I am now freelancing in Vancouver while continueing to edit my work from Africa and line up more in-depth projects in BC. Here is a shot from an assignment Monday to photograph Arthur Griffiths, who is the Liberal candidate in the Vancouver-Burrard provincial by-election, being held today.

Vancouver businessman Arthur Griffiths, former owner of the Canucks and Grizzlies is trading the luxury box for the ballot box. Brett Beadle for National Post

I went out with the coast guard auxiliary the other day and had a blast, here’s  a shot of a sailboat under stormy skies and one of me goofing around.

I realized recently I haven’t posted any of my photography from my work as a Staff Photographer at the Richmond News for quite some time. I guess the timing of my decision to take off to Rwanda wasn’t too random at all, as my focus in photography has drifted to some of my outside personal and freelance work. Anyways, here is a very simple portrait I made today of artist Jason Froese. His work is based on historical photographic images of prospectors and colonialists from Western Canada, and is some of the cooler art I have seen on the job.

Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Leber. You two are an amazing couple and it was a pleasure photographing your wedding.
Location: Cecil Green at the University of British Columbia, Spanish Banks. Click on a photo to see it bigger.

One of my favs from a recent fashion shoot, although it doesn’t show off much of the clothes, her eyes were mesmerizing.

Check out Tim Gruber’s blog http://www.timgruber.com/blog/2008/08/13/fear-of-failure/

He talks about something that I think about quite a bit, and probably everyone else at some point or to some degree. Overcoming failure is a huge element in life and those who roll with the punches will probably get the most out of it. Looking back to many months ago when I was passed up for the Jack Websters Seeing Through New Eyes Fellowship I thought my chances of going to Africa were pretty dismal. But now, I’m off, doing it my own way, and I couldn’t be happier.

Congrats go out to the happy couple, I had a blast shooting their wedding. A selection of a few of the shots I have go through so far, I still have a lot more to edit!

Another shot from a project I am working on at the Richmond News, which will hopefully run in the coming weeks. Rick Hansen is a hero and inspiration to many, and is a Canadian icon. In this brief interview he explains his history and some of the work that the Rick Hansen Foundation is doing.

I grabbed a lightstand and my camera out of the back of my car on the way back into Vancouver last night, and met up with some friends to take in the fireworks. There was no wind, so the smoke seemed to just sit out in English Bay, which made it fairly difficult to get decent shots, but here is a time-lapse of 100 shots in 8 seconds.

I was lucky enough to go cruising around in English Bay with Jed and Kel the other day, and we originally going to take a smaller 3-person sailboat, which would have been difficult for my camera, but we ended up taking out the big boat, and thank god! The winds picked up a soon as we got out on the ocean, had a few beers, snapped a few photos, nothing better! Ah, Vancouver, what a city.