For over two decades, I have dedicated my life to education sharing knowledge, fostering curiosity, and nurturing growth in the classroom. But long before I became a teacher, I was a traveller with a camera, chasing light and landscapes across the world. Travel photography was my first creative love, and it taught me to see, really see, the world around me.

Life, as it does, shifted my priorities. I set the camera aside to raise my children, trading distant horizons for the quieter, deeper adventure of family. But the natural world never stopped calling. When I returned to photography seriously, about twelve years ago, something had changed in me. The sweeping landscapes and bustling markets that once captivated me gave way to a more patient, more intimate kind of seeing. I turned my lens toward wildlife and I never looked back.

The quiet edge of a frozen lake.
The low wingbeat of an owl through black spruce.

The sudden breath of a moose rising in morning light.
The fox kit pausing just long enough to remind us that wild lives are unfolding
all around us, whether we are paying attention or not.

Every time I step into the Boreal Forest, I am reminded how much there is still to learn. A sound I have never heard before. A behaviour I have never witnessed. A fleeting interaction that opens a small window into a much larger world.

The Boreal Forest, one of the last great forests on earth, has captured my soul. It is a place of resilience and fragility, of deep cold and sudden abundance, of long silences broken by wingbeats, calls, tracks, and movement. It is a place where time slows down, where the rhythms of the natural world take over, and where I feel connected to something much older and much larger than myself.

My photography is rooted in that connection.

Through my lens, I strive to tell the stories of the wildlife that call this northern landscape home. The owls, bears, foxes, moose, birds, and countless overlooked lives that move through this forest with purpose, instinct, and grace. I am drawn not only to beauty, but to the quiet moments that reveal character. Survival. Tenderness. Tension. Patience. The smallest gestures that tell us who these animals are, not just what they look like. My subjects may lack the exotic appeal of gorillas or elephants on the world stage, but they are no less extraordinary.

My work is also grounded in responsibility.

I believe wildlife photography should never come at the expense of wildlife. Ethical field practices, patience, and respect for the animal always come first. The photograph matters, but the life in front of the lens matters more.

That commitment to conservation is at the heart of everything I do. As a photography team member with the Canadian Conservation Photographers Collective, I work alongside other photographers across the country to use visual storytelling in support of conservation and science education. I also contribute my work to conservation initiatives, write about threatened and endangered species and habitats for PhotoWILD magazine, and continue to focus much of my storytelling on the Boreal Forest and the wildlife whose futures are tied to its survival.