Free Spirit Weddings

09/09/2026

This is fu***ng crazy. 😂 I took the first photo sitting in my car and picked “Tulum” literally because I thought my earrings looked a little bohemian. That was the entire creative direction. Swipe to see what AI did with it.

09/01/2026

Last night we were reading books and Ruby asked me what we were going to do tomorrow. I said, “Do you want to do a photo shoot? I’ll wave your hair, you can put on your dress and we’ll take some pictures in the front yard.”

She said yes, and literally the first thing she said to me this morning was, “Mommy, don’t forget about the photo shoot.”

So I waved her hair, because she LOVES when I do it, she put on her dress, and we spent maybe three minutes taking pictures in the front yard. Then we came inside, pulled down the backdrop in the dining room and she held Chino for approximately as long as Chino was willing to participate.

08/25/2026

One time, I was heading to a movie set when I looked at the call sheet and saw that number one was listed simply as: **Mya.**

And I was like… Mya? Does Mya have a last name? Is she in witness protection? Who is Mya?

One of the ADs goes, “You know—Mya. *My Love Is Like…Wo*, *Ghetto Supastar*…”

I’m sorry, WHAT? You mean **Mya the singer, Mya?!**

Apparently, I was about to meet her—and photograph her for an hour—and nobody thought to warn me.

She’d already worked a full day on set, and I think we shot her gallery around 12:30 in the morning, in the basement of some old college or school in Hamilton.

In my head, I had a whole plan: set up the studio, play some music, get her comfortable, make her laugh… and then casually put on *Ghetto Supastar* and start singing it to her.

And then, obviously, Mya would join in.

And we’d just be standing there singing *Ghetto Supastar* together while I thought, *Yeah, f**k yeah. I’m a fu***ng genius.*

Unfortunately, the basement had zero reception, and the only music downloaded on my phone was a David Bowie mix and some disco.

Which was still cool—but I did not get to sing one of Mya’s songs with Mya, and ..... I’m still a little sad about it.

Anyway, here’s a photo of her from that night. ❤️

08/25/2026

08/20/2026

You don’t need to become more powerful.

You already are.

You don’t need to somehow manufacture confidence or wait until you finally become the version of yourself who’s brave enough, successful enough, thin enough, experienced enough, whatever-the-f**k enough.

The work is actually figuring out what made you believe you weren’t enough in the first place.

Because we collect so much s**t along the way. Things people said to us. Things that happened when we were kids. Rejection. Failure. Embarrassment. Other people’s opinions. And eventually we start treating all of it like evidence of who we are.

It’s not.

It’s debris.

And sometimes we get so used to carrying it that we build an entire identity around it.

“I’m just not confident.”
“I’ve never been good at that.”
“I’m not the kind of person who…”
“I could never…”

Maybe none of that is actually true.

Maybe you’ve just repeated it for so long that it feels true.

And I think there comes a point where you have to ask yourself: are you actually willing to let that version of yourself go?

Because there’s something strangely comfortable about staying small. You don’t have to risk as much. You don’t have to be seen. You don’t have to find out what happens if you actually go for the thing you keep saying you want.

But your confidence isn’t missing.

Your power isn’t missing.

It might just be buried underneath a whole lot of s**t that was never yours to carry in the first place.

Anyway. That one hit me today.
Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

07/26/2026

I’ve been a professional photographer for 16+ years. I own more cameras and lenses than I care to admit… probably close to $60,000 worth of gear.

And yet… some of my favourite photos of my own family were taken on my old iPhone 14 with a $20 tripod and a little Bluetooth remote.

Are they perfect? Nope.

One kid blinked. One refused to smile. Someone got their hair pulled. There was definitely a fight. 😂

But that’s kind of the point.

I don’t do these little cellphone photo shoots because I’m trying to create perfect family photos. I do them because they’re an excuse for us to spend an hour together.

We take a few pictures, skip stones, play with the metal detector, chase each other around, and somehow those evenings end up being some of my favourite memories.

When I was growing up, there aren’t a lot of photos of me. It’s something I’ve always wished I had more of.

So maybe that’s why I do this now.

I want my girls to grow up knowing they were photographed not because everything was perfect… but because they were loved. Because they mattered enough for us to stop what we were doing and say, “Let’s remember this.”

Photos aren’t really about what you looked like.

They’re proof that you were here. That you belonged. That someone loved you enough to make sure you’d have something to look back on one day.

And honestly… I think that’s worth way more than perfect.

07/24/2026

Kind of a cool moment to spot my work in the wild!!! Came across this while walking my dog.... When I was planning this shoot, the goal wasn't just to take a nice group photo. We wanted the lawyers to feel approachable, genuine, and human....but they also want to know you can stand your ground when it matters.

That's why I lit it the way I did. The soft light keeps it warm and approachable, while the deeper shadow adds a bit of strength and edge.

07/22/2026

How I think through branding.... conversation to creative concepts

07/14/2026

Walking into a shoot like this is always interesting because I literally don’t know anybody.

Five people. Different companies. Different personalities. Never met.

Then it’s basically my job to somehow make them look like they’ve worked together forever.

That’s the challenge I actually love.

I’m watching people the second they walk in. Who’s shy? Who’s the loud one? Who’s uncomfortable? Who’s going to loosen everyone else up?

Once people stop thinking about how they look and start laughing, that’s when the good photos happen.

That’s the stuff I love. The camera is honestly the easy part. Getting people to forget it’s even there… that’s where the magic happens.

07/13/2026

I had her in a day camp that just didn’t sit right. So we ditched it. Now we bike around, get slushies, and I soak up these moments