1. Years behind the lens?
I picked up a camera over six years ago and I’ve been shooting full time for three years now.
2. Favorite camera and camera accessory?
I don’t have a favorite camera, but my favorite lenses are the Canon 16-35 F/2.8 and the Sigma 20mm F/1.4. My favorite camera accessories would be the Peak Design series of attachments and straps.
3. Describe your photography style in a sentence.
My photography style is a reflection of my passions, layered with adventure, travel, landscapes, sports and the personalities that find meaning from the same sources.
4. Who inspires you or your photography?
From day one of picking up my camera, I’ve been inspired by French landscape photographer, Xavier Jamonet. His work is breathtaking. The way he creates unique compositions that interplay with beautiful light inspires me and drives me to push myself further. Alexandre Deschaumes is another French photographer that has sculpted my direction in the industry, forming my passion for photographing mountains. His work reflects the way I feel in the mountains, a feeling so few can replicate. Both of these photographers have influenced my career enormously.
5. What’s your favorite place to photograph?
My favorite place to photograph is Mount Assiniboine. I first saw this wild mountain six years ago in a friend’s photo and I’ve been lucky enough to photograph this remote mountain 14 times now. It’s one of the most beautiful mountains I’ve ever seen.
6. What’s your most memorable shot?
On my six or seventh visit to Mount Assiniboine I got my most memorable photo. I really had to work for this one. It involved a failed 27km hike from a remote entrance where the trail was now a river, hours spent driving to a helipad to fly in, missing the helicopter and having to hike another 27km from another entrance. We arrived to our backcountry cabin exhausted but the light was so perfect, we hiked another 7km up a mountain to a beautiful viewpoint overlooking the valley. Everything came together in the last hour of that day. Golden light lit the mountains and I left with a few portfolio photos, this self-portrait being one of them.
7. What piece of advice do you wish you had received when you first started photography?
The piece of advice I wish I had received when I first started out is that photography is not about the equipment, the camera, the lenses, all the other material things people fuss over. It’s purely about creativity and capturing a moment that reflects how you feel. I learned this early on in my career but wish I was told straight away.
