Hi, I’m Rosa

I’ve been a photojournalist for more than 15 years, which has given me the opportunity to photograph and film a pretty extraordinary range of people, places and stories.

I’ve covered corporate and nonprofit events, travelled to interview entrepreneurs, scientists, clinicians and experts across all kinds of industries, and worked with organizations to tell their stories through photography and video. I’ve photographed conferences, businesses, construction sites, families, people and places, and somewhere along the way I became a bit of a Jack of all trades.

But there’s a common thread running through all of it: people and their stories.

A few years ago, my family and I moved to Bancroft, and we fell in love with the slower pace of life here. The hills, the wildlife, the community, and the feeling of being a little more connected to the place where we live.

Becoming a mother also changed the way I think about photography.

For years, I was comfortable being the person behind the camera, the fly on the wall, watching for the moment that told the story. But once I had children of my own, I started realizing how quickly those moments disappear. I wanted more photographs that included me, too. Not just the big milestones, but the everyday stuff: the messy, chaotic, hilarious, completely ordinary days that somehow become the ones you miss the most.

The photographs we treasure most aren’t always the ones we planned. They’re the ones that bring us back to a person, a place, or a moment in our lives.

That applies whether I’m photographing a family, a maternity session, a community event, a corporate gathering, or a team at work.

My job is to notice what matters.

Sometimes that means quietly documenting what is happening in front of me. Sometimes it means stepping in and directing things. Sometimes it means making silly jokes behind the camera so everyone finally smiles for real.

After 15 years, I’ve learned to be comfortable with all of it.

Because whether it’s a downtown Toronto event or a maternity session in a wildflower field, this moment is the story.