Photographer and videographer specializing in creating impactful editorial, Conservation and scientific storytelling visuals for the research, academic, non-profit and film sectors.
As a trained marine biologist and social scientist, I provide a perspective that allows me to successfully translate and showcase your organization’s work into meaningful visual tools for a range of applications. An accomplished aquanaut, with over 25 years of experience as a diver, I provide unparalleled diving expertise and know-how for the most challenging projects.
I offer visual project consultation, planning and post-processing services for both above and below the waves as well as an assortment of photography, underwater, aerial, and dive equipment for hire.
My photographs have appeared in peer-reviewed scientific literature, media outlets including The Globe And Mail, Hakai Magazine, The Conversation, Eco Magazine, DIVER, Oceanographic Magazine and CBC News while my film work has been featured on CBC Television and the History Channel.
PROJECTS
Dr. Kristina Boerder, CERI Lead, collects eelgrass seeds along Nova Scotia’s coastline for restoration trials.
HIDDEN IN THE GRASS: A YEAR IN ATLANTIC CANADA'S EELGRASS ECOSYSTEMS
Eelgrass are climate heroes, able to remove carbon 35x faster than rainforests by sequestering oceanic or blue carbon deep into the sediment via extensive root systems. They also form expansive meadows that protect coastlines and provide critical habitats for a wide diversity of species such as eel and lobster, both important for Indigenous communities and commercial fisheries. Climate change is also negatively impacting eelgrass, up to 1/3 of which may be in decline in the Atlantic region. With Canada warming twice as fast as the world average, it is urgently important that both the public and policymakers gain awareness of the vast ecological and societal benefits eelgrass provide, and take action to support their conservation. As a 2023 Trebek Initiative grantee, I will be working in tandem with the Community Eelgrass Restoration Initiative (CERI) and other regional stakeholders to tell the story of eelgrass meadows over the course of four seasons on Canada’s Atlantic Coast, and support CERI as they assess eelgrass' blue carbon potential and carry out restoration studies.
Coastal Access - Nova Scotia
The Coastal Access Project is a research-based initiative that will explore how changes to coastal access affects the way people access, live by, and explore the coast. The objective of this project is to foster greater public understanding of coastal access in Nova Scotia, and explore solutions to the challenges that are emerging. The Coastal access project is supported with a grant from the Royal Canadian Geographic Society.
PHOTOGRAPHY
Enhance your mission and policy objectives through impactful imagery by effectively communicating your stories to collaborators, project partners and the public.
Lost lobster trap identification bands collected along Nova Scotia’s shores
FILMS
OPEN SEASON (2024)
Hawksbills and green sea turtles travel thousands of miles to feed and nest among Grenada's offshore islands. Yet, in the face of extinction, they remain largely unprotected, enduring one of the Caribbean’s longest open hunting seasons. Open Season is the story of a dedicated team of freediving fishermen and researchers working tirelessly to protect Grenada’s remaining sea turtles in one of the last true ocean wilderness of the Eastern Caribbean.
A film by Nicolas Winkler in association with Ocean Spirits (www.oceanspirits.org) and in collaboration with the fishermen of St. Patrick's and wildlife veterinarian Dr. Kenrith Carter, DVM. Research conducted under permit.