C'est la vie; a visual journal of my explorations of Montreal and Paris earlier this summer.

I had just recently gotten my Minolta MC Rokkor-PG 58mm f1.2 lens cleaned and fixed and I finally got to play around with it. My lovely friend was willing to get up early with me and go to the Abbotsford Tulip Festival to take some test portrait shots. The flowers were all in full bloom and the vibrancy of all the colours took my breath away. I am always in awe of how flowers grow, bloom and fade away, participating in this cycle of life over and over again. It is one of th

I was eager to check off another coffee shop from my list using the Siply app. This time I visited Spade on Commercial Drive. I have passed by this coffee shop so many times, but every time I would just keep on walking by, saying to myself that I would visit another time. Finally, today was the day I intentionally drove all the way from Langley to check it out! It is a super cute space and I was pleasantly surprised to see a lot of tables and seating areas. It was fairly busy

It has been a long time since I've had a Saturday free of plans. It was an absolutely beeeeeautiful day and I was itching to explore, do some work, write up some blog posts, and do some street photography. First, I made my way downtown to do some coffee shop hopping using Vancouver Coffee Snob's new mobile app, Siply! I saved $0.57 today on my flat white at Quantum Coffee using the Small Subscription Plan -- $30 for 35 credits which pays for roughly 8-12 drinks. Pretty dang g

In February I had the wonderful opportunity to go to Malibu Camp along the Sunshine Coast of BC with my Young Life leader team. I'd take cold Malibu over hot Malibu any day. Hands down! Malibu is a Young Life Camp and it is simply breathtaking. With no internet and no mobile service, I was completely disconnected from the outside world. Yet, I had never felt so connected in my whole life; connected with my team, connected with nature, connected with God. It was an experience

This photo session was with one sweet lady who I have had the pleasure of knowing for quite a few years now. I've seen her grow up to be this wonderful and beautiful woman after God's own heart. She is graduating this year (SAY WHATTT) and I know the Lord has so many amazing plans for her. It was a gorgeous day out in Maple Ridge for this shoot, but it was still incredibly cold and windy. Nevertheless, we didn't let the weather stop us from having fun with this! I used a mixt

An old co-worker of mine reached out to me with the vision for a portrait session that was outside my comfort zone. She showed me some inspiration photos of a grungy and moody type of photo style and I was totally on board to capture something I was not used to photographing. She wanted me to photograph her epic hairstyle that she had done up in braided corn rows and was going to take them out soon. So we were in a bit of a time crunch. We were all set to go, chose a location

I had the pleasure of photographing an old coworker of mine awhile back between the seasons of winter and spring. Snow was still on the ground, but the air was warm with the signs of spring. It was a unique environment and we were able to create a lovely gallery of images that was reminiscent of the coming spring season. #fujifilm #fujifilmxt1 #ishootfujifilm #fujifeed #fujilove