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Times Colonist Cover Photo - Avatar Grove Protected!

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What an exciting time! I'm thrilled and relieved to be able to celebrate that just last week the Avatar Grove was officially protected from logging! Above is the iconic photo of "Canada's Gnarliest Tree" on the cover of last Friday's Times Colonist. It's been incredible seeing how things evolved so quickly from when myself and a friend first stumbled upon the grove for the first time just over 2 years ago as an unknown place to it becoming the hottest old-growth campaign of the decade! Great to be able to walk through the giant redcedars and Douglas-firs now knowing that they will most likely be there when we return. Victory!

"Seeing the Forest for the Trees" - Photo Exhibit 2011

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My joint photo exhibit Seeing the Forest for the Trees has just come to a close after two great weeks on display at Dales Gallery in Victoria's Chinatown. The show, featuring forest themed images from myself and local photographer Don Denton, saw hundreds of people come through and was even featured on Shaw TV's "The Daily".  This was my first full gallery showing and I'm stoked to do it again! Below are some shots from the exhibit and the opening night launch. Thanks to everyone who came by to take a look and to those who purchased prints! Full proceeds from my images are going to the Ancient Forest Alliance.

Thank you to Alison at Dales Gallery for hosting the show!

A big thanks also goes to Toby Trembath from Newport Reality for sponsoring the costs of the large canvas prints and to Terry from ArtBox for doing the actual printing.

Opening night reception - what an awesome evening!

The opening night also featured the launch of the new Ancient Brown Ale - a beer custom made for the Ancient Forest Alliance after winning the Phillips 2011 "Benefit Brew" contest!

Don Denton's photographs on display. Click here to see his blog post on the exhibit!

My image of  "Canada's Gnarliest Tree" in the Avatar Grove.

WestShore Magazine Cover - Fall/Winter 2011

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The 2011 Fall/Winter edition of WestShore Magazine was just released this week. I was fortunate enough to shoot the cover photo for the feature story on the Goldstream River's salmon run, the fish hatchery volunteers, and the environmental effects of the recent fuel spill. It was an interesting challenge setting up to shoot in the river - especially with a fisheye lens like the second angle below which wasn't used in the end. Grab a copy if you live out this way and take a read through!

Holy Wood

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An awesome book just arrived in my mailbox titled Holy Wood. The book, published in Germany, focuses on the relationship between forests and people and is filled with incredible paintings, sculptures, photos, and words about trees. I was excited to see one of my clearcut shots made the centerfold spread. With the amount on time spent online these days there's nothing like holding a well made book in your hand that's rich in thought and creativity. Looking forward to flipping the pages.

Cover Photo - Common Ground Magazine

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My shot of Canada's largest tree, the Cheewhat Giant, made the cover the August 2011 Common Ground! This massive ancient redcedar is over 6 meters (20 feet) wide, 56 meters (182 feet) tall, and 450 cubic meters in timber volume (or 450 regular telephone poles worth of wood). Thankfully, it grows just within the boundaries of the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve near Nitinat Lake on Vancouver Island.

To read the feature article inside follow this link: www.commonground.ca/iss/241/cg241_biggesttree.shtml

Sign the petition to help protect BC's endangered old-growth forests here: www.ancientforestpetition.com