Not unlike other parts of Canada and in the USA, we’re aggressively fighting Covid-19. Alberta has imposed more severe restrictions, in place since December 8 and expected to remain in place until at least January 21. There are things we can do safely and are permitted to do so. Outdoor photography is among those things…
Category: Sunrises and Sunsets
Winter in Banff NP
Last Saturday was a beautiful day in the Bow Valley. I celebrated it in the company of friends and fellow photographers with a photo excursion to the Bow Valley Parkway in Banff National Park. The Parkway, also known as Highway 1A has been closed to motor vehicles all summer due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This…
Cold Day at Bow Lake
This past Friday, I set out early to photograph the sunrise at Bow Lake, about 1-1/2 hours north of Canmore, along the Icefields Parkway in Banff National Park. I went there with Kevin McCormick, a fellow member of the Canmore Camera Club. We arrived at 7:15 am, about 40 minutes before the sunrise. We set…
Writing on Stone Provincial Park
Last week, I joined two members of the Canmore Camera Club for a return trip to the Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park in southeast Alberta. I had been there two years ago and made a note to return. Writing-on-Stone is one of the largest areas of protected prairie in the Alberta park system, and serves as both a nature…
More Favourites from the Archives
In this blog, I’m again sharing more photographs sourced from deep in my electronic archives. This first shot was taken in Calgary in 2010 while we were still residing there. I awoke on a winter morning to see the trees outside adorned with hoar frost, a crystalline deposit of frozen water vapour formed in clear…