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...
30 April, 2025
Central Coffee To Go – an Impromptu Gallery
I do not visit the downtown very often these days, no reason. The weather here was and still is total crap for the last few months; the grey of the city bears down heavy on my m...
“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...
4 February, 2025
A New Obsession – Analog Photography – A One Shot Story
Last year, I planned a trip for Europe in the month of May. I knew ahead of time that I wanted to record this adventure with a film camera, in part because I thought it would be...
1 February, 2025
Imago Absentia – A Portrait of the Absent
To photographers, the word portraiture conjures up an image of a human subject posing for a photograph. But what if the person is no longer with us and cannot be photographed? W...
2 December, 2024
Polaroid Punk – a One Shot Story
This picture came about following my admiration of the renowned photojournalist David Burnett, whose career has covered seven decades and included coverage of the Vietnam War an...
14 November, 2024
Portraits in Skating
In sports photography, portraits are as important as snapshots of crucial moments such as a win, a loss or an unpredictable event, for they are an excellent way to capture the h...
8 October, 2024
Breaking the Bank for a Bubble — A One-Shot Story
“The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.” — Leo Tolstoy My photographic journey is yet to take me to Iceland or the game parks of Namibia. In my Lightroom folders,...