I really enjoy the candid and spontaneous moments between shots that, while they generally go unseen, are integral to creating the final image.

Often I’ll take pictures when I’m “not supposed to” but these images speak volumes and are secretly my favourites. There is an irresistible charm in honesty.

Here I’ve collected just a few out-takes to give you a glimpse behind the scenes with rock stars, underwear models, actors and dancers.

The Yoga scene in Vancouver is huge. Everyone is doing it, talking about it or checking out the cute girl in Lululemon pants. So naturally there are several communities to serve this phenomenon, divided by what they hope to get out of it.

There are your Bikram’s purists, hot yoga fanatics and hatha yoga evangelists. But every once in a while you’ll find someone who isn’t worried about brand loyalty or the Sanskrit word for every imaginable pose.

Susan Horning gave up a career in the gold mining industry to follow her particular vision of community and yoga by opening her own studio – Unity Yoga. Just around the corner from Commercial & Broadway, her space is more than just a school, but also a tea house and events venue.

In addition to some portraits of Susan and another talented instructor, Waylon, I was also able to shoot a Sangha event with good music, tea, food and conversation.

On the edge of Gastown the Kokoro Dance Theatre Company put on this large ensemble Butoh performance piece on a rooftop parking lot.

Accompanied by snare drums and bagpipes, powdered white and dressed like ghosts the performers danced in slow hyper-controlled motions then jerked, lept and threw themselves to the ground.

Typically playful and grotesque, taboo, extreme and absurd, this particular performance channeled the experiences of the dead from Japanese internment camps in BC during World War II.