Scotch Line Landfill

Late last summer I was sent on assignment by Cottage Life magazine to photograph the Scotch Line Landfill in Minden, Ontario. All I knew going into the shoot was that there were apparently bears, lots of bears, and also garbage, lots of garbage.

What I also found were two incredibly nice and enthusiastic employees, lots of interesting piles of one man’s trash, another man’s treasure. And at the very end of the night Scotch Line became African ‘Bear’ Safari, with droves of family’s lined up to watch the bears chomp on trash.


Chip Zdarsky

Hanging out with Chip Zdarsky the other day was fun, like.. really fun. The co-creator and artist of Time
magazine’s 2013 comic of the year Sex Criminals is incredibly talented and just brimming with creativity.
Crude drawings, aviator sunglasses, and rubber ducks made for a memorable photoshoot.

Not only is Chip an incredible artist, but he’s also a brilliant and hilarious writer as well. Which is probably why Marvel Comics chose him to write a new comic for one of their classic characters Howard the Duck, who made a recent appearance in one of the biggest films of 2014 Guardians of the Galaxy.


Owen Pallett

I was first introduced to Owen Pallett ten years ago when he was still known as Final Fantasy, he played to a crowd of about 30 people at The Ford Plant in Brantford, Ontario. Strolling into the tiny venue with a huge medical boot attached to his right leg, he quickly set up his gear, sat in a chair and started playing.

Never in my life had I seen someone use a violin in this way, playing it like a guitar at times, stomping on a pedal to loop incredible melodies, along with one of the most beautiful voices I had ever heard.

Here are a few shots from his most recent double performance at Lee’s Palace.


Apothecary 87

Happy new year!

Well 2014 has officially come and gone, and the first thing I wanted to do moving into the new year was get a shoot under my belt. I had been planning to work with Tyler for a couple months, and I couldn’t be happier with the images we ended up with from my first shoot of 2015.

Apothecary 87 is a UK based company that deals in beard oils and waxes that will apparently “make you feel like the manliest man of all man time!”

Model - Tyler Berman
MU/Hair - Alina Dee


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