racist protester on the downtown streets on Calgary, AB , Saturday, March 21, 2009, during a White Pride March. The event was organized by the Aryan Guard, a neo-nazi skinhead group in Calgary, AB.

A anti-racist protester recovers from an assault by a White Pride protester, on the downtown streets on Calgary, AB , Saturday, March 21, 2009, during a White Pride March. The event was organized by the Aryan Guard, a neo-nazi skinhead group in Calgary, AB.

I covered the White Pride March, organized by the Aryan Guard, today through downtown Calgary. This was the wrap up of my photo essay on the Aryan Guard and Neo-Nazi Skin Heads.

I will post more details about the story later on.

This is an Anti-Racist that I encountered during the protest. A White pride supporter assaulted him and I was attempting to photograph his blood. He took a fingertip wipe of his blood and wiped it on my face.

I am not sure what his reasoning was with that. He obviously wanted to be photographed- causing a scene in public- so I wonder why he felt compelled to wipe it on me. If anybody know the answer to that- send me an Email Me. Contact@BrettGundlock.com

A anti-racist protester wipes blood on photographer on the downtown streets on Calgary, AB , Saturday, March 21, 2009, during a White Pride March. The event was organized by the Aryan Guard, a neo-nazi skinhead group in Calgary, AB.