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Artscene Oakville Beaver · FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2006 54 Young photographer combines his two passions By Krissie Rutherford OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Shell Park was Andrew Norton's daily summer hangout as a teenager, where he'd go for hours on end to practice his skateboarding tricks. Now, the 20-year-old is capturing the action. An Iroquois Ridge High School grad, Norton's first photography show ­ Get Rad ­ is now on display at Toronto's Adrift. Many of the pictures in the show, which has piqued a lot of interest from the skateboarding community, are of local skateboarders at Shell Park. "It's cool to give exposure to local guys I've grown up with," said Norton, who has also had photos published in Canadian skate magazines, SBC Skateboard and Concrete Powder. "I've never had a big show like this, it's really exciting." An avid skateboarder since age 13, Norton found another of his passions at the end of high school when he came across his dad's old BARRIE ERSKINE / OAKVILLE BEAVER SKATEBOARDING SHUTTERBUG: Andrew Norton, who is having his first exhibition in Toronto, graduated from spending his summers skateboarding at Shell Park, to taking photographs of the skateboarders. In the background is Mike Philp, of Oakville. camera. "I basically just picked it up and started playing with it," he said. "Then I just kind of carried it around with me, taking pictures of everything. "Lots of bad rolls of film later," Norton added, he bought a camera of his own. "I really started at Shell Park, just taking pictures of my friends. Then I thought I should get my photography skills going." Now in his first year of photography at Ryerson University, Norton first attended the University of Western Ontario for its Media Information and Technoculture program, but found it was "too broad." It was at Western, though, that he started volunteering for the University's daily newspaper, The Gazette. "The editors were just kind of lazy seniors, so we got a lot of opportunities," he said. "They had big cameras and lenses, and that kind of got me interested. I started See Photographing page 55 LANDO CHOOSE FROM OVER LIGHTING LIGHTING GALLERIES FIXTURES Let Lando's personable and knowledgeable sale staff show you the outstanding values during Lando's Fall Clearance Event now on. Brian Whitelaw FALL CLEARANCE STORE-WIDE 6,000 20%OFF LIGHTING! ALL EXTERIOR 3O% OFF PLUS : VALUED AT $300. TO $1000. AT $ *SALE ENDS SEPTEMBER 30TH TELEPHONE ORDERS WELCOME, WE'LL SHIP ANYWHERE! EVENT In Brampton G A L L E R I E * S · ALL TABLE & FLOOR LAMPS · ALL SCHONBEK · ALL TIFFANIES · ALL FRAMED PRINTS & MIRRORS OF "ONE ONLY " CHANDELIERS CLEAROUT TO $ 99.99 299. FAMILY OWNED AND OPERATED, SERVING ONTARIO RESIDENTS FOR OVER 29 YEARS. STORE HOURS: MON.-WED. 9 :30AM-5:30PM THURS 9 :30AM-9:00PM FRI. 9 :30AM-6:00PM SAT. 9 :30AM-5:00PM SUN. NOON-4:00PM 210 CLARENCE ST., BRAMPTON ( 905)453-6403 ( 905)453-9881 www.landolightinggalleries.ca CANADA'S LARGEST LIGHTING SHOWROOM!