It is no accident that many of my mountain scenes feature sunrises and sunsets. I like to get out early in the morning. Even without a brilliant sunrise, the light is soft and the colours look better. Morning and evening light is especially complementary to the mountains and of course if I can get a…
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Favourite from the Archives
At times when I’m not as active taking pictures, I get the opportunity to look back at the archives in search of good candidates for a blog posting. Today I found a favourite from the autumn of 2009, a picture of Mount Rundle viewed across the Vermilion Lakes near Banff. This picture has a number…
Winter in Banff
It got a little warmer yesterday, so I went out to take a few pictures. It is still very wintery here and the fresh snow is very beautiful. Hard to resist! I wanted to get some winter pictures of the Banff Springs Hotel, the castle in the mountains. I started at a lookout on the…
Canmore Creek
Today I went for a short hike with friend and photo scout par excellence, Dave Foreman. We went to Quarry Lake on the south side of Canmore, then followed a trail that ultimately brought us back to Canmore Creek which drains down through the town and into the Bow River. The creek is still running,…
Winter in Canmore
We’re enjoying a beautiful February in Canmore. We’ve had lots of snow, replenished with a fresh coating earlier this week. It has been a bit on the cold side in the morning (lows of close to -30 deg C) but just beautiful later in the day. It certainly helps to have clear, sunny skies. Today,…