Winter Wonderland
Pamela and Cory came from Fort Worth Texas, to get married in the snow at the Nita Lake Lodge in Whistler. A strong pacific frontal system and some just-cold-enough air made for a sudden blizzard. Tailor made for some great photos. It was first time in the Glade Suite, a huge suite that the Nita [...]
On Location in Vancouver
It’s been a quiet winter for me here in Whistler, so I’ve been spending a lot of time doing commercial photography in Vancouver. All the work has been on-location with studio type lighting. The biggest job so far has been working with Vancouver graphic designer Jung Shin who’s working on a series of re-vamped menus [...]
First Wedding of the Year
Anne and Steve came to Whistler from Brooklyn NY to have a small wedding here at the resort. The wedding was on the Whistler Peak2Peak gondola, with a quick photo shoot on top of Whistler. That afternoon, we went over to Green Lake and did a quick shoot with Anne and Steve by the boardwalk [...]
Will You Marry Me?
Keith called me from Oregon, saying that he was planning on proposing to his girlfriend Cameo on their trip to Whistler. Never having been to Whistler, he asked me if I had a good suggestion for a location for his proposal. Whistler just opened a brand new outdoor skating rink, and I thought that would [...]
Jean and Ryan, Whistler Winter Wedding
Jean and Ryan are a pretty typical couple for the weddings I do during the winter. Jean is from Brooklyn, Ryan the UK, and they live in France. Along with Ryan and Jean’s respective brothers, they had a pretty wedding on the Whistler Peak2Peak gondola. This is probably going to be the last wedding of [...]
Ryann and Jeff, Winter Wedding at the Fairmont
Ryann and Jeff are a nice couple from Texas who came out to Whistler for a winter wedding. They got a beautiful, if short, day, with the sun going down at 3:55 in the afternoon! The Wine Room at the Fairmont Chateau Whistler has a fantastic fireplace that makes for great photos The Fairmont has [...]
Southern Soul Food Cafe
My friend Adam Protter is running the Southern Soul Food Cafe every Saturday evening down at the Burn Stew Cafe in Function Junction. If you’ve ever wanted to try such famed dishes as a chicken fried steak, Shrimp & Grits, or (real) Southern Fried Chicken, this is your chance. Chef Adam Protter Frying Okra Southern [...]
Loverboy Concert at the Whistler Olympic Plaza
Saturday night I got the chance to photograph my old high school favourite band, Loverboy, at the Whistler Olympic Plaza. Oddly enough, I was assigned this job by the builders of the covered plaza, Whistler’s Peak Ventures, who needed a shot of a concert that showed the large roof and that it was capable of [...]
Pemberton Estate House
Every year I donate a photo shoot to the Canadian Home Builders Association, and last year my friend Carolyn bought the shoot at the dinner. She’s a landscaper up in Pemberton, and we photographed this gorgeous house in Pemberton Meadows. I priced the package to include an interior shoot, which we didn’t do, so after [...]
Whistler Headshot Portrait
It’s been a long ‘shoulder season’ in whistler, the time between summer and winter where not much happens around here. I’ve been busy with some other projects, but now the mountiann is open, and I’m starting to get busy again, which is nice. This is a portrait for my friend Jim Watts in my studio, [...]
Kate + Kate
Kate and Kate got married at dawn last week. I always thought that dawn was for fighting duels, not getting married, but it really was a nice ceremony. Tech Stuff: With the dawn wedding, I actually lit the wedding ceremony with an off camera flash mounted inside a softbox, which is something I hardly ever [...]
On-location Business Portraits
A lot of the work I do requires a great deal of creativity, but every so often something comes up where you have to do something really simple, but you have to do it perfectly in a really short period of time. With this shoot for the Mechanical Contractors of BC, I needed to shoot [...]
Lisa and Dan, Steeps Grill on Whistler Mountain
Lisa and Dan had their wedding up on the top of Whistler Mountain at Steeps Grill. Although it was only the middle of September, it had actually snowed on Whistler overnight. The girls took a nice stroll through the village to get from their hotel to the Whistler gondola. Dan gets his game face on. [...]
Nicole and Chris – The Edgewater Lodge
Nicole and Chris actually got married over the labour Day Weekend at the Edgewater Lodge, but I’ve been so busy over the last couple of weeks with weddings, corporate events, and a major architectural shoot, and they’ve been on an extended honeymoon, that I just got around to posting up the photos now. Nicole and [...]
Whistler Executive House
As well as weddings and portraits, I also shoot a lot architectural photos for the local builders in Whistler. This is to document a renovation of this house by Whistler builder CR Contracting. Tech Stuff A critical part of architectural photos is styling the house to make it look like someone actually lives there. A [...]
Sally and Adrian – Nicklaus North
I had a great time photographing Sally and Adrian’s wedding at the Nicklaus North Club in Whistler over the Labour Day long weekend. Adrian, showing some pre wedding nerves. As a change from what I regularly do at Nicklaus North, and since Sally and Adrian are golfers, we went out to the 17th hole for [...]
Meaghann and Ryan – Nicklaus North Wedding
Meaghann and Ryan came to Whistler from Vancouver for a really nice wedding at the Nicklaus North Golf Club here in Whistler The girls were getting ready at the Crystal Lodge in the Village, which has a fantastic view from the patio that made for a nice shot. Because of the wedding schedule, we had [...]
Christie and Nick – Nicklaus North Wedding
Christie and Nick are something of a rarity for me, a couple who live and work in Whistler. Believe it or not, they’re the first Whistler couple I’ve a shot a wedding for in probably two years. Running into local friends of mine who were wedding guests was an added pleasure. The Nicklaus North club [...]
Erin and Scott – Edgewater Lodge Wedding
Erin and Scott got one of the nicest days of the year for their wedding at the Edgewater Lodge. Erin and her mother Irene check out Erin’s dress. Someone produced an old Polaroid camera and did some shots for the guest book. I didn’t even know they still made film for them. It was a [...]
Araxi Longtable Dinners at North Arm Farm
Last year I had the opportunity to photograph the Outstanding in the Field North Arm Farm event. This year, Araxi has created their own series of dinners the Araxi Longtable Dinners at North Arm Farm, and have invited me back to photograph the events. Araxi Sous Chef Jim Pickwell samples some herbs at the North [...]
Vancouver Fringe Festival Play – Night of the B-Movie
Barnaby the Hunchback, played by 25 year Fringe Festival veteran actor Jacque Lalonde. My friend Alan Forsythe is producing a play for the annual Vancouver Fringe Festival that runs every September. He asked me to stop by and shoot a couple of pictures of the cast during a rehearsal. Jacque Lalonde, Lisa Ovies, and Tristan [...]
Photo Workshop at the Point
Some local Whistler artists have taken over the site of the old Whistler Youth Hostel, and are turning it into a centre for local arts. As part of the start up, I offered to lead a couple of photo workshops, and this afternoon was my first class. Kudos for Michelle the model for being so [...]
This Crazy Life – Kathy and Derek at the Nita Lake Lodge
Kathy and Derek came to Whistler from Atlanta GA to have their wedding at the Nita Lake Lodge. Tea for the Chinese tea ceremony. The rain held off long enough to have a lovely ceremony on the dock at Nita Lake. The bridal party gets a good laugh at my expense. They were under cover, [...]
Ashley MacIsaac Canada Day Concert
Ashley MacIsaac put on a terrific Canada Day concert in Whistler’s new Olympic Plaza. Tech Stuff The close in shots were shot with my 70-200mm, which was a little short for this job, but since I wasn’t actually working this gig, I didn’t want to drag my big 300mm lens to the event. The shot [...]
