Unique Tale and Spectacular Scenery Today’s post is the last in the series of blogs sharing photos from my recent photo tour of Northern Arizona and Southern Utah. The subject of this post is a roadside stop with a unique history, surrounded by spectacular scenery. The Cliff Dwellers is a unique tale that takes place the…
Category: Skies and Clouds
Winter at Cascade Mountain
Yesterday morning, I went on a photography excursion, accompanied by Bob Bear, a great photographer and longtime photography companion. We returned to a location we had visited earlier this year, a good viewpoint to photograph Cascade Mountain, near the Town of Banff. My purpose was to get some winter pictures, including some shots of Cascade…
Summer Evening Light
Earlier this week, I ventured out in the evening to shoot some pre-sunset photographs around town. I took the photos in a few different locations over a period of 60 minutes, referred to as the “golden hour”, ending at sunset, 9:40 pm. I began with this photograph looking upstream at Policeman Creek. The sky to…
Alberta Winter
I had the good fortune to get outdoors for some photography this week. Today I’m sharing a few pictures from each of those two excursions. Sunday morning, five of us who often photograph together met at the Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park, near Cochrane, just west of Calgary. Glenbow Ranch is 3,200 acres of native fescue…
Chinook
For those unfamiliar with southern Alberta weather, Chinook winds are warm, and dry winds that occur on the leeward, or sheltered, side of mountain ranges, such as the Rocky Mountains. Chinook winds are fairly common during the winter months and often bring extreme increases in temperatures to the region as they move from west to east…