The Difference Is In The Dose - Toronto, Canada.

The real key is understanding the ramifications of your decisions and to realizing that you do have a choice. Just because I was brought up eating Filipino food, doesn’t mean I have to make it my go-to choice for every meal. Just because heart disease, diabetes and cirrhosis of the liver are all common to Filipinos doesn’t mean I have to fall victim to these diseases. Just because I was brought up believing everyone’s body breaks down and you just have to live with disease doesn’t mean that that has to also be my fate.

canada, torontoUrvil James VillaruelJuly 2, 2025portrait, portraits, portrait photography, naturopathic doctor

Capturing Adonis - Vancouver, BC, Canada.

To think that those little made-up adventures were just over 10 years ago (that’s when I picked up my first camera, though Brentley has been shooting ever since early high school and has already been on international shoots without me—that’s why he’ll always be my senpai; aka “upperclassman”), it’s wild to imagine that what was once fantasy has now become reality.