{"id":3653,"date":"2015-10-07T09:00:53","date_gmt":"2015-10-07T13:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/?p=3653"},"modified":"2015-10-07T09:00:53","modified_gmt":"2015-10-07T13:00:53","slug":"catching-the-light-in-yorkville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andreamaicreative.com\/archive\/catching-the-light-in-yorkville\/","title":{"rendered":"CATCHING THE LIGHT IN YORKVILLE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s something really beautiful that happens at around 4pm along Bloor Street. This is when the sunlight is hitting the shop windows, casting a reflection of the city. The city starts to merge with the shop window displays. This latest set of photos captures what I am talking about.<\/p>\n<p>My first job after university was working at Holt Renfrew as an assistant to the visual display department. I learned so much from this experience and it has given me a real appreciation for beautiful window designs.<\/p>\n<p>#windows #HoltRenfrew #displaydesign #light #Yorkville #Toronto #Louis Vuitton #Gucci #style #fashion<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/AndreaMai_Yorkville-3201.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3658 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/AndreaMai_Yorkville-3201.jpg\" alt=\"AndreaMai_Yorkville-3201\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/AndreaMai_Yorkville-3200.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3657 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/AndreaMai_Yorkville-3200.jpg\" alt=\"AndreaMai_Yorkville-3200\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/AndreaMai_Yorkville-3199.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3656 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/AndreaMai_Yorkville-3199.jpg\" alt=\"AndreaMai_Yorkville-3199\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/AndreaMai_Yorkville-3192.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3655 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/AndreaMai_Yorkville-3192.jpg\" alt=\"AndreaMai_Yorkville-3192\" width=\"1000\" height=\"705\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/AndreaMai_Yorkville-3179.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3654 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/AndreaMai_Yorkville-3179.jpg\" alt=\"AndreaMai_Yorkville-3179\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s something really beautiful that happens at around 4pm along Bloor Street. This is when the sunlight is hitting the shop windows, casting a reflection of the city. The city starts to merge with the shop window displays. This latest set of photos captures what I am talking about. My first job after university was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3654,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photography","category-travel"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3661,"url":"https:\/\/www.andreamaicreative.com\/archive\/through-the-looking-glass\/","url_meta":{"origin":3653,"position":0},"title":"THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS","author":"Andrea Mai","date":"October 11, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I really liked the results of my last set of photographs I posted, so I decided to go back to Yorkville to create more. 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Like being transported to a hyper-reality.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Photography&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Photography","link":"https:\/\/www.andreamaicreative.com\/archive\/category\/art\/photography\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"AndreaMai_Yorkville-3787","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/AndreaMai_Yorkville-3787.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/AndreaMai_Yorkville-3787.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/AndreaMai_Yorkville-3787.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/AndreaMai_Yorkville-3787.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3669,"url":"https:\/\/www.andreamaicreative.com\/archive\/beauty-in-saddness\/","url_meta":{"origin":3653,"position":1},"title":"BEAUTY IN SADNESS","author":"Andrea Mai","date":"October 14, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Here are some additional photographs I made in Yorkville last week. 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