LIVE SHOWS BIO:
A Passion for adventure travel and photography has led William to host LIVE presentations about his absurd travels. These shows have garnered great reviews on three Cross-Canada tours (selling out an 800 seat theatre nine times in Vancouver alone). Response from media and audience alike has been overwhelming. Some have dubbed this "a West-Coast Phenomenon" and called the shows "virtually interactive."

*As written by Christian Jensen, travel writer.
Energetic, charismatic, intelligent and down right funny-these are just a few of the qualities that describe William Jans. In addition to being a compulsively watchable figure, Jans is also a widely acclaimed photographer. Over the past 12 years William's live slide and video shows have become a Canadian phenomenon, touring major centres across the nation and drawing sell out crowds. Jans' personal wit and charisma are matched only by his photographic skill and his almost uncanny ability to set his subjects at ease-resulting in startlingly honest and unguarded portraits of our world's peoples.

William Jans shows to this point:
- "TOP OF THE WORLD" (India and the Everest Region of Nepal)
- "TREKKING IN TIBET" (Laos, China and Tibet)
- "SOLO IN SOUTH AMERICA" - (Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador & Peru too)
- "BURN IT" (Burning Man)
- "BURMA BOUND" (Vietnam and Burma)
- "TALES FROM TANZANIA" (Safaris, Maasai culture, Kilimanjaro)

William Jans is proud to be supported by CANON CAMERAS.

William is presently dabbling in nine languages.

William Jans is a Vancouver based corporate photographer creating images for the likes of: CITY TV, The Vancouver Port Authority, VGH, Ivanhoe Cambridge and ICBC.

He has been commissioned to photograph the likes of: Michael J. Fox, Celine Dion, Bill Cosby and was very fortunate to be one of the three official photographers for His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama while he was in Vancouver for three days.

Though William specializes in people photography, he has done quite a bit of aerial photography and innumerable events ranging from corporate functions (Ford, Nissan) to Gala Evenings (Canadian Association of Broadcasters Awards).

He has been working professionally for 20 years and is proud to be one of few photographers supported by Canon cameras.

WRJ Photo can take you from basic idea to finished product.

William works mostly in Western Canada (B.C. and Alberta), but is as comfortable working in the US or Overseas