BIO
James is a photographer, photojournalist, cinematographer, and multimedia producer based on Vancouver Island.
He first picked up a camera in 2004 following high school, as he traveled and worked his way around Europe. While completing university and working more and more behind a camera, he soon realized that a history degree could only hold his interest for so long.
Following a year working as the photo and graphics editor for the University of Guelph's newspaper the Ontarion, an internship with Canadian Geographic Magazine in Ottawa, and then an internship with The StarPhoenix in Saskatoon, he moved back to Toronto to begin freelancing full time for clients across Canada and internationally.
James has been based between South East Asia, Toronto, and the West Coast of Canada since 2013 working with some unbelievably fantastic people, clients, and publications; and has been lucky enough to be making pictures and telling stories for over a decade.
He is currently based in Victoria BC on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, which is part of the traditional territories of the Lkwungen (Lekwungen) peoples. James acknowledges and thanks the Lkwungen People, also known as the Songhees and Esquimalt First Nations, for allowing him and his family to live, work, and play on their lands.
James is available for photo and video work locally, across Canada, and internationally.
Beginning in Spring 2024, photo tours around Victoria, BC and the South Island will be organized and led by James over at vancouver-island-visuals.format.com
James can be contacted at:
CANADA +1 204 770 1164
jamesmacdonaldphotography@gmail.com
CLIENTS and PUBLICATIONS
The Globe & Mail, National Post, Bloomberg Media, The Capital Daily, Sportsnet Magazine, Report on Business Magazine, The Canadian Premier League, The South East Asian Globe, Hong Kong Express Magazine, Financial Post, Roads and Kingdoms, Bloomberg Asia, Headwaters Tourism, Pacific Football Club, The Canadian Press, Douglas Magazine, The Toronto Star, Saskatoon StarPhoenix, Bridges Magazine, YAM Magazine, ZUMA Press, Canadian Geographic, The Grid, Modern Farmer Magazine, Maptia, Chiang Mai City Life Magazine, Sidetracked Magazine, Canadian Running Magazine, Jungles in Paris, The Sudbury Star, CBC Radio, Canadian Premier League, Reuters, Getty Images, BlogTO, Sick Kids Hospital Toronto, Toronto Post Magazine, Guelph Mercury,Right to Play, NHL PA, Inside Toronto Media Group, Hillside Festival, CTV Toronto, City TV Toronto, TSN, Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, Page One Publishing, The Georgia Ballet, Gilbert Rugby Canada, Journalists for Human Rights, Free the Children, Me to We, Guelph Contemporary Dance Festival, CIS Canada, Crescent School, Camp Tawingo, The University of Guelph, University of Toronto,University of Ottawa Athletics, Queens University Athletics, University of British Colombia Athletics, Victoria University Athletics, Western University Athletics, The Ontarion, The Carleton, Formosa Cetus, Zodiac Swim, Singing Lamb Magazine, AIESEC Canada, Art Starts, Argyris and Clinkard Inc., The Medium, Dance Theatre David Earle, Kinesis Dance Company, Lunge Dance Collective, The Dance Current Magazine, the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Toronto District School Board, Varsity Sports Press,The Mississauga Marathon, Queens University Faculty of Law, Macdonell Photography, Reaction Studio, Green Living, Pembina Institute, Imprint Weddings, Groove School of Dance, TNT Boxing Academy, Metroland Media, Scrum Canada, Wawatay News, Anishinabek News, Windspeaker News, Documentary Arts Asia, f/28, Barcroft Media, EyePress Wire, Global Notions, The Beer Republic, El Patio Restaurant, Kratai Maijant Restaurant, Thai Freedom House, Femmes du Fue Aerial & Fire,DesignPics, Axiom Images, First Light Images, Suan Lahu Coffee Company, Travel4 Good, Spoon & Fork, The Photo Brigade, AsiaOne Online, Under the Mountain Images, Departful Magazine, Silkwinds Magazine, The Bake Shoppe, Life & Thyme Magazine, BA Group Toronto, The Banner, Suitcase Magazine, Sideroads Magazine, Caledon Enterprise, ZODIAC Inc, Vital Signs Toronto, Right To Play USA, Touchwood Design, In the Hills Magazine, T-Pot Journal, NBL Orangeville A's Basketball, Athlete Institute, Biosteel, PLAN International Canada, Forbes, Nickelbrook Brewing, Xogen, Cithara Guitars, Clocktower Bar, Tenzing Communications, Prostly, The Coffee House Vietnam, Grand Spirits Distillery, Dufferin County Museum, Dufferin County, Central Counties Tourism, Irish Times, BNN, The National, GrayTools, Apple Storage, Immigrant Employment Council of British Columbia, Nature Journal, Government of British Columbia, Victoria Real Estate Team, Pacific Football Club, Canada Soccer, WCMRC, StarFish Medical, South Island Prosperity Partnership, Macon Industries, LMDG Consultants, Her Love of Sports