Alastair Bird was born and raised in Vancouver on the West Coast of Canada. His parents bought him a camera for Christmas when he was a young boy and he hasn’t looked back since.  

In the ensuing years, Alastair has built up a considerable roster of clients including Air Canada, Vancity, BC Hydro, BC Ferries, and Telus, among others. He has also been recognized for his photography in Applied Arts, The Lotus Awards as well as other awards.

Although he is fully comfortable with digital imaging, Alastair loves to shoot film. From his grandfather’s Leica to an old large-format camera he received from a friend, Alastair shoots as much film as he can, but generally only for personal work. He finds the slow pace of film is a great counter-point to the immediacy of digital imaging.

When he isn’t in the studio, Alastair spends as much time as he can in the mountains surrounding Vancouver, with his wife and his two daughters - his muses - who both factor greatly in his work.

Currently based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Waldy has been a successful commercial and editorial photographer for the past 26 years, in demand not only for making people and product look their best, but also their most extreme, intense, stunning and wild.

Well-known for his sensual yet strong portrayal of women, athletes, musicians, and people in the loop, Waldy is favoured by advertisers and magazines alike, looking to give their stories and ads a sexier, edgy look. He is comfortable and competent with all aspects of production and creative to the final piece no matter the scope or scale of the project.

Rick Etkin is Vancouver-based photographer specialised in advertising, lifestyle and people photography. Rick cherishes photography as a mean of expression and a source of art and commerce in his life that allows him to tell stories and communicate ideas and thoughts. 

"I always seek an emotional response to my images, personal or assignment related. To create imagery that stirs …memories, desires, compassion, involvement, fun, or other connections with the viewer", says Rick.

The list of his clients includes renown brands like Adidas-Salomon AG, Air New Zealand, BMW, Coca-Cola Canada, National Geographic Society, Nike, and the biggest advertisements agencies like BBDO, Grey New York, Ogilvy & Mather NYC and Young & Rubicam. His recent projects for Canadian Tire and HCMA Design showcase the range of Rick’s lifestyle, people and still life on location.

Discover more images on his website.

CAPIC (Canadian Association of Professional Image Creators) Vancouver Chapter is the collective voice and advocate for over 200 professional photographers, illustrators, digital artists, emerging talent and students in the Vancouver area. We are part of a National, not-for-profit association dedicated to safeguarding and promoting the rights and interests of our members.

CAPIC Vancouver works hard to maintain industry standards, build community, fight for copyright protection, and much more. As a professional association, our mission is to promote quality, creativity, education as well as sustainable business practices.

CAPIC Vancouver has an active calendar of social, business and art events found at Capic Vancouver page and at CAPIC website.

Peter Holst is a commercial and portrait photographer with a developed sense for visual narratives. Peter is located in Vancouver, and shoots for advertising, editorial and corporate clients.

Winner of the Applied Arts Photography & Illustration Awards, as well as the Summit International Awards. His work has been featured in Luerzer's Archive and Ads of the World, showcasing some of today's best advertising photography.

Visit his website to see more of his work.

THEY Produce is a photo production, motion and art buying company, based in Vancouver, Canada. THEY provide stills and motion-based/moving image content production, on location or in studio, in Vancouver or anywhere in Canada. 

As a boutique-size company, THEY make hands-on personalized production a priority. For their art buying services, THEY take pride in sourcing the very best photographers and crews in Vancouver, and are the only photo production company to offer the entire spectrum of creative production for TV and film gallery promotions, advertising, lifestyle, fashion, celebrity and editorial shoots.

"No production is too big or too small and THEY are flexible to make all types of budgets work. THEY bring along decades of experience, to each production, plus THEY all  have a bit of fun along the way, and eat yummy, healthy food on our shoots!" 

THEY's client list includes productions for: 20th Century Fox/X-Men, BBC America/Dirks Gently, GQ, Interview, In Style, TV Guide, Molson Canadian, Huawei, Huggies, Humira, Jane Iredale Cosmetics, MEC, P&G and Ralph Lauren.

 "Contact Producer and Art Buyer Gina Hole to discuss shooting your next project in beautiful BC, where she can show you savings with our competitive dollar, our world famous locations, the mild climate all year round and A-level crews…that’s why THEY call us “Hollywood North."

Darina Kopcok is a freelance photographer and stylist based in Vancouver. With a Master of Fine Arts degree, Darina draws on her fine art training to create evocative images with a distinct sense of mood and place.

Over the years she has developed a recognisable style consisting of saturated colours and high contrast, creating stunning images that evoke the emotions.

Darina finds inspiration in a variety of sources, from the textures of nature to the light in the paintings of the Old Masters, but is most drawn to the chiaroscuro technique of creating heavy shadows and using light to draw the viewer's eye to the significant elements within the frame.

Clinton Hussey is an award-winning commercial photographer specialising in conceptual, food, still life and, recently, motion. Since 1995, he has been creating distinctive editorial and advertising imagery for brand and magazine clients in his hometown of Vancouver and abroad.

Originally a design student at Vancouver’s Emily Carr College of Art & Design, Clinton stumbled into photography at first accidentally, and then with conviction as he fell for its demanding mix of creativity and technical grasp - an intense relationship he recognised from watching his father, a musician, repair his instruments with surgical skill.

Though not a musician himself, Clinton has earned both Grammy and Juno nominations for his album cover designs; his photography has won multiple National Magazine Awards, as well honours from Lotus, Applied Arts, D&AD, City & Regional Magazine Association, the Printing Industry of America, Communication Arts, PDN/Nikon, and many others.

Today, Clinton is expanding into video, creating ad campaigns for clients such as Method, Sun-Rype, and the Children of the Street Society. When he’s not making pictures, he’s building things and spending time on the ocean and in the mountains with his wife, Amanda - also a photographer - and their two children.

Andrey Popov is an advertising lifestyle, portraiture, and editorial photographer based out of Vancouver. He fancies dramatic lighting resulting in strong, moody portraiture with a heightened sense of reality.

Being a sucker for good storytelling, Andrey uses photography as a vehicle to tell stories that are important to his clients.

When not shooting commercial work he can be found hiking, driving, or flying to photograph some of the world's most beautiful sceneries.

With over 30 award-winning projects for local and international architectural, interior design, heritage, advertising, and editorial clients, Martin Knowles’s architectural photography captures the essence of space.

His collaborative approach provides an enjoyable experience that produces effective communication fueled by careful craft, attention to detail, and raw technical savvy.

His work has been published in Canadian Interiors, Canadian Architect, Homes and Living, Best Home, and the Michelin Guide, among many others.

Based in Vancouver BC and working across Canada and the US, Martin is a Phase One certified professional.