Stevie | Travel Filmmaker 🇨🇦

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[Stevie | Travel Filmmaker 🇨🇦 @steviethewander]

Shooting is the fun part. Editing is the pain part but it's where the film actually gets made and the story formulated. I've come to realize the discipline isn't in what you capture. It's in what you leave out😇

[Stevie | Travel Filmmaker 🇨🇦 @steviethewander]

You just nailed the hardest part of the job,landing the plane safely. Then in an instant and through no fault of your own, a tower error leads to a head-on collision. Absolute heartbreak for the families of the two Air Canada pilots lost in this tragedy. Such a sobering reminder of how quickly things can change, even when you do everything right. Sending strength to the entire aviation community

[Stevie | Travel Filmmaker 🇨🇦 @steviethewander]

The thing about Kensington Market is it's never quite the same place twice. Something closed, something opened, someone new behind the counter of your favourite spot. But lately the change has a different edge to it — less artistic, less inviting. More just... gritty.

[Stevie | Travel Filmmaker 🇨🇦 @steviethewander]

POV🎈 In a city of 14 million people, finding silence feels like the ultimate luxury~ Everyone talks about the neon and the noise. But there is a counter-existence here if you know where to look. Just show up. No reservation needed 🚲

[Stevie | Travel Filmmaker 🇨🇦 @steviethewander]

Pov~ Coming to realize yah it's true, every city's got its own tempo. Tokyo is precise to the point of borderline absurdity ( late trains by a minute is an actual event). Osaka is loose. Chill. Toronto can't decide what it wants to be. Montreal has long stopped asking. Once you start o it, you can't unlearn it

[Stevie | Travel Filmmaker 🇨🇦 @steviethewander]

I don't think solo travel is some bold lifestyle choice anymore. It's just... how some of us move. You eat when you want, stop when something catches your eye, leave when you're done. That's it~

[Stevie | Travel Filmmaker 🇨🇦 @steviethewander]

The best neighborhood in Tokyo for nightlife isn't Shinjuku. It isn't Shibuya. It isn't Roppongi. It's a residential ward in Meguro called Jiyugaoka that most tourists have never heard of.Same Showa-era grit. Same lantern-lit alleys. Half the price. Zero influencers. The bartenders actually talk to you.I've filmed in Tokyo's drinking districts for months. The quietest ones consistently have the best food.What's the best neighborhood you've found by accident?

[Stevie | Travel Filmmaker 🇨🇦 @steviethewander]

@OmarBruce16514 Much appreciated!

[Stevie | Travel Filmmaker 🇨🇦 @steviethewander]

Tokyo has a glitch.
20 minutes from the neon of Skytree, there is a neighborhood stuck in the Showa Era.
No actors. No tourist traps. Just a town that refuses to modernize.
But it comes with a strict warning. 🧵

[Stevie | Travel Filmmaker 🇨🇦 @steviethewander]

Navigating the Keisei line transfer can be tricky if you don't have data.
Don't rely on spotty station Wi-Fi. I use the Sakura Mobile Travel SIM to keep my maps locked in.
Reliable data is the difference between finding this spot and getting lost in the suburbs.
🔗 https://t.co/jOlowyTbEb (Affiliate)
#JapanTravel #Tokyo #HiddenGems

[Stevie | Travel Filmmaker 🇨🇦 @steviethewander]

⚠️ The Catch (As seen in the video):
This is NOT a 24/7 convenience store city.
The shutters close at 5:00 PM.
If you arrive at sunset, you will see a ghost town. Go for lunch, stay for the "magic hour" lighting, then leave before dark.

[Stevie | Travel Filmmaker 🇨🇦 @steviethewander]

Mt. Nantai (Autumn) Toronto (Dusk) Mt. Fuji (Morning)
#cinematic #japan #toronto #drone

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The cold, quiet geometry of a Toronto winter and the sun-drenched patience of a Japan rail crossing.

#cinematic #toronto #japan

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@sim_nagra Love it 🥰

[Stevie | Travel Filmmaker 🇨🇦 @steviethewander]

Why travel? Not just to see, but to feel.
To find the quiet in the chaos, the ancient in the new. A short cinematic piece from our time in Japan.

#Cinematic #Tokyo #TravelPhilosophy #ShortFilm

[Stevie | Travel Filmmaker 🇨🇦 @steviethewander]

There's a feeling you get when you walk through Toronto's Distillery District. It's the past and future talking to each other. A short film about that feeling.

[Stevie | Travel Filmmaker 🇨🇦 @steviethewander]

From the pirate ships of Lake Ashi to the quiet shores of Lake Kawaguchi. A stunning journey.

#mtfuji

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A drone's-eye view of a quiet Japanese morning.

#Japan #dronephotography