Ottawa & Gatineau Portrait Photographer
Your work deserves a first impression that earns it.
I make portraits for creatives, professionals, and entrepreneurs who are done being invisible — and ready to be seen the way they actually are.
Sound familiar?
You've outgrown
the photo you're
still using.
You open your website, your LinkedIn, your booking page — and that photo catches your eye. It doesn't quite look like you anymore. You've tried the quick fix: the friend with a camera, the fast-turnaround studio. Each time, something technically okay that felt completely wrong. What was missing wasn't better gear. It was someone willing to ask the right question first: what do you want people to feel when they see this?
Hey there
I'm Shawn. I make portraits that mean something.
I'm an award-winning portrait photographer based in the Gatineau Hills, working across Ottawa and Gatineau. Over 17 years I've shot for editorial publications, galleries, and brands — and the work I care most about is the portrait session where someone walks out looking exactly like the person they actually are.
Every session starts with a conversation about you: your work, your audience, the impression you want to make. Then we build something around that. Bold, cinematic, human. Nothing generic. Nothing forgettable.
The right photo won't just represent you — it'll work for you.
I'm proud to create a welcoming, inclusive space for everyone — including queer and trans clients.
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What I do
Two ways in.
One standard.
Whether you need a headshot that opens doors or a portrait that stops the scroll — every session starts with a conversation, not a formula.
Creative
Portraiture
For artists, actors, musicians, and makers who need images as distinctive as the work they create.
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Headshots &
Branding
For entrepreneurs, professionals, and teams who want to be taken seriously without looking like everyone else in the room.
View portfolioServing creatives — actors, musicians, artists, makers — and the professionals and entrepreneurs who are done with ordinary. Ottawa & Gatineau.
Client Reviews
Five-star reviews on Google
When you book with Shawn, you are not only booking his amazing eye and vision, you are also getting a very professional and comprehensive process. From booking a session time, to viewing the finished product, each step was easy and painless — and Shawn was available every step of the way. — Gavin P.
Recognition
The work
has been noticed.
- Hold True: Additions to the City of Ottawa Art Collection — 2025
- New York Photography Awards Winner — 2022
- Gold Prize, Architecture — PX3 Prix de la Photographie de Paris, 2022
- National Museum in Kraków — Gallery of Polish Architecture, Permanent Collection
- What Women Create Magazine — Summer 2024
- Analog Forever Magazine — 2023
- APEX Exhibition — SPAO Ottawa — 2022, 2023, 2024
And counting.
Let's make something
If you're thinking 'yes' —
that's the sign.
Stand out from the crowd.
You know your work deserves better. Let's figure out exactly what that looks like, together.
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