Toronto, ON

I am going on a weekend "vacation" to Toronto, ON for my younger brother's hockey tournament and am wondering if there are any "hot spots" to get some good pictures? I am mainly looking for cityscapes, landscapes, urban, and possibly nature.

If you've been there, live there, know the area well, I would love to hear about some locations and how to get there. For example, the ferry ride to Olympic Island (it's on the list).

Thank you all!

i've been to toronto but didn't have the chance to take pics. I was recommended to check out 'Humber River', it cuts through just west of downtown. It's a long winding river so im sure there are a couple hot spots like parks or bridges.

Take the ferry to the islands just offshore of downtown for shots back at the skyline

for some urban street shots, china town (spadina) is nice...well grungy lol nice photo steez, so is the fashion district (queen st w). the island for sure. skydome/cn tower. all the street photography you could want in TO but personally i hate the city lived there for almost 3 years then moved out to vancouver.

if you can try and get to Niagra Falls. Its a bit of a drive outside TO, but worth it.

Don't forget Toronto's well known landmark, the CN Tower. You can also go up to the top of the tower (the revolving restaurant) and get a bird's eye view of the city.

Special--k wrote in post #11064342
if you can try and get to Niagra Falls. Its a bit of a drive outside TO, but worth it.

while the falls are nice if hes willing to drive almost 2 hours i can recommend some great photo spots that will have a thousand more pictures. i lived in the GTA my entire life until i was 23 last year, had a motorcycle since i was 16 did a lot of miles on the backroads with my camera

Falls are out of the question. I will be going into the city in between the games.

So far I have the following on my list:

• Olympic Island
  
• CN Tower
  
• China Town (Spadina)
  
• Fashion District (Queen ST W)
  
• Stanley Cup
  

Young Street , new buildings, old buildings , restaurants , it goes for miles and don't forget to stop in at Henrys Camera on Church St , one block over runs parallel with Young but be repaired for 'sticker shock'

Definitely hit Young St !

Cole_Schmitt wrote in post #11068559
Falls are out of the question. I will be going into the city in between the games.

So far I have the following on my list:

• Olympic Island
  
• CN Tower
  
• China Town (Spadina)
  
• Fashion District (Queen ST W)
  
• Stanley Cup
  

When you're there and asking for directions, most people refer to "Centre Island" as the island to go to by ferry (as in "Where do I get the ferry to Centre Island"?). Olympic Island is there too, but not often referred to by name; when you're looking for the Stanley Cup, you'll be asking for the Hockey Hall of Fame, that's where it's kept, at the corner of Front Street and Yonge Street. It's a very interesting and interactive place, plus it's quite dark inside but with lots of spotlights on the exhibits and you'll need your flash for photos, if that's your prime mission. For some good "urban" shots, as long as you're going to be downtown anyway, wander through the Eaton Centre, from one end to the other. It's a large indoor downtown shopping mall with lots of light and photo ops.

if your going to hit any place on yonge st get up to dundas square, always something going on at the corner, it pretty cool. and if you want ghetto try your luck in regent park

The Distillery District in downtown is a great area. It's a group of historic buildings with cobblestone paths.
The St Lawrence Market area. There's the Flatiron building closeby.

There's tons of streetcars running all over downtown. And monuments and sculptures everywhere on streetcorners.
As some have mentioned, the Spadina area, any most anywhere along the Queen St/King Street/Front Street Areas.
Some nice buildings up University Ave.
Union Station where the trains come in.

There's also Unionville just north of downtown with some historic buildings.

You can find interesting things to shoot, just about anywhere downtown.

Cheers

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I was there 2 years ago and did the falls....., never again, boring, too many people and just a tourist trap.

Toronto with a wide lens (10-20mm) will make you happy.

Updated list:

• Olympic Island
  
• CN Tower
  
• Eaten Centre
  
• Dunda's Square
  
• China Town (Spadina)
  
• Fashion District (Queen ST W)
  
• Distillery District
  
• Hockey Hall of Fame

is the tourney at the hershey center? if so there is tons of scenic photo ops just north of there.