12 October, 2025
Florence on film
When I was nineteen, I dreamed of becoming a professional cyclist. Although, I was living in Northern Ontario, where the winters are long, I spent the short summers riding for h...
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4 October, 2025
The Kiwanis Jam Skateboarding Competition on Film
“The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering.” — Tony Hawk In 1988, when I was in grade 3, my father bought me a copy of Thrasher Magazine. It became my chil...
4 September, 2025
Capturing Nova Scotia on Film
When I was 21, my parents moved from the hard-hitting, nickel-mining city of Sudbury, Ontario, to the quaint touristy town of Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia. With little hesitation, I ...
8 August, 2025
The Clawfoot Tub – A One-Shot Story
My wife, Dawn, is a good sport. She never complains when I take her photo, even when she’s having a bad day. But her patience has limits. Boudoir shots are off limits, and I nee...
“In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the battlefield” — Douglas MacArthur I always wanted to be a war correspond...
11 June, 2025
My five rules for taking street portraits
“Being nervous isn’t bad. It just means something important is happening.” — Michael Jordan Asking someone on the street for their portrait is a bit like asking someone on a dat...
“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invisible summer.” — Albert Camus Like many places in North America, Ontario is experiencing a particularly ha...
8 February, 2025
Don’t Take It So Seriously – Putting the Funny Back Into Photography
“Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.” — E. B. White If you read the comments on YouTube, Facebook or Instag...