Work has been insane lately. Stressful, overwhelming, nonstop. And in the middle of it all, sometimes I just need to… bird. Yes, I am one of those people—the kind who keeps a camera beside her at all times, just in case something interesting appears outside the window. And honestly? I don’t even feel a little bit bad about it. Because lately, I’ve needed it. When the anxiety creeps in and my mind won’t quiet down, I look outside. I watch. I wait. And then something shifts. Th

This morning, I headed out to Coles Beach in Saanich, BC at low tide with one simple hope—to spot surf scoters. And wow… did they show up. A large school easily 40 to 50 birds floated just offshore, intermixed with a group of lesser scaup. From a distance, they bobbed together like a living mosaic, shifting and turning with the rhythm of the ocean. When I managed to isolate a few in my lens, I couldn’t help but smile their bold black-and-white patterning and those bright oran

There’s something about an overcast holiday day that calls for an adventure. Not sunshine. Not perfection. Just the quiet pull of the wild. So Finn, my Aunt, and I piled into the car with a simple goal in mind: find Roosevelt Elk in Youbou, BC. Of course… nature had its own plans. Rain followed us the entire way. Elk are elusive on the best of days—and in the rain? Even more so. But that’s the thing about wildlife photography… you go anyway. Because you never know. We made a