At the end of July, a group of fourteen of us photographers and adventurers hopped into a heli and flew deep into the backcountry, to a spot bordering on Banff National Park.

Over the years, I’ve spent countless hours capturing the Columbia River, Lower Arrow Lake, and the vantage points overlooking Castlegar. These landscapes have shaped my creative vision in so many ways. It’s long served as a reminder that you don’t always have to travel far to find subjects to photograph…

One of my favourite things about photography has been how many different perspectives you can capture of familiar locations. Whether that is by visiting locations in different seasons, times of day, shooting low, or shooting from up high. I’ve been lucky enough over the years to have gotten up into the air…