Last week, I went for a stroll, and found myself at Nathan Philips Square (NPS). I've been there many times before, and it is always awesome for photography. In the summer, there's a weekly Farmer's Market (on Wednesdays), and when that's not going on, you can always find tourists and locals alike, milling about, taking photos, or just enjoying the nice weather by the fountains. But my favorite part of Nathan Philips Square is the big rooftop garden at City Hall. It's a lovely garden, and it offers a really nice view of the city.

When I found myself wandering NPS last week, I, as always just strolled around the fountain, looking for fun scenes, and eventually wound up in the garden. As this was not a planned photo walk, I didn't have my DSLR on me, but that didn't stop me from getting some awesome pictures, because I had my trusty iPhone on me.

The photo below is one of my favorite photos of my impromptu shoot, merely for its composition and the scene that it captures. I love the little girl's pose, and I loved being able to capture her family member (father, perhaps?) taking her photo. Since I was trying to sneak in the photo discretely, I ended up angling the phone camera, which I think made it look rather funky.

I really love this picture, as it captures a certain aspect of downtown Toronto life. Plus the arches, the fountain, and the plants just add to the scenery.

This photo was taken on the rooftop garden and shows a part of the side of one of the city hall buildings, and a view of the Toronto downtown core, looking south. You can also see part of the garden itself. Although the city hall buildings are pretty old, they are still really cool pieces of architecture, and to me, will always make cool photographic subjects.

I have to admit that fun photographing some of the people hanging around the garden. I really loved seeing the mom and baby in the photo below. It totally brings me back to my mat-leave days. And it also made me realize that this would be an awesome location for one of my lifestyle shoots!

And no iPhone shoot can be complete without some Hipstamatic photos. Here is my absolute favorite Hipstamatic photo taken during this shoot. It really captures a great moment. The woman is sitting on the bench, enjoying a little bit of peace and quiet.

After my stroll around the garden, I headed back down and walked south on Bay street, pointing my iPhone camera at whatever tickled my fancy. I ended up at First Canadian place, and took a picture of the new panelling that was installed as part of the 3-or-4-year-old refacing project. It so happens that the reflective nature of the panelling also captured the building across the street (one of the old concrete bank buildings - this one was Scotia), which added to the composition.

For the complete album from that walk, please check out the link here, and stay tuned for my next photo adventure!