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Finalist for PPOC 2020 Photographic Artist of the Year

2020 has been an interesting year so far but on the positive side, the images I entered in the Professional Photographers of Canada (PPOC) National Image Salon did well enough to have me in the running for the prestigious Photographic Artist of the Year Award. Spoiler alert: I didn’t win but I was so pleased …

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Escaping the lockdown in Peru

Here is the long version of my harrowing journey home from Peru that ended with an engine fire on the plane I was on from Miami to Montreal. I was part of a G Adventures National Geographic Journeys tour that started on March 8 with a group made up of people from Australia, New Zealand, …

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Discovering Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Oman

Last fall, I received an invitation to join a small group of fellow travel advisors from across Canada on what’s called a FAM trip (short for familiarization) with Kensington Tours, a tour operator I’d used to build some custom, private guided safaris for clients. Getting first hand experience exploring a destination is better than any …

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PPOC Master of Photographic Arts – First Bar

On April 29, I was awarded my Master of Photographic Arts 1st Bar. What an honour to be recognized for my work and a pleasure to continue to do my part to help this association represent all the amazing photographic artists in Canada I’m proud to call my colleagues. This prestigious designation is bestowed by …

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PPOC National Image Salon 2019 Results

I’m very pleased to announce that for the first time since I’ve been a member of the PPOC and have entered their National Image Salon competition, all four of my submissions have been accepted! I also received a Merit for my image Doorway Into The Past. This is a tougher competition than the provincials as …

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PPOC Wildlife Accreditation

It’s been a few years since I submitted images for accreditation with the Professional Photographers of Canada. I had 10 under my belt and felt that showed a good range of my skills in various subject matter. Since then, however, I’ve been photographing more and more wildlife and realized this was an accreditation I would …

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Winner of Photographic Artist of the Year 2018 & Best in Class Awards (PPOC-Ontario Image Salon )

On November 20, I found out that am the winner of 3 awards from the PPOC – Ontario Image Salon competition, a Best in Class for Namibian Sunset, a Judge’s Choice for Doorway Into the Past and the most coveted, Photographic Artist of the Year for 2018. To be eligible for the latter, you need …

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A Fresh Start

Welcome to my new site! I first started my business in 2007 and the last time I did a complete website revamp was in 2011 so this was long overdue. My career path has ebbed and flowed with my life and now that I’ve split off the work I do for business clients by creating …

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