Favourite Image of 2009

Transferring the light.

The moment was just so peaceful and touching. A beautiful ceremony in the forest on a quiet night. Thank you to all that have been involved in Freestone Spirit this past year. Happy New Year!

Baby's First Year - Eve is now 9 months old!

A real cutie, Eve is cheerful, active and becoming very inquisitive. A joyful way to spend part of an afternoon...rolling around and playing on the floor.


















A real cutie, Eve is cheerful, active and becoming very inquisitive. A joyful way to spend part of an afternoon...rolling around and playing on the floor.

Growing Fast

Eve at seven months. What a cutie!

Jainee and Timo - Album Slideshow

Jainee and Timo

A sneak peek


(click for larger image)

What a pleasure to photograph these two wonderful people on their most special day. The rain that was there for most of the day magically faded away for their beautiful evening ceremony under the trees.

I want to extend a special thank you to the families of Jainee and Timo; for your warmth and welcoming. I’m glad to have shared this evening with you.


Wedding in Abbotsford, British Columbia

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Fun in the Sun

Kelowna. Sandy beaches, plenty of sun and a beautiful lake for swimming. I love living here.



Canon MkIII, Canon 24-70 f/2.8 L, @48mm, f2.8, ISO 100

POST - Adobe Lightroom, Photomatix (HDR), Noise Ninga, Adobe Photoshop CS4

Baby’s First Year – Eve is now 4 months old

Eve is most certainly growing fast; a sweet little girl that we are following along with photos of her first year. Here are a few from the first months.

Small girls - Big hearts

Meet Jenna and Kiera. They have been pledging all birthday money to spinal cord research. I remember a birthday at their age being something wonderfully big and exciting. To give a big piece of that away...well, it’s inspiring. Their inspirational story is being told in an upcoming magazine published by the University of Calgary and I was fortunate enough to be the one they chose for the photography. It has been a pleasure to meet and work with you Robert, Lisa and especially you Kiera and you Jenna.

On A Mission

The first episode of “On A Mission” - a project by Freestone Spirit.
Enjoy! Comments and sharing is welcomed...

Baby Bump Party

Last night Sarah and I were privileged to get out to Dor’ann and Grant’s baby bump party. These guys are great friends of ours and it is wonderful to see them so happy and excited.





Thanks for a great evening everyone!

Connected to the rest of their beautiful family.

For our earth

Working with organizations that I have great respect for is an important part of my business philosophy.

With this I am proud to announce my new membership with “One percent for the planet”.



“1% for the Planet exists to build and support an alliance of businesses financially committed to creating a healthy planet.”

I am proud to now be part of this program.
You may click on their banner above which will drive you to their website.

Cool shift

It has been busy around the office lately getting ready for the exciting upcoming months! I have been getting out and shooting - I wanted to share this time lapse piece made from a dusk shoot on the Okanagan Lake shoreline. Enjoy!



The full sized version is quite striking in HD 1080!

Chasing the sun

Here in the Okanagan we’ve been wallowing under a phenomenon called valley cloud. Many days without sunshine . . . Depressing. However, it is escapable! Just a half-hours drive up into the mountains you break through and into the sunshine! Sarah, Echo, Ati and I took some time to get out and soak in some rays, chase each other around on the ice and do a little fishing. Sure, it isn’t quite like flying south, but it feels good just the same.

Okanagan Life Magazine – Jan/Feb 2009

The January/February issue of Okanagan Life Magazine is now available. I was privileged to be involved in three stories for this issue. First, I met with some of the wonderful Kelowna hospice volunteers, providing the images for “Death is a Beautiful Life” – a touching piece written by Ross Freake.


Freestone Spirit Photography also provided images for “Green with Inspiration”, a story of vision, commitment and love of a wonderful Okanagan couple, Colleen and Darrell Bachman. (Kickspike Website)


Thirdly, we began what I hope to be a regular column called “One Day”. One day, one place, one experience – all in the spirit of sharing.


Thank you everyone!

Time well spent

Holidays and family.
Smiles and laughter.
Love you all.