Jason began
working as an interpretive guide after falling in love with Churchill, Manitoba
while on assignment in 2016.
Prior to
becoming a guide, Jason served as the chief photographer to the Canadian Prime Minister,
as a photographer for Canada's Olympic Team, and as a photojournalist covering
domestic and international news events in countless countries. He was also named the Ontario Newspaper Awards, Photojournalist of the Year for 2001, 2002, 2004.
His passion
for wildlife and landscape photography comes as no surprise. Although his focus
was on people and events for most of his career, Jason's first love has always
been the outdoors. Jason now splits his time between Churchill, Antarctica and
his home in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
Sharing
unique experiences with inquisitive guests, budding photographers and wildlife
enthusiasts is what truly drives him.
After years immersed in the speed and precision of digital photography, I found myself disconnected from the medium that first ignited my passion. The ease of pixels and computers had dulled the tactile joy of creating something by hand. I began to crave a slower, more deliberate process—one that required presence, patience, and intention.
That search brought me back to my roots: film. Today, I work almost exclusively with medium and large format film cameras, drawn to the discipline and care they demand.
Influenced by Ansel Adams and other masters of the medium, I aim to capture people and places not as fleeting moments, but as lasting studies of light, form, and emotion. Each exposure is a quiet commitment—a meditation—requiring precise composition, measured light, and a slowing down that digital rarely invites.
This return to film and alternative processes isn’t about nostalgia; it’s about reconnecting with photography as an act of observation rather than replication. In a culture of immediacy, working with film allows me to be still, to see more deeply, and to create with greater honesty.
These images are more than photographs—they are hand-crafted experiences of place and presence. In rediscovering the tactile, intentional process of film, I’ve rediscovered my passion for the medium itself.
