ABOUT LUCY
I was four years old when my parents first brought my brother and I up north to my great-grandfather's log cabin. As a farm girl, I was already used to seeing wildlife in my backyard, but this? To doze off on an endless drive in with rain pitter-pattering overhead, only to wake up again beneath a morning of dense wilderness brimming with life of all shapes and sizes? Well, to a child's mind, that was no different than finding themselves transported to a magical land, like I was Lucy Pevensie stepping through the professor's wardrobe into Narnia; I even had beaver friends living next door.
It has now been well over twenty years since that first day, and nature continues to amaze me! When one spends their life in the outdoors, it is only a matter of time before they stop being an observer and become a member of that very ecosystem.
As a professional photographer with a Bachelor’s degree in film and media studies, I aim to show off exactly what I love about this remarkable planet and teach others how they, too, can become a part of nature. Gone are the days when I would tell my dad how crazy he was for seeking out wild bears to photograph. Now… I have a camera of my own.
At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, I took the opportunity to spend more time self-isolating at the old cabin, where I would wake up at 5:00 am every morning to canoe across the stacks of beaver ponds.
Over time, the local wildlife became used to my presence, and I was given the unique opportunity to experiment with my photography, and capture their natural behaviour. There is nothing finer than knowing that the local wildlife that recognizes me can go about their day unfazed by the presence of a human. Since then, I have traveled all across Canada, seeking out wildlife in its most diverse and natural state. Wildlife deserves nothing less than space and respect, as humankind cannot exist without it.
