Don Starkell is best known for his two-year, 12,000-mile canoe trip from Winnipeg to the mouth of the Amazon River, which he completed with his son, Dana, in 1982 and documented in Paddle to the Amazon, a bestseller. In 1990, Starkell fell just shy of his goal of sea kayaking the Northwest Passage in Canada’s Arctic Ocean. His expedition ended with a helicopter rescue less than 30 miles from his destination, when an early winter left him icebound, stranded and hypothermic in his kayak for 26 hours. Last summer he logged about 1,500 miles in his sea kayak on Winnipeg-area rivers—his lowest mileage in years.

Gorgeous images of the lovely Emma Hansen (Lizbell Agency), photographed by Michael Shwartz. Its been an amazing and busy time in NY for Emma this summer and its not hard to see why!

Northwest Territories photographer, Dave Brosha, who photographs a diverse body of work – ranging from wedding to travel to editorial photography – has found himself featured internationally in the past few months.

Most notably, his photograph of the Nepalese Himalayas, photographed near Mount Everest Base Camp, has been added to the prestigious National Geographic stock collection. In addition, his image of aurora borealis swirling over a wintery landscape, “Kingdom Come”, has been chosen for exhibition in the Royal Observatory Greenwich [England] in the lead up to this years’ international Astrophotographer Of The Year competition – and was also chosen as part of the National Geographic website’s “Daily Dozen” as a featured pick. Finally, he earned the cover of the El Salvador photography magazine, Talent Photo, with his photo of Miqmak dancer, Daniel Stephens.

In the coming months, Brosha has assignments in Africa, Dominican Republic, and Australia – after a busy 15-month period which saw him travel to Nepal, Greenland, the High Arctic, Florida, and Alaska for his work.

Sure it doesn’t hurt sales, if your cookbook is featured on an American TV Talk Show. And having Regis and Kelly feature Flavours of Prince Edward Island – A Culinary Journey in preparation for the recent PEI remote is fantastic. Working on the photography in collaboration with Chefs Jeff McCourt, Allan Williams and Austin Clement on this foodie feast for the eyes was a pleasure, and having it receive rave reviews from Islanders and cookbook aficionados is the icing on the cake or fresh butter on the potato.

What makes this adventure in PEI last summer come to life on the page is that it makesbuying local exciting and doable. I know people are dying to ask if I tasted everything I photographed – I did.

Hair stylist DAN NGUYEN is back from Paris after working with master hair stylist ORIBE at the ARMANI PRIVE HAUTE COUTURE Fall/Winter 2010 show. DAN was thrilled to be back at the shows after being personally requested by ORIBE, who he also worked with on the GIORGIO ARMANI and EMPORIO ARMANI FALL 2010 shows in Milan.