Here are some samples of Todd’s imagery from Golf Courses, Resorts & Spas.
Clients include:
Big Sky Golf & Country Club_Pemberton, BC.
StoneTree Golf & Fitness_Owen Sound, ON.
Whistler Golf Club_Whistler, BC.
Okanagan Golf Club_Kelowna, BC
Pinnacle Ridge Golf Club_Kelowna, BC
Greywolf Golf Club_Panorama, BC
Pemberton Valley Golf Club_Pemberton, BC
Scandinave Spa_Whistler, BC
The Core Climbing & Fitness_Whistler, BC
Fairwinds Golf Club_Nanaimo, BC
It’s always nice to escape the dead of winter in Canada, and head to the sun and sand and third-world awesomeness, where you’re still allowed to ride in the back of a pick-up truck.We chose Belize for 3 reasons.
One, Christina landed a sweet yoga teaching gig out on Half Moon Caye with Island Expeditions, an adventure-travel company based in nearby D’Arcy, BC. She actually left a week early, while I had a really tough (wink, wink) magazine assignment, heli-skiing in the Chilcotins with TLH.
Two, we were ready to take group of kids on another Young Travellers Foundation adventure. We had been to Belize before, in 2005, when we camped on the front lawn of our now-dear-friend Claudette Mejia and her family. Claudette is a single mother of ten, (four out of the house now, six between the ages of 2 and 12) who is one of the most incredible women we’ve ever met. They ALL live in a 256 sq. foot wooden house, and none of her kids have EVER been to the hospital. They live in a little village called Crooked Tree (about an hour from Belize City), where one dirt road and many little walking paths link the little homes all built on substantial lots. It’s a place of rustic, barbed-wire fences, big grassy yards and a fresh-water lagoon that surrounds the entire village. We approached the school principal with our idea and told her the mandate of our foundation, which is basically to provide unique, multi-day educational experiences outside of the classroom. Two weeks later we packed 10 kids, a teacher and an adult chaperone, a cook, loads of food and Christina and I into a 15-passenger van – and left the school with only us knowing where we were headed.
Throughout the course of the four days we visited Lamanai, the oldest ruins in the Mayan world accessed only by an hour-long riverboat trip, we checked out the Belize Zoo (very humane and well-managed), went cave-tubing through a massive limestone cave on a clean, clear river, and ventured out on the Caribbean Sea to Billy Hawk Caye – A tiny mangrove island where the kids were introduced to snorkelling, kayaking, fishing for never-before-see-with-their-little-eyes tropical fish. We played volleyball, had water balloon fights, an obstacle course race, helped cook and clean, and learned every single day. All this was accomplished using the funds we raise through various slideshows and other local fundraisers.We would like to thank all those who have donated to the Young Travellers Foundation. We’re not changing the world, but we are positively affecting the lives of young students.
And three, we knew that Belize had some great rivers, and we were keen for some adventure. A cool company from Hawaii called C4 Waterman supplied us with two inflatable Stand-Up paddleboards to undertake a multi-day journey on the Belize River. As you can see from the pics, the journey was amazing, as we paddled alone with hundres of tropical birds providing the soundtrack for our 4 full-on days on the river.
If anyone is heading to Belize, give us a shout and we’ll hook you up.
Keep scrolling down, the photos are below.
Cheers,
Todd & Christina
I’d like to thank you for your precious time and welcome you to my new site. These things are always a mammoth undertaking of time and creative energy, so I’d like to thank lots of people for helping me get to where I am today. First off, one giant smiley thank you to all of the thousands of people I’ve shot in the last decade. Many of these people (all of our dear friends in the third world) will never see this website nor their photographs ‘online’. I’ve done my best to keep my promises and send actual, tangible 4×6 prints to many people & families we’ve stayed with over the years during our travels. These people are my heroes — normal, hard-working people who’ve been through the school of hard knocks many times, but still manage to shower you with the most incredible kindness and generosity without reserve. Thanks to Christina who always lights my fire and has been my number one supporter and best friend for almost eight years now. To my mother and my stepfather Pat, I love you guys more than words. To B-Rad, thanks for being an awesome brother and for moving to Whistler after too many years in the states. To all my high school buddies and girlfriends, we’ve been friends for many years and it’s awesome that we’re all still so close. (i just wish you’d leave that frigid landscape and move to BC!!). To my Rossland crew, you guys helped me through some dark times and I’ll never forget that. To my ‘family’ of friends here in Squamish, Whistler & Pemberton – we’ve had so many amazingly good times together that I couldn’t imagine what life would be like without you all – may your children grow up to be ass kick-ass as you are! And finally to my late brother Sean – who genuinely changed my world and showed me that truly LIVING YOUR LIFE is the only way to live. Enjoy! Todd