Field notes & stories

The Wailin' Jennys at Pitchfork Social

• Salt Spring Island.

The Wailin' Jennys played Pitchfork Social at The Jam Factory on Salt Spring Island, one of the intimate Americana and roots concerts the series is built…

The Salt Spring Skatepark Society: Skate Day

• Salt Spring Island.

Photographs from the free Community Skate Day hosted by The Salt Spring Skatepark Society on July 31: over 24 boards given away, 50-plus kids in free lessons,…

Devin + Jill: Salt Spring Island Maternity

Salt Spring Island Lavender Farm: A Morning At Lavender & Black

<em>A morning at a Salt Spring Island lavender farm, joining Taryn at Lavender &amp; Black for the harvest and a distillation, with Flynn happiest of all in…

Luke Wallace: Sons and Daughters Music Video

• music video

We made the music video for Luke Wallace's song "Sons and Daughters," filmed across Salt Spring Island with the sons of two good friends, a folk song about…

A Squamish River Ranch Wedding Where the Forest Opens and Cold Water Runs Clear

• Squamish.

A reflection on a few days spent at the Squamish River Ranch, hand-pouring tintypes and shooting digital portraits with the people who call this valley home.

Joe Johnny, Port Hardy Carver

• North Vancouver Island

A quiet afternoon with Joe Johnny, Port Hardy carver, sitting in his carving shed and making portraits together while we talked about tools, wood, and a life…

Namgis First Nation Big House

• North Vancouver Island
• Portraits

A few days on North Vancouver Island making portraits of the team repainting the Namgis First Nation Big House. A potent time of long conversations, coastal…

Gwa’sala-’Nakwaxda’xw Nation Big House Community Portraits.

• North Vancouver Island
• Portraits

A community portrait day at the Gwa'sala-'Nakwaxda'xw Nation big house in Port Hardy, an honour to make these images alongside the people who gathered in their…

A Family Portrait with Anna Lengstrand in Pemberton, BC

Passing back through Pemberton, British Columbia, I had the joy of making a family portrait with Anna Lengstrand and her baby daughter. Over the years and a…

Backwoods Farm On Salt Spring Island with Maasa & Jade

Today I had the chance to spend time photographing Maasa and Jade at Backwoods Farm on Salt Spring Island, a place that carries so much of what I love about…

An Evening at the Salt Spring Island Ukrainian Fundraiser Dinner

An Evening at the Salt Spring Island Ukrainian Fundraiser Dinner

Ruckle Farm, Farm Days - Returning to the Fields

Some places pull you back without having to try very hard. Ruckle Farm Farm Days is one of them, and it's a gathering I've loved returning to since Flynn was…

Salt Spring Island Saturday Market 2026 Photos

Every Saturday from April through October, Centennial Park in Ganges becomes something worth showing up for. Farmers, artists, bakers, makers, musicians,…

From Bump to Baby: A Salt Spring Island Family Photographer's Favourite Kind of Story

Some sessions stay with you. When Moonie and Masa first came to me, they were expecting their first baby, and there was this particular energy to that time,…

Tsatsu Stalqayu (Coastal Wolf Pack)A Celebration of Coast Salish Song, Dance & Family

Photographs of Tsatsu Stalqayu (Coastal Wolf Pack), a Coast Salish family song and dance group from Musqueam, Squamish, Tsartlip, and Nanaimo Nations. Captured…

Daniel Lapp & The Joy Of Life Concert

It was a true honour to photograph Daniel Lapp’s “Joy of Life” Concert at the Alix Goolden Performance Hall. The night was filled with energy, heart, and the…

Logan Staats Portraits By Sydney Woodward

Mohawk rocker turned folk and soul musician Logan Staats began as a diamond in the rough on the streets of Brantford, Ontario. He had no formal musical…

A interview with Haidee Heart of Woodshed Provisions

Haidee specializes in beautifully curated, west coast dining.

Ruckle Farm Salt Sprig Island Short Documentary

Ruckle Farm was a pleasure to film a few years back. This short documentary was produced for the Salt Spring Island Chamber of Commerce on our friends at <a…

2024 Silver & Tin Kootenays Tintype Photography Tour

Was a pleasure to head back out to the Kootenays for my second tour!

Silver & Tin Tintype Pemberton popup At The Beer Farmers

Thank you so much to The Beer Farmers for hosting me for an amazing weekend. Folks can download their images HERE

Wheelies 10 Year Anniversary Parking Lot Fest Silver & Tin Tintypes

Folks can download their high Rez images HERE

Silver & Tin Goes to Renegade Riot

• Motorcycle

We packed the wet-plate kit and headed out to Renegade Riot, where chrome and leather met hand-poured silver. Here is how a day of Motorcycle TinTypes actually…

Salt Spring Inland Tuesday Famers Market Photos

• Salt Spring Island.

The Salt Spring Island Tuesday Farmers Market is a smaller, slower gathering of island growers and makers, here's what makes it worth photographing on a summer…

Silver & Tin Sunday Cider Popup

Thanks to Sunday Cider for hosing us!

White Crow Farm Shoot with Madrone & Wren.

Wheelies Motorcycles Silver & Tin Tintype Pop Up

Jared Qwustenuxun Williams

“Every weekday, Jared Qwustenuxun Williams and his kitchen staff prepare lunch for over 100 elders at Cowichan Tribes on Vancouver Island.

Family Shoot with Katie Dentry On Saturna Island

Luke Wallace Studio Shoot

Portrait shoot with phoenix lazare

“ Phöenix Lazare masterfully melds the intimacy of folk music with alluring pop melodies on Gold, a self-produced debut album that charts her personal journey…

Family Shoot with Megs & Nova On Salt Spring Island

Studio Shoot With Taryn Strong

Constellation Apparel Short Film & Photoshoot

Rising Appalachia - Harmonize (Official Music Video)

In 2018 Hemmie Linholm and i had the pleasure to work with Rising Appalachia on doing a music video for their song Harmonize.

Photoshoot With Carver Howard La Fortune

Folklife Magazine Cover Shoot With Dave Spirit Wolf Bodaly

Bullock Lake Farm Shoot

SALT SPRING ISLAND SEED SAVING DOCUMENTARY

• Salt Spring Island.
• video

We made a short film about Salt Spring Island seed saving for the Farmers Institute, a quiet portrait of the people keeping heritage seed alive, one season at…

FOLKLIFE MAGAZINE SHOOT WITH AXE & REEL

Was pleasure to go out and shoot with Axe & Reel for their FOLKLIFE feature