Gary Stasiuk with his camera
Portraits, products, and the people behind a brand

Trust gets decided before you speak. Make your picture earn it.

I make images that do exactly that: portraits with real presence and character, shot on location, and the products and brands behind them, shot in my studio under controlled light. The part a phone or an AI can never fake. Fine-art trained, award-winning, and happy to travel to you.

Emily Carr trained, 1984. 20+ years behind the lens.   On location across White Rock, South Surrey, and Greater Vancouver.
Recognition

Award-winning, judged by people who do this for a living

Master Photographers International Commercial Photographer of the Year badge
Commercial Photographer of the Year
Master Photographers International (IIC), 2025
Team Canada logo
Selected, Team Canada
World Photographic Cup, 2025
WPE International Euro Photography Awards logo
Winner, Overall Competition
WPE International Euro Photography Awards, 2024
Tokyo International Foto Awards bronze seal
Tokyo International Foto Awards
Bronze, Commercial, 2025
Selected work

The craft, at a glance

Twenty years and a wall of international awards: portraits, products, and the brands behind them.

Character portrait
Portraits
Personal brand portrait
Personal brand
Founder portrait
Founders
Fine-art photograph
Fine art
Behind the brand
Behind the brand
Editorial portrait
Editorial
Product photography
Product & commercial
Spirits and liquids photography
Spirits & liquids
Food photography
Food
Gary Stasiuk
About Gary

A fine-art eye, on your side of the lens

Gary trained at Emily Carr in 1984 and has spent more than twenty years behind the lens. His commercial and product work has won international awards, and that same fine-art eye goes into everything he shoots, whether it is a portrait, a premium product, or the brand and the people behind it. He works on location across White Rock, South Surrey, and Greater Vancouver and in his own studio, and travels for the right project.

A phone or an AI filter cannot do what a real shoot does, in three ways that matter:

  • Gear that sees more. Professional lenses, lighting, and metering capture depth and detail your eye sees and a phone flattens, whether the subject is a face or a product. It comes out present and dimensional, not washed out.
  • Direction that draws it out. The camera is the easy part. Gary reads the light and the subject, finding a real, unforced smile in a portrait or the angle and detail that make a product sing, so the result looks alive, not stiff or staged.
  • Editing that amplifies, never invents. Each frame is finished by hand: warmer, sharper, more alive. Gary amplifies what is already there. He never retouches a subject into something it is not, and never lets AI stand in for the real thing.

Real light, real moment, the real thing.

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What clients say

Real words from real clients

"A photographer who delivers not only exceptional images but also an outstanding experience."

Grant Stevely, Chief Spirits Officer, The Dubh Glas Distillery

"Gary is the most collaborative, hard working and creative partner, and a pleasure to work with."

William Curtis, The American Boxer
Ready when you are

Let's make something real, together

Tell me a little about the shoot and we will plan it together, from first idea to final images.