About
Welcome to Montreal in Pictures.
I moved to Montreal in 1999 from the UK and fell in love with this vibrant city which I now call home. Having recently re-found my love for photography, I decided to start a blog documenting the numerous places and attractions that make Montreal such a great place to live and visit.
My aim is to cover specific places and photograph the s**t out of them. In addition to providing images, I want to also give some historic and other interesting facts of each place I cover – being a relatively new resident, I still have much to uncover about the history and discovering new places of interest off the well beaten tourist tracks.
In addition to there being so many great places (some beautiful, some not), what makes Montreal such a great city are the vast number of festivals that take place throughout the year. So another aspect of this blog will be coverage of events taking place, from the International Jazz festival to Igloo Fest.
As I said, photography is my new found hobby, and between documenting various places/events, I plan to blog about photography techniques I’m trying to attempt for the first time or improve upon – HDR, long exposure, time-lapse and more.
If you live in Montreal, or planning a visit, I hope this blog will be of some interest.
Your feedback is always welcome, so if you have ideas for posts, want to meet up, have a photo walk, give me a shout.
Thanks for visiting Montreal in Pictures.
- Martin
Hi Martin, Saw your blog via your linkedin. Also started taking pictures – of food and stuff for my blog. Looking forward to getting some photography tips … i could use them!
Nobuko
Hi Nobuko, thanks for stopping by and checking out my new little corner on the web.
If you are looking for tips on food photography, you may want to check out Nicole Young’s blog http://nicolesyblog.com where she shares her skills of food photography. Also, if you haven’t already, I highly recommend joining Google + where there’s a huge photography community and was a key reason for me picking up my camera again.
For inspiration there are some great portfolios of food photographers over on http://workbook.com. You actually made me think about creating a section for general tips that I pickup and consider worth sharing, so maybe that will be worth checking out from time to time.
Happy holidays to you and the family !
Grattis! You have been nominated for a Sunshine Award!
https://redpantsandamustache.wordpress.com/2012/03/18/sunshine-award-the-sun-is-shining/
Merci!
Cheers!
As soon as I saw this blog, I thought to myself, “Red Pants and Mustache has to be all over this”
Martin, this is Emily. Emily, this is Martin
I am sure you will enjoy each other’s blog!
Just saw your blog today – anything with Montreal catches my eye. (Some dramatic photos from the protests… Neat pics of the unusual Eva B store – which I had not seen before.) Spent 10 years living, studying, and working in Montreal. Only left because of work opportunities elsewhere. Still miss the city. Mount Royal Park was my favourite little urban oasis to run in… I’m also about to step into the world of SLR photography through a course next week since I love to take pictures, too (and modify/create in Photoshop). Took a ton of Montreal before I left; planning to post some soon. Cheers!
Thanks for stopping by. Good luck with the SLR transition and look forward to seeing your pics of Montreal
Hi Martin, I’ll be following your blog to have my regular fix (as needed!) of my hometown! I am now living in Bali, which in so many ways is worlds away from Montreal. I’ve taken loads of photos over the years while growing up there and look forward to seeing your take on things – as an expat. Enjoy the summer and have a St Viateur bagel for me, will ya?!
Thank you Amit…Bali is on my bucket list for places to visit. I will try to post some pics from St Viateur Bagel one day
Congratulations on your magnificent blog!
As a native Montrealer and blogger, is there any chance I can use your pics on my blog? Naturally, I would acknowledge your authorship and link to your site.
Thanks!
R
Thanks Richard,
I don’t have a problem with you sharing my pics on your blog as long as you give credit and link back.
Thanks for dropping by Montreal in Pictures.
Will do.
Thanks much!