Women and the City - a street photography series exploring how women navigate the city. These are all candid street photography shots from Toronto and Hamilton - Ontario Canada. 

[Watch the featured video slide show]

The flaneur is always in search for the soul of the city. And one of the best ways of getting closer to finding a city’s soul is by grabbing a camera and roaming its streets. Observing, discovering, and listening to its inhabitants. Curiously watching them go about their daily lives. Taking it to another level is usually the goal when I hit the streets. {new slideshow of photos updated}

NEW Photo Slideshow updated: I find most often inspiration comes when you least expect it and when you’re most receptive to it. Spontaneity, random association and good fortune are at the heart of creativity. To increase your chances of success, you must constantly expose yourself to new experiences, ideas and ways of thinking, to help create new perspectives.

View the Photo Slideshow: If you are shooting from the hip, they say the idea is to not use the viewfinder or the screen at all. I don't see it that way. It's really about expanding rather than putting limitations on the creative possibilities when shooting street photography. It’s about exploring new creative ways of shooting candid street photography by using all the tools made available to you.

Part of the goal as the candid street photographer is to remain unobtrusive, not intrusive. These are personal ethics--rules arrived at by and used by an individual. An individual's “ethics” are, for that person, also rules of behavior. These happen to be mine, they may not be yours.

You won't see concert photography here, although I do include musicians performing in the streets. You won't see headliner stage performances here, but you will see reality, as I saw it, what stood out to me, in the manner it stood out. In the streets.