As the old showbiz saying says, “never work with kids or animals.” Some photographers have a similar opinion. A few weeks ago, I was sent to take images of a woman and her family of golden retrievers for a story by Herald lifestyles writer Trent Edwards about the companionship canines provide. I was sorting through […]

I spent some time at the Calgary Correctional Centre Wednesday morning to provide images for a story by the Calgary Herald’s Sarah McGinnis.The medium-security prison’s eyeglass program has reached the three million mark, having provided glasses for people in more than 50 countries collected by the Canadian Lions Eyeglass Recycling Centre. The centre’s inmates have […]

Yesterday Calgary went to the polls to choose a new mayor and fill the council seats for the next term. After all was said and done Naheed Nenshi was elected to the mayoral throne. I drew the assignment of covering Nenshi’s headquarters for the night. As the voting results began trickling in and were read […]

The election race is heating up in Calgary. Thanks to a resigning mayor and a few popular talking points – including a battle over the installation of a traffic tunnel at the airport and the building of a controversial downtown pedestrian bridge – there are murmurs that there’s a sweeping wind of change en route […]

Sometimes life is about experience and using that experience to help you in your future. Even if you don’t realize it at the time. Little did I know that covering the World Cup in South Africa this last summer would prepare me for shooting a teen idol concert back home in Calgary three months later. […]

A quick scan of some of my assignments from last week for the Herald revealed an unintended theme. Eyes might be the windows of the soul but they’re also handy at expressing emotion or getting a point across. Whether it’s a tiger letting a photographer know that he’s close enough while he’s gathering images to […]