It’s always exciting to see my work in a printed magazine. This time, a six-page spread in CAPA’s Canadian Camera Spring 2025 issue. I talk about the challenges of travel photography when it comes to choosing gear. It truly is the art of compromise! Images featured include some taken with a full-frame Nikon Z8 with …
I’m thrilled to have images from a bucket list trip to Antarctica this past February win two awards at this year’s Bill Muster Photography Awards during the SATW Convention in Istanbul in November. The trip to Istanbul was already special in itself since I celebrated my birthday the following day and it was my first …
During the pandemic, I took a course on how to get published with Travel Media Lab. It had been a dream of mine since I was old enough to flip through the National Geographic magazines we received every month while growing up. It took the world shutting down for me to finally take some action …
The results of the 2022 PPOC (Professional Photographers of Canada) National Image Salon are my best yet! My bear image not only received an Excellence (the highest score possible) but it was also nominated for the Best in Class award and chosen for the prestigious Loan Collection. This is the first time in all my …
It’s that time of year again when the results of the regional image salon come in. Last year, I was a judge so I couldn’t participate in my own region. Even though I’ve been a judge, it’s still a nerve-wracking experience to put my work out there to be critiqued. While judges look at four …
In the Professional Photographers of Canada, once you’ve achieved the coveted Master of Photographic Arts designation, you can continue to accumulate service and print merits based on the images that are accepted in the National Image Salon and your involvement with the association. Once you reach a certain threshold, you will receive a bar in …
This year I entered 5 images (members can normally only enter 4 but there is a class for those with a Master of Photographic Arts designation) into the Professional Photographers of Canada‘s National Image Salon competition and 4 got accepted in this year’s image salon competition with 2 earning a Merit (the loon and the …
I knew that when my birthday rolled around in November, we’d probably still be staying put due to the pandemic. In 2019, I had flown to Dubai and Oman so I wanted to do something that still felt somewhat adventurous even if it wouldn’t be quite so exotic. I had heard that Parc Omega, a …
