New Site

Big news: I have a new website! It's a portfolio/blog combo that is all new and shiny and updated. You can find here: artandtheaerialist.com

Paper House

This is Paper House. I took an afternoon recently to sit in on their practice session and then grab some shots of the band before they went their separate ways for the semester. Check out more about who they are and their music here.

Heidi & Manu's Wedding

This was the craziest photography day of my life.  I was both the Maid of Honour and the photographer for my sister's wedding! It took place in the tiniest little German village and was an absolute blast despite the craziness. Here are a few of the shots I captured while running around like a madman.

Fun fact: German's don't like exposing their identities on the internet. Therefore, only photos of Heidi's side of the family are being shown. 

Wendy's Family

I don't often get the chance to photograph an entire family, so this was sort of an exciting photo shoot. 

Wendy is one of my co-workers, slash fellow photographer, at TWU. I feel pretty honoured that she entrusted me with the duty of documenting her dear family on her and her husbands anniversary weekend. 

My location was once again the lovely little community garden across from TWU. 

My goodness I love that place!

Alesha Pregnant

It's happening. My close friends are starting to have kids.I'm really excited for Jordan and Alesha and their growing family. The due date is a week from today and the gender is unknown, so we're all pretty excited. We took these photos last week while Alesha was at her most pregnant state. Also, I think this is my new favourite location. It's the community garden across from TWU. I've used it a few times in the past couple of weeks with great results. 

Aaron & Katie

I got to knowAaron and Katie at camp last summer. Katie was my funny, British roommate and Aaron was her wonderful boyfriend. Now, a year later, they're engaged and I'm looking forward to having the privilege to photograph there nuptials at the end of July. 

These are their engagement photos. Just the cutest, right?

Rebecca & Friends

This last Saturday, myself and Chelsea helped out our dear friend Alesha with her sister's 17th birthday party. Part of the party involved a little friendship photo shoot. I love that it's cherry blossom season again! It makes for such a magical back drop.

Chris + Kristen

Further back than I'd like to admit, I took family photos for Chris and Kristen on Jericho Beach in Vancouver. Here are a few of the shots from this foggy, winter photo shoot.

Pillar Receives Recognition

The results from the College Media Association's Best of Collegiate Design 20 have been announced and Pillar 2011/2012 got more than a few recognitions. I have to give the majority of the credit to Editor-in-Chief Dylan Dejong, but as Assistant Editor, I'm pretty proud as well.

Here is what we were awarded:

Organizational Spread - 1st Place
Individual Spread - 1st Place
Sports Spread - 1st Place
Academic Spread - 2nd Place
Yearbook Division Spread - 1st Place
Yearbook Cover - 2nd Place

Thanks Kirk Anderson for the documentation photos!

Fall Films

I can't tell you how much I missed art this semester. Political science courses just don't fulfil me the way a good studio class can, and I've found myself searching for new outlets to satisfy my creative urges. One of these was film making. I'm not too fancy, using the record setting on my DSLR, piecing together the clips on iMovie, and adding filters on Photoshop, but I'm happy with the results and the stories I was able to communicate.

Paris: Clips I salvaged from my travel study to Paris (and London) two summer's ago.
Ottawa: An introduction to the Laurentian Leadership Centre and the people there.
Montreal: Documentation of a whirlwind road trip.
Gatineau: An update on life in the mansion at Thanksgiving time.

Alistair

Less than one week ago, a new occupant came to live in the mansion with us. Baby Allistair came a bit early, but he's so precious that we really don't mind. Today I took photos of him with his family in the mansions sun room.I'm really happy with how the photos turned out and excited to share a few of them!

Graeme + Christie

Graeme and Christie are married TWU alumni who now live and work in Ottawa. They live in the most amazing downtown apartment with old hardwood floors, antique glass doorknobs, and a wonky floor plan. They're really a great couple, not to mention excellent dinner hosts.

Dave + Amy

Dave and Amy are Trinity alumni who now live in Ottawa. They wanted photos that would remind them of this time in their lives so we set up the shoot to take place in the cities centre with views of Ottawa's landmarks in the background. 

Site Update

Today I did a little shifting around the site to add a Print section. Click the tab at the top to see photo examples of publications I've contributed to.