BC Magazine Potlatch in Alert Bay

Found this in the archives ~ while on a shoot for BC Magazine for a Potlatch in Alert Bay I was photographing in the carving shed, where the carvers were preparing the costumes and masks, Marcus, the main carver asked if I could help out  so I started painting the...

On the road again!!!!!

On the road this summer traversing the spectacular north island shooting for Tourism Vancouver Island. The logistics of being in the field include eating well, staying dry and a comfortable bed at the end of a long day……  

Learning Opportunity: Hornby Island Autumn Seascapes

Hornby Island Autumn Seascapes ~ September 21 to 24, 2104  Autumn on Hornby Island is a photographers paradise. Join myself and photographer/photo-educator Karen McKinnon in exploring and being inspired by the variety this island has to offer photographers.  Stunning...

Vancouver Island : Imagine

I’m excited to share with you my third photography book has just arrived on the bookshelves! “Vancouver Island : Imagine” is a more revealing book that celebrates the people that make up this beautiful Island we live on. Not just a landscape picture...

BC Magazine Feature Story ~ Comox Valley: Cycle, Sample, Sip

Check out the latest issue of BC Magazine featuring the story “Comox Valley: Cycle, sample, sip” ~  journalist Andrew Findlay and I combined our talents to showcase the beautiful Comox Valley with its abundance of food, food producers and culinary...

Great Bear Rainforest Photography Workshop

Here are a few images form the latest Great Bear Rainforest Photography Workshop I facilitated last month with an enthusiastic group of participants and fantastic crew from Mothership Adventures Columbia III.  A great trip ~  weather was awesome,  and we saw a ton of...

North Canol Snowmobile/Ski Trip

It is still full on winter (-35 degrees) and bottomless powder in Yukon NorthWest Territories. We did not make the 600 km trip to Norman Wells due to very deep powder, but made it half way and skiied fabulous un-named mountains in the MacKenzie Range! Came away with...

North Canol Snowmobile Trip

Heading out tomorrow for an epic snowmobile trip (400km) on the North Canol Trail, beginning in Ross River in the Yukon and hopefully finishing in Norman Wells on the McKenzie River in the Northwest Territories.  This is a self propelled trip, where three of us carry...

True Colours Dance Troupe at Goose Spit

Had some recent fun with the True Colours Dance Troupe shooting images for their marketing campaign for next year out at Goose Spit.  Those girls are troopers!!  Weather was great but still pretty cold and they were game!  By the time we were finished everyone was...

2014 Outdoor Guide Cover

Just found out one of my images is gracing the cover of the Vancouver Island Outdoor Guide for 2014.  The shot was taken near Clayoquot Sound at Virgin Falls,  about 1 ½ hrs northeast of Tofino.