04/22/2026
I haven’t blogged in a really long while, but I think I am ready to start sharing more regularly again! All the things I have been up to this past while haven’t really been seen, or shared. I have sincerely been focused on living life and pursuing the types of photography projects that really make my heart sing and so I’ve not really took the time to document things. It’s time I started catching up!
I hope you enjoy the updates I have planned, and that you get to know me and my business a little better for it!
This past summer I took part in a workshop lead by an industry leader. Dave Brosha Photography. A mentor that I have looked up to for over a decade - ever since he said something along the lines of - Most people will tell you that you have to specialize in one type of photography to become a successful professional, but NOT ME.
That statement resonated on a chord that really struck home. I have never been drawn to only one genre of photography.
I strive to capture essences - of people, of places, of things.
Of moments in time.
So when I saw in early 2023 that Dave was coming to Kelowna in 2025 with Wayne Simpson Photography to co-teach a workshop, I bit the bullet, invested what felt like a small fortune out of my, let’s be totally honest here… minuscule savings in my business account, and anxiously awaited my turn to be in his presence again. To reignite my creative passion!
Dave Brosha and Wayne Simpson lead their portraiture series called “Character” here in the Okanagan in July. The last portraiture workshop I attended lead by Dave was called “Creative Bootcamp” WAAAY back in 2014. I had loved that one, so I was very excited to attend this three day series. It paralleled the type of portraiture that I strive to do. Capture the Character of your subject. Do it indoors or out, and do it well.
Our first day, it poured rain, like cats and dogs style rain… which, if you know anything about the Okanagan Valley in July - was a total fluke. It’s a desert climate here, and it’s not uncommon to go literally months without rain in the summer time. So we took it in stride and decided to stay in our venue, Wines to photograph our subjects indoors, with a single light. It was a wonderful and diverse venue to play around in and get to know the new equipment we’d be using for the series.
The models that Dave and his team finds, I have found, are always diverse and very interesting.
On this day I connected with three wonderful Characters!
Margo - a bubbly creator, with a kind deep soul
Bill - a gruff local mountaineer, who’s facade I was determined to crack
and Sam - a salt of the earth cowboy with an incredible life’s tale
This is a collection of some of my favourite captures, and edits from that day. Please let me know what you think in the comments!
