Today, I’m jumping ahead to the last stop on our photographic odyssey, Yellowstone NP, Wyoming. One of the highlights of the park was the Yellowstone Falls, one of the few major attractions that was accessible this early in the season. The park as been open since April 15, but spring does not come early at…
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Canyon de Chelly
The principal destination for the first day of our photo journey was the Canyon de Chelly National Monument, located in northeastern Arizona not far from the New Mexico Border. This comparatively little-known canyon is not as spectacular as others in Arizona or Utah but it does have sheer sandstone walls rising up to 1,000 feet, several…
Grand Photo Tour
I’ve just arrived home from Arizona following a 5-day photo safari on the way back to Alberta. I traveled with Howard Dingle, friend and photographer who flew down to Phoenix to join me for the drive home. In the course of the first 4 days we visited four national parks and a couple of more…
Traditional Dance
The program for the RCMP Musical Ride in Banff earlier this week included traditional native dance performed by members of the Stoney Nakoda Nation, from nearby Morley. One performer in particular captured my attention and I was able to get a series of shots of him. He was very energetic, athletic and expressive and combined…
RCMP Musical Ride
Accompanied by friends from Canmore, we went to Banff to see the RCMP Musical Ride, a Canadian summer tradition for well over 100 years. Although legend has it that the first Musical Ride was performed as early as 1876, the first officially recorded Musical Ride was performed in Regina under Inspector William George Matthews in…