Last weekend I had the pleasure of spending two hours with a really special dog. Norton is a 15-year-old black lab and longtime friend to owner Emma, who has had him since he was four. Sadly due to Norton’s advanced age he is suffering from a number of chronic health problems that severely affect his [...]

I had a an email enquiry recently from a lovely woman named Hannah. She wanted to know if I would be able to do outdoor lifestyle portrait photography of her family – which included herself, her husband Andrew, their wee baby girl Aubrey … plus two dogs and a donkey! I thought it sounded like [...]

I was recently visiting my hometown of Chilliwack, British Columbia and was asked by my good friend Kristen to do some casual outdoor portraits of her with husband Chad and their two gorgeous dogs, Sammy and Maggie. The autumn colours were in full swing and made a fabulous setting for portraits. We did doggie pictures first, [...]

It’s always fun and rewarding to see your pictures in their final print incarnation. A couple of weeks ago I did a location photography shoot for PSIS, a New Zealand banking co-operative. Or, as they like to say: “PSIS is not a registered bank, but a very co-operative co-operative.” PSIS needed a photo of three [...]

Yesterday I did a fun location fashion photography shoot for one of my favourite clients, Jane Henry Merino.  This boutique New Zealand garment company produces the most gorgeously soft and delicious merino wool scarves you’ll ever find. We’ve got a shortlist of fab new images to sort through, but I couldn’t resist posting a few [...]

Every now and then I trawl through the photo libraries on my computer and find stuff I’d forgotton about. Like these pictures of the main branch of the Vancouver Public Library, which I took aaaaaaaaages ago on a trip home to Canada. I’d always intended to ‘do something’ with them, but of course life gets [...]

I really enjoy doing actor headshot sessions. Actors are generally a fun bunch of folks to work with, who often bring a willing and vibrant energy to portrait sesssions. Actor’s headshots are an important marketing tool, and play a pivitol role in whether their resume even gets looked at. The image  has to jump off [...]

If you haven’t yet heard of American street photographer Vivian Maier, you might want to check out my previous post about her and her fascinating story that’s only just coming to light. I’m proud to be an official financial supporter of the Vivian Maier project (funded through Kickstarter), and I’ve just received word that the [...]

It’s Easter long weekend and so far I’ve spent half of it wrangling and wrestling with my website – doing some tidying and getting some long-overdue updates in place. Most notably I’ve added a new Travel section, which currently has galleries for Vietnam and New York (my two most recent jaunts), and will be expanded [...]

I got a call recently from the editor of Two Cats One Dog magazine – professional magazine for the veterinary industry with a circulation of about 30,000 in New Zealand. They were doing a story on the Abyssinian cat, and needed photos for the cover and inside story. They’d tracked down a breeder of this [...]