Photography Gallery

One of the many abandoned gems in the Bristol, Quebec area. This old country church is slowly being ravaged by time.

Just across the ferry from where we live in Stittsville are beautiful pastoral farmlands near a small town named Bristol. This is what I like to call a target rich environment, as it is full of great shooting locations and abandoned houses.

A stunning heart shaped lake is nestled in the deep woods of Frontenac County. The only way to photograph this is to fly a drone, so one fall afternoon I went out and threw my drone up hoping to catch the magical colours of the season. I am very happy with the result. The exact location is here: See this spot on PIXEO If you visit, please be respectful and don't trespass on the local's land.

Haipua'ena Falls are a lovely hidden waterfall on the island of Maui in Hawai'i. This was one of my favorite shots I took during our visit to this paradise.

Taken at Tower Bridge in London, England in the UK. There is a nice little island to shoot from and features a great view for light trail photography. For this shot I was lucky enough to be sandwiched between two of the iconic double decker buses which created some of the best light trails I've ever been able to take. This is a 6 second exposure at f22 at ISO 200. Shot with my Canon 5DSR. I may have had my Variable neutral density filter on, but I can't remember. Hope you like it.

Tower Bridge at the tail end of Blue Hour with dramatic clouds. I spent a great deal of time sitting and waiting for the clouds to pass over and create just the right amount of separation. Pretty pleased with this one.

Photographed this fantastic view of St Paul's Cathedral and the London Skyline form a great publicly accessible terrace. The sun was setting beautifully over the city and I had lots of exposures to pick from. In the end this was my favourite. Highly recommend this photo location.

Often called Britain's Sistine Chapel, this stunning location features one of the most beautiful baroque interiors in all of Europe. Meticulously painted by Sir James Thornhill in the early 1700s, the work took 19 years to complete. The space was originally meant to be a grand dining hall for pensioners from the Royal Navy. Eventually, it began to be used as a ceremonial space and hosted events such as the lying in state of Lord Nelson in the 1800s. Today it is frequented by the public and tourists. Visitors can purchase tickets on the Old Royal Naval College website to visit the space. (Greenwich, London, England, UK)

This beautiful old Victorian-style mansion is found in an industrial part of Milton, just west of Toronto. The house features some beautiful styling, and a tower and is in a dilapidated state. It appears abandoned, but can't say for certain. The house is easily photographed from the side of the road. Find it's exact location with the PIXEO App in Milton, Ontario, Canada.

Shot early one morning from the Jackson Street Bridge in Atalnta, Georgia. This is a great photo location for capturign views of the city in the evening with light trails and beautiful twinkling city lights.

One of my favourite shots I was able to capture early one morning in Atlanta Georgia of the city skyline from Jackson Street Bridge.

Shot with a DJI Air 2S, the sun rises over Peggy's Cove Nova Scotia in the summer. I had a wonderful morning shooting the lighthouse and this is one of a series of images and videos I shot that morning.

I shoot Peggy's Cove a lot, and this is my most recent and current favourite attempt. Shot on a very early morning in the summer with my drone this remains one of my favourite photos I've ever taken.

This abandoned farmstead sits outside of Almonte in Ontario and is a popular local Instagram photographers location. It is far back from the road, so as soon as I got my drone, one of my fist shoots was to capture this closely without setting foot on the farmland.

Some fun I had shooting at Saunders Farm for Ottawa Tourism.

This lovely old farmhouse is beautifully framed by two trees in its front yard. Despite appearances it is not abandoned, but remains one of my favourites in the local area.

This is St. John the Baptist Anglican Church south of Ottawa. It is a historic wooden chapel that now sits abandoned, slowly falling into disrepair.

I tried to capture a unique angle of this old train bridge in Smith Falls, Ontario. Technically a bascule bridge it is a wonderful shooting location. It is hard to spot, but the young man is hidden in this photo. he was listening to some great music and taking in the river's beauty.

A ruin in the gardens of Mackenzie King Estate, it was formerly the facade of a bank building in Ottawa and moved to the gardens by Mackenzie King.

Our canoe sits on the water's edge at Wolf Lake in the Madawaska Highlands. I often go backcountry camping with my kids in Kawartha, and took a moment at the portage to capture this photo of the lake we had just crossed.

I confess, I think this mill is over-rated compared to other shooting gems inthe Ottawa area, but this is my take on the location. Watson’s Mill is an 1860s water-powered grist and flour mill built by Moss Kent Dickinson and Joseph Currier, who together founded the village of Manotick in Ontario, Canada.

Nova Scotia's most famous landmark, the iconic Peggy's Cove Lighthouse is a prime location fothe capture of sunsets and sunrises. I love this shot because while a long exposure, I still managed to capture a couple gathered on the rocks to watch the sunrise.

During one of my last military shooting jobs I captured this photo of HMCS Windsor as it sailed into Halifax Habour.

A Canadian Sailor aims his weapon during Naval Exercises off the coast of Nova Scotia.

A Canadian Sailor drives a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) in Halifax Harbor at night during Naval Exercises.

A group of sailors are hoisted aboard a ship during night exercises with the Royal Canadian Navy.

An early Spring sunrise in Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada behind the famous 3 churches. Yes, the skies were that orange. There is a fair bit of post applied to balance the tones, and I may have added some magenta to the sky. But this image is not misrepresenting the fiery sky that early spring morning.

We discovered this during some backwoods wandering for PIXEO. It's one of my favourite shots and to me looks like a postcard. The building dates back to 1840 and was classified as a heritage building in 1977.

This beautiful landmark in Barrie Ontario overlooks Lake Simcoe. Th sculpture is the work of sculptor Ron Baird and is an iconic Barrie Landmark. This shot was taken standing on the roof of my SUV early one morning as the sun came up over Lake Simcoe.

Tulips grow in the wild yard of an abandoned home damaged by fire in Barrie, Ont. This house is gone now, but was once in the heart of an industrial part of the city. It remains one of my favourite abandoned location photographs.

An autumn shot of National Gallery of Canada taken from Major's Hill Park.

This beautiful antique store and artisan building in an old barn was a definite stop the car moment as we explored along the St. Lawrence Seaway in Quebec.

The Uplift Sculpture by Jill Anholt at Lansdowne Park in Ottawa, Ontario. For this image I was experimenting with creating a cartoonish contrast in th eprocessing to make a photo almost seem graphical via contrast edges.

A wonderful hidden shooting gem in Toronto, the Museum Subway Station was a fantastic place to practice light trail photography.

A view of the harbour from Shaw's Landing in East Dover, Nova Scotia. This was captured again early one morning while making my way back to Halifax from Peggy's Cove.

A medieval cobblestone alleyway with St. Peters Church in the background in Riga, Latvia.

Another favourite Nova Scotia locaiton for me. Getting to the beach was the biggest challenge of this shoot. There is a trial, but you will need PIXEO to find it. The beautiful rock formations at Cape Split on the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia.

While out shooting with my son and attempting to capture wind turbine photos we happened across this beautiful abandoned home along the side of the road. To our good luck a turkey vulture took the same opportunity to dry its wings in the sun.

Home of Ontario's first bishop, Rev. Alexander McDonnell. Built in 1808. Later became Iona College, the first college in Ontario.

One of my favourite places to visit is Old Quebec. This is a view of the Notre-Dame Chapel that I believe is one of the oldest churches in Canada.

An experiment in high-key portraiture I captured this shot of my daughter with a bedsheet and some carefully arranged lighting.

One of my favourite pics of a SOF operator in Afghanistan. When I worked with CANSOFCOM it was difficult to take pictures as my primary role was Intelligence Imagery. This is an example of the sort of photo I would take that would obscure identities of the pers in the photo.

A silhouette of one of my colleagues taken during one of my tours in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

A pair of Afghans weld during a construction project in Afghanistan.

A gentlemen welds late into the evening during a construction project tin Afghanistan.

A Canadian Sailor does rifle checks during range practice aboard HMCS Iroquois in the Persian Gulf. Taken during one of my Naval Tours with the Royal Canadian Navy.

This photo features HMCS Iroquois (foreground), HMCS Regina (left rear), and HMNZS Te Mana in the Arabian Gulf in support of Operation “Apollo”, May 2003. It is one of my most popular images from my early career as a photojournalist in the Canadian Armed Forces.

Amphibious Readiness Group (ARG) cruises in close arrowhead formation. Shot during my first tour after Sept 11, 2001. This is an old one but has found its way into a number of publications and the Canadian War Museum.