The Road To Lola

Yesterday I travelled all the way out to Middlesex county to see my old friend Lola. She's now a farm girl, and she's lovin' it! I'll have some new Lola images in the new year.

See you all next year!

The Blue Forest

My white balance must have been off the day I made this image, but how cool did it turn out!?!

Light Impressions Of Yonge Street

Another image made last week during my yearly Christmas journey to the downtown core.

The Elgin & Winter Garden Theatres

I hope you all had a great Christmas. We sure did, especially with that snow on Christmas eve! It was like out of a movie!

This was a few days ago in front of the theatres in Toronto.

Swarovski Tree

This will probably be the last post until after Christmas. If you've never been to the Eaton Centre in Toronto, this is their giant tree that spans two stories and is covered in Swarovski crystals. It's really impressive. Have a great Christmas everyone!

Christmas Lamp

Have you ever walked through the Distillery district of Toronto around Christmas time? Talk about time travel. Marina and I went for drinks the other day with my Dad, and not only were the GAS lamps decorated in Christmas attire, but freakin' Ebenezer Scrooge walked by the restaurant's window! I'm totally serious! Top hat and side burns a-blazin'!

The Bay's Window

So Marina and I went downtown the other night to see my Dad and check out the Christmas vibes at the Eaton centre. Of course one of our stops has to be The Bay to check out their Christmas displays in the windows along Queen. This one was the elves counting down to Christmas on that giant 12 month clock.

En-route To Vancouver

Another image from the torch relay in Mississauga on Saturday. Happy winter everyone!

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Passing The Torch

So I took my Mom down to city centre to see the olympic torch as it arrived. As it turns out the spot we chose to arrive at was also the passing off spot, we got to see the guy on the right arrive, give the lady of the left a fire start, watch them run in a circle cheering, and finally see her continue along the route. It only lasted a minute, but it was great to witness.

Balcony Christmas Lights

We had a few people over last night to exchange some early gifts and celebrate my first night of Christmas vacation! These lights spent 2 years on my Mom's roof before being replaced by LED's back in October. I wanted to give them a new lease on life.

A Christmas Card Of Sorts

I received an email a few days ago from a singer/songwriter out of Sault Ste. Marie named Catherine Taddo. She had found my photographs on Flickr and wanted to use them for a digital Christmas card featuring her rendition of "Baby It's Cold Outside" that she had recorded with musician Vile Richard. Here's the finished product. Enjoy!

Dog Tracks

I remember when Holly, our old Golden, would come Christmas tree cutting with us. She loved being outside, but the cold would hurt her paws. She would start to chew them to warm up, but she never wanted the doggy shoes.

Logs At Wintersingers

My mom, brother and I went to cut down the 2009 Stepien household Christmas tree yesterday at Wintersingers tree farm. It was the first time that Marina didn't join us on the trek, but she graciously offered to stay with my grandfather so my mom could actually get out of the house and do something with us.

Melted Snow On My Classroom Window

Another image from that first snow fall. We're going to cut down my mom's Christmas tree today. I'm glad we waited for the snow.

The First Snow Storm

Today was the first official snow storm to hit the GTA. It made my commute 3 times longer, it made me slip and slide all over the road, and it got me really wet...but I love it!

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Fade To Black: Oscar Mayer

Yep, it's the wiener mobile. I've actually seen the real deal twice: Once on the 401 and once sitting in the parking lot of the mall across the street from us. This is the mini-mobile.

Fade To Black: Ball Ornament

Note to self: Dust objects off when shooting macro.

Fade To Black: Rudolf

I love those Christmas cartoons. I need to check and see when they're going to be on T.V. I have the DVD's, but I kind of like watching them with the Christmas commercials in between.

Fade To Black: Charlie Brown

Still stuck at home. Sick. But Charlie is here!

Fade To Black: Christmas Tree

Fade To Black: Christmas Tree, originally uploaded by Christian Stepien.com.

The last time I was stuck at home sick I began my "Fade To Black" series. Those were Halloween themed. Once again I'm stuck at home, sick, and seeing that it's December 1st I've decided to continue the collection with a Christmas theme.