We had a beautiful day here yesterday, December 12. It was a bit chilly with a temperature of -9 deg C (16 deg F) but sunny with a few cloudy patches. Good photography weather, so I decided to go out and enjoy it with a walk along the Bow River. I got on a pathway…
Category: Winter Scenes
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…
Autumn Scenes, Kootenay NP
My declaration that I had completed all my autumn scenes is perhaps premature. I recently went on a photo excursion with longtime friends and photography companions, Bob Bear and Stewart Hamilton. Our destination was Kootenay National Park, about 1 hour distant from Canmore. Although the calendar says it is still autumn, this area is getting…
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…