Tag Archives: photography


New Work: After the storm


So happy to be back! I have been so busy lately producing my friend Blake’s first film, that I’ve barely had time to turn around, let alone do personal shoots. It’s been a very exciting […]
After the storm

Photo Feature in One Frame Magazine


Just got a copy of a recent spread One Frame Magazine did on my photography. The magazine looks beautiful and they did a great job of selecting the photographers and their work for the issue […]

Relationship In Photography: Telling Better Stories In Our Images


Something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately is the idea of relationship in photography and how creating interesting relationships in our images helps us not only tell better stories, but create better images. In acting class, the teacher will often ask the actor, “What is your relationship to the […]

The Return


This was shot around the same time as this image and was intended to be a kind of sister image. I wanted to imply a story of a woman whose body is washed ashore after some kind of shipwreck, whose soul then arises and returns to the sea […]
The Return

Sea of Broken Dreams


This will most definitely go down in history as my most dangerous shoot ever. I was so scared to crawl across the melting ice caps at my cottage to get this, I almost didn’t do it! But I knew I’d regret it if I didn’t, and I was right. So thankful not to have fallen through to that ice water below!

Before and After: The Last Great War


I was inspired to create this image when I was driving through Pictou, Nova Scotia and I came upon this 1940’s fighter jet mounted in the middle of an intersection. I wanted to create something noir-ish and I think it turned out somewhat in the vein of Sky Captan and the World of Tomorrow, which is cool. It was surprisingly simple to create- thank you to my new green screen!

Inspiration of the Week: Photomontage Artist Mattijn


One of my biggest inspirations and certainly one of the most interesting artists I’ve come upon on flickr, is photomontage artist Mattijn. If you’ve ever seen his work, you will undoubtedly remember it. He is well known for his extensive surrealist montages. I was absolutely thrilled when he agreed to do a Q&A for my little old blog! I had so many questions, I barely knew where to begin. Read on…



Flying Secrets, originally uploaded by Mattijn.