With more than forty years behind the camera, Mark brings both depth of experience and a genuine love of photography to everything he does. A former member of the Professional Photographers of Canada (PPOC), he has worked professionally at various times, but has always been driven first and foremost by the simple joy of making images. Now retired from his non-photographic work, he focuses mainly on personal projects—often in Mediterranean Europe, a region he returns to whenever he can.

Teaching has long been an important part of Mark’s photographic life. As one of the founding instructors at Bryan Peterson’s online school in 2008, he taught students around the world until the school’s closure following Bryan’s passing in 2025. He continues to lead workshops locally and abroad, including more-or-less annual sessions in Provence and Tuscany, as well as courses on visual design, composition, digital colour management, and digital workflow.

At the heart of his teaching, Mark aims to create a supportive, non-judgmental environment where students feel safe to share their work. He believes that positive reinforcement encourages growth far more effectively than focusing only on flaws, and that each photographer should be guided from where they are—not measured against the standards of a seasoned professional. Students frequently praise his clarity, insight, and ability to make complex ideas feel approachable.

Mark describes himself as an amateur in the original sense of the word: someone who does this because they love it. Even after four decades, he still considers himself a lifelong learner and remains excited by how much there is to explore. He is firmly brand-agnostic, convinced that great photographs come far more from the person behind the camera than from the logo on the front. In an image-saturated world, he is still amazed by the power of a single still photograph to hold a moment in time and evoke a deeply human response.

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