Carlosdoesphoto

06/13/2026

Natural Yellow. Toronto, Spring 2026.

Whether as main, compliment or accent, yellow is in all its variations a warm, deeply complex colour, containing at once the energy and possibility of sunrises, the melancholic closure of sunsets, and the meditative readiness of naked sunlight, now stark, now soft. Thank you, Mr. Golden Sun.

06/08/2026

105 vision or "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Manual Focus"

06/03/2026

A Peaceful Life | I was complaining to my wife that I don't live an exciting life;that it's too peaceful! And she looked at me and said "so photograph the peaceful."

05/09/2026

Epic Spring Birds, Toronto, 2016-2016.

Something funny happens after you spin the handle of manual coffee grinder enough times (about half million revolutions or so). That apex moment, which exists in the space between transcendental mindfulness and soul crushing boredom, brings forth the queerest ponderings; musings long buried but that resisted the decay of denial. For example... what was the first bird to be photographed? Is there a photograph of the last member of a bird species that went exciting? Why did i think a manual coffee grinder was a good idea? And... what kind of birds have i shot every Spring for the past 10 years? that one we can answer!

Spanning an entire decade, this little compilation covers images shot with every type of camera you can imagine: an APS-C (Olympus OM-D E-M10), several full frame cameras (a Nixon d300, a d750, a d810, a z6, and a sony a7r4), a medium format camera and even an iPhone 8. Can you tell which image was shot which which camera?

05/06/2026

My favorite part of spring is the urgency in the leafs and blossoms, like an anxious pushback to defy and deny the cold and gray that came before it. Its a loud declaration that "despite all, I'm still here!" and that energy... it just gets inside and warms from within.

04/29/2026

What makes an image great? It’s neither gear nor technique.

04/23/2026

Disappointed client story, the explosive conclusion!… andddd … it was my fault in the end! But also not at all? It’s weird. This line of work is weird.

03/29/2026

If you’ve been to or have considered therapy, then you’ve come across the maxim “it’s the relationship that heals”. Through collaboration and openness to vulnerability this relationship can reshape deeply held negative beliefs about ourselves, others, and the world; THAT is therapeutic! The maxim doesn’t imply that healing can only come from a mental health or medical professional—only that it cannot happen alone. The relation that heals can the relationship with our partner, play partner, or a circle of trusted friends, but we do need others to help us raise our awareness of our points of unnecessary suffering and achieve a deeper level of peace and self acceptance.

03/27/2026