Isabella Zhou

( 2026.06.19 )

Pearls on Lake Ontario

Harbourfront, Toronto · 2:25 – 2:40 PM

A boat out of Harbourfront on a June afternoon — fifteen minutes of Lake Ontario beaten into pearls, there and back.

Fujifilm X-E5 · 23mm · seven frames · Toronto

01 / 07

2:25 pm

Tall Ship

A schooner idling out on the lake, clouds stacked like more sails behind it.

Toronto Harbour · 23mm · ƒ/11 · 1/3500 · ISO 2000

A tall ship idling on the lake under cumulus clouds

02 / 07

2:25 pm

Under the Willows

People on the seawall in the willow shade, the channel barely moving.

Harbourfront, Toronto
23mm · ƒ/9 · 1/2200 · ISO 1000

Willows leaning over the seawall, people sitting beneath them

03 / 07

2:30 pm

Open Water

A lone sailboat out toward the port lands, under a ceiling of cumulus.

Toronto Harbour · 23mm · ƒ/14 · 1/3200 · ISO 1000

Open water with a sailboat and the port lands chimney in the distance

04 / 07

2:31 pm

Quay Walk

The promenade in leaf shadow, a white yacht waiting alongside.

Harbourfront
23mm · ƒ/8 · 1/1700 · ISO 1000

A person walking the shaded promenade, a white yacht behind the trees
A hand with friendship bracelets holding a maple leaf against sparkling water

05 / 07

2:33 pm

A Leaf

A maple leaf held out against the glitter, bracelets and all.

Toronto Harbour · 23mm · ƒ/10 · 1/3200 · ISO 1000

06 / 07

2:35 pm

The Flag

The ensign snapping at the stern, the lake thrown into sequins.

Toronto Harbour · 23mm · ƒ/9 · 1/2500 · ISO 1000

A Canadian flag at the boat's stern over glittering water

07 / 07

2:40 pm

Back to the City

In past the life ring, the ferry docks and the towers close over the water again.

Harbourfront, Toronto
23mm · ƒ/9 · 1/3000 · ISO 1250

The ferry dock and downtown towers seen past an orange life ring

( about )

I’m Isabella Zhou. Photography lends me wings toward a dreamland I haven’t found yet, and these journals are what I carry back from the flights. This journal is proof that for fifteen minutes Lake Ontario was made of pearls, kept on a Fujifilm X-E5 with one 23mm lens.

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isabellayifan.zhou@gmail.com

© 2026 Isabella Zhou — all photographs shot on Fujifilm X-E5