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 [...]
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 [...]
Creative 5 Eclectic
Creative 5 Eclectic is a local event put on by my friend Stephen Vogler. It’s a combination open mic night and poetry reading, and is really a great opportunity to catch some local artist’s in action. Peter is at the mic, and Rajan Das on upright bass. Heather Paul gave a terrific spoken word performance. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
2011 Whistler Crankworx
July 22nd – Giant Slalom Tomas Slaveik rides to first place in the giant slalom race. Brian Lopes riding in the giant Slalom. Tech Stuff As with the Air Downhill, the weather was really poor and I had to drop in a lot of flash. The key light was on the same 12′ boom stand [...]
Katherine and Jeremy, Royal Vancouver Rowing Club
I had a chance to travel to Stanley Park to shoot Katherine and Jeremy’s wedding at the Royal Vancouver Rowing Club. It’s nice to get out of Whistler for a change, and I had a great time in the park. The Rowing Club, that big brown building in the harbour in front of Stanley park, [...]
Sandy and Bruce, Steeps Restaurant, Whistler Mountain
I had a lot of fun with Sandy and Bruce, who got married at the top of Whistler last week. This is my first wedding of the 2011 summer season. There’s still tons of snow at the top of Whistler, over 200cm’s, or about 6 1/2 feet. With the sun out, it’s also really, really [...]
Vancouver Fringe Festival
Here’s is a shot of Vancouver Fringe Festival Executive Director David Jordan I did for the Urban Pie magazine in Vancouver. The Fringe is the annual alternate theatre festival in Vancouver, and is home to some off the wall stuff, so we really wanted to get something crazy looking. We started in the festival office [...]
Whistler Stagette Party
You end up doing some odd gigs in this job, but this one was one was really out there. I got a call from a friend of the Bride, who asked me if I would come and photograph their stagette party in the Whistler Village Saturday night. The group was from Nanaimo, on Vancouver Island, [...]
Sugarray’s Boxing Gym
Georgian (the Eastern European Georgia, not the Southern USA one) professional Super Welterweight boxer Davit Dzavashvili at Sugarray’s Boxing Gym, in downtown Vancouver. it’s for a story on boxing gyms for Urban Pie magazine. Davit working out with trainer Guy Martin. Vancouver boxer Emily allen Tech Stuff The owner of Sugarray’s had somehow managed to [...]
Timothy Taylor
These are from an Urban Pie story on prolific Vancouver writer and best selling author Timothy Taylor. Taylor has a great office in the turn of the century (the last century, that is) Dominion Building, that made for some great photo locations. When we arrived on the 12th floor, I fell in love with the [...]
