Vancouver Family Portraits, Jericho Beach Park

This family always brings a mix of adorableness and a little chaos to their family sessions—and that’s exactly why I love photographing them! Their ability to let loose and have fun always results in the most authentic and heartwarming photos.
For this year’s photos at Jericho Beach in Vancouver, they came dressed in matching red and grey outfits, with their lovable pup happily tagging along.
To see more of the delightful moments we’ve captured together - check out some of their past sessions HERE.

Vancouver Family Portraits, Jericho Beach park

One of my greatest joys is to document how my families grow.
It's that time of year again—Annual Family Portrait time—and WOW, have they grown since last year’s session HERE!
We met at their favourite local park, a spot that’s become a cherished backdrop for these moments. This year, they decided to ride their bicycles to the session because the oldest was excited to proudly show me her new bike. It was touching to see how much she wanted to share this moment with me.
From their wedding day to now, it's been so much fun to document their journey.
These sessions are more than just photographs; they’re a tradition that marks the passage of time, the growth of a family, and the little moments that make life beautiful. Every session is a reminder of why I love what I do—capturing the unique joy and love of each family I work with.

Vancouver Family Portraits, Stanley Park

This family is awesome and showed up all in plaid! They love spending time together, and it's evident that Brother and Sister are the ultimate dynamic duo. I've been their photographer since big brother was just a few months old.
This Fall, we met at Stanley Park for another family portrait session, and have the kids grown!
It was all giggles and goofiness capturing those real family moments. Brother and Sister are actually Besties, but it was fun getting them to wrestle it out a bit for some cute sibling rivalry portraits.
Their sessions are always so enjoyable, full of cute kid moments and the kind of family love that makes you feel warm and fuzzy inside.
See their previous sessions HERE.

Pandemic Pride

A photo project to celebrate the Vancouver LGBTQ2+ Community during the Time of COVID.
I thought it was important to photograph LGBTQ2+ folks and document this challenging and bizarre time in our Queer History.
I wanted to accentuate that as a Community we are resilient.
That Pride is a feeling, and we don't need a specific day once a year to be Proud of who we are.
Folks were asked to pose as their most fabulous Pride selves while wearing a COVID mask.

Vancouver Drag Queens Miss Gloria Hole and Mina Mercury perform the Main Stage during Pride and attend numerous events sharing love and naughtiness.

Heather and Linnea attend events and immerse themselves in Queer culture during Pride. They love to ride in the Dykes on Bikes and the Vancouver Pride Parade.

DJ O Show (Orene Askew) spins at numerous Pride weekend events including the Pride Main Stage. Orene was a Vancouver Pride Parade Grand Marshall in 2019.

Vancouver Men’s Chorus President Yogi Omar rides his scooter every year in the Vancouver Pride Parade. He is pictured with his new puppy Bear.

Sister Fancy Pants, pictured at the Vancouver Aids Memorial, is a Vancouver Sister of Perpetual Indulgence and the current reigning Miss Vancouver Gay 40.

Vancouver Health Initiative for Men || outsideIN Campaign

This campaign for Vancouver's Health Initiative for Men strives to provide resources for men who have sex with other men and who aren’t out in their personal lives.
“We live in a world where others make assumptions about who we are. They assume we’re straight unless we tell them otherwise. They assume we’re gay because we’ve had sex with other guys. We know it’s not so simple.”
Photographing this campaign was interesting as they needed studio portraits of the models and on location group candid portraits for the ‘Outside In’ WEBSITE.

Health Initiative for Men || Condom Wrappers Shoot

Well, this one certainly wasn't on my Bucket List but I can tick it off now.
A sexy photo shoot in a Men's Only Bathhouse - CHECK!!
This project with Vancouver’s Health Initiative for Men was for condom wrappers they distribute for free to the community.

Health Initiative for Men || Take Time for your Mind

It can be challenging to find information about Gay men's mental health, and Vancouver's Health Initiative for Men is working to change that with their 'Take Time for Your Mind' program.
Photographing this project was technically challenging AND fun, consisting of a 10 hour shoot day at 2 locations with 6 wonderful models.

RIVER 'THE FOX' TUCKER

Boxing champ River Tucker arrived tired, hungry and caffeine free to this shoot.
But it wasn't a detriment because this is a person endowed with deep focus and determination. You can feel it in her presence and you can see it in the images we created together.
I have wanted to work with River for some time so I was excited when she suggested we shoot in her gritty New Westminster training gym. We could not have asked for a cooler location to shoot these edgy promo images.
River is a two-time National medallist in amateur boxing and former Western Canadian Champion. R. She Founded Vancouver’s Queer Box Camp and owns Functional Fitness Gym in East Vancouver.