Thoughts Today on Being White
Today I find myself still reeling over yesterday's news of the Muslim family that were run over in London, ON - a family that was simply...
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Dancing Across The Line
I'm always so happy to hear from dancers who I watched grow up through the lens of my camera. The most recent to reach out and say hello...
"It's just a jump to the left..."
...and then a step to the ri-i-i-ight..." Yes, Kelowna Actors Studio is at again, remounting their production of Rocky Horror Picture...
Little Mermaid A Delight
Once again, "work" was anything but work as I have the privilege of photographing Kelowna Actors Studio's The Little Mermaid. Lavish set,...
What Are You Reading?
How my grandfather created an addict
Shortlisted
Super excited to announce that I've been shortlisted for the Event magazine's Speculative Fiction contest. Winners announced June 27, so...
Dancing Around the World
Back in 2010, I had the privilege of getting to photograph dancer Jocelyn Burns when she was still a young teen dancing at the Canadian...
Mental Illness Brought to Light
As someone who reviewed the arts in Kelowna for more than 25 years, I have had the privilege of getting to see a lot of theatre...
Elf
What a blast getting to photograph the musical Elf for Kelowna Actors Studio this week! Can't remember the last time I laughed so hard at...
Dancing on the Mountain
Did a great photo shoot with Ballet Kelowna dancer Kurt Werner up at the top of Knox Mountain here in Kelowna. Then we moved into town...
Young Frankenstein
Another great photo shoot at Kelowna Actors Studio, this time around, the dress rehearsal for Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein. It never...
Dog Breath
Super happy to announce my latest short fiction piece to be accepted for publication is now online. The story is called Dog Breath and...
NYC Midnight FF from NL
Well, I decided to enter the NYC Midnight Flash Fiction contest this year. The way it works is, you have 48 hours to come up with a story...
I didn't win BUT ...
I am ecstatic to report that I did earn an honourable mention in the Peter Hinchcliffe Short Story contest and that The New Quarterly...
Carmen Goes Punk
Absolutely loved every minute of photographing Opera Kelowna's latest production of Bizet's classic opera, Carmen. Barbara King in the...
Super Exciting News!
OK, so I am OVER THE MOON excited about this: I just got an email from The New Quarterly magazine to let me know my short story, Things...
Abba-solutely Awesome!
It's been a week since I was hired to photograph the dress rehearsal of Kelowna Actor's Studio's summer blockbuster production of Mamma...
Barkerville
I was asked to write a feature story on Barkerville for the BC region's Forever Young magazine. Sadly, I wasn't able to travel all the...
Tarina Soars!
I was asked by a former Ballet Kelowna dancer if I would work with her to get some new shots for her portfolio, so Tarina and I met...
circus
I wanted to share the link to this creative non-fiction piece I had published recently. I originally started writing it right after the...