Month: January 2016

PDN Magazine Feature

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I’ve had this magazine on my desk for a while but I’m only just getting around to posting about it so hopefully some of you caught it when it was on the shelves.  I did a phone interview with the folks from PDN Magazine last summer, about some of my recent work and specifically the workflow that I employ for my files.  It’s a real honour to be featured in such a prominent photography industry magazine, and they even included a selfie that I took, haha!  Ok, so I didn’t use a selfie stick or anything like that! It was …

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Snow & Ice Photo Contest – Closing Soon!

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The folks at Photocrowd  asked me to judge their Snow & Ice photography contest and the closing date for entries is February 1st.  Just a few days remaining!  If you’ve got any awesome photos that feature snow or ice in any way, I’d love to see them in the contest.  Head on over to Photocrowd and check it out! I’ll judge the photos at the contest’s close, and the winner will be announced on February 10th!  Good luck!  

Behind the Shot: Winter Bends

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This week we take a look at a beautiful snowy road in British Columbia for the Behind the Shot breakdown. How did I edit the photo to control the viewers vision through image? Find out in the post!

Destination British Columbia Instagram Takeover

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This past week I had the distinct privilege of being the guest Instagrammer for Destination BC on their @HelloBC Instagram account. I shared a series of images from my home area of BC, the Sea-To-Sky Corridor. You can now also view some of the photos on the Hello BC blog!  I’m so happy to have been able to share some images from my beautiful home. Read the post on the Hello BC blog HERE.  

Flying With Photography Gear

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Hey guys! Over on my photography educational website, Shutter Muse, I’ve posted an absolutely MONSTER SIZED guide to flying with your photography gear.   I don’t cross post everything here from my personal blog, but I put a ton of time, effort and experience into this one and people seem to be really appreciating it already. You’ll learn: How to pack your gear How to fly with film How to fly with flash batteries What paperwork you need to take with you + carry on baggage info for 30+ airlines I’ll even tell you the story about how I delayed …

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Behind the Shot: Diamond Head Sunset

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This week’s Behind the Shot article looks at a sunset photo of Diamond Head Mountain that I shot just a few days ago. I love using longer focal lengths for landscape photos and this was a perfect situation for this technique.

Soul ID Top 100 Action Sports Photographers

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The website Soul ID recently featured me as one of the top 100 action sports photographers in the world.  You can check out the rest of the photographers here, there’s lots of great inspiration to be had from the folks on this page.  A great honour to be a part of it!

Gallery and Feature on The Inertia

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Popular surf and mountain sport website, The Inertia, featured my photography with a gallery of images a few months ago.  It’s a wonderful website, and truly an honour to grace its digital pages.  Check out the feature HERE.

A Funny Little Christmas Story

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I thought I’d share a little Christmas tale with you guys and hopefully it’ll make you chuckle 🙂 My parents live in the UK and this Christmas I wasn’t going to be able to head over there to spend it with them.  My brother currently lives in New Zealand but he’d been to visit me in Canada a couple of months ago.  While he was here, we took a photo of the two of us together.  Living on opposite sides of the world, it was quite a rare occurrence for us to be in the same place at the same …

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Tips and Tricks for the Adobe Blog

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I posted about this on my Twitter and Facebook pages a few months ago, but I forgot to mention here on the blog.  I had a lovely chat with one of the writers at Adobe, and they published some of my photo tips on their blog. You can read the post HERE on the the Adobe blog.

Gear of the Year – 2015

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Which products did I come to rely on during 2015? What outperformed my expectations and what has earned a permanent place in my bag?

Gear Check: DeLorme inReach SE

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In 2015 I started travelling with a DeLorme inReach SE in my bag on every photography trip. This is a satellite communication device that’s perfect for the adventurous photographers… click through to find out why.