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…
Category: British Columbia
Learning New Techniques
I’ve been studying some new techniques to sharpen my skills at developing images. I’m following a program that focuses on Photoshop, now celebrating its 30th anniversary. Photoshop has evolved considerably over that period and progressed in step with digital camera technology. Photoshop has become a very large and complex program and despite using it for…
Scenes from Kootenay NP
Earlier this week, Rolande and I did a short trip into Kootenay National Park. It’s a short trip, about 1-1/2 hours to our destination near Vermilion Crossing in British Columbia. I took a few shots along Highway 93, but got most of my pictures at the Simpson River Trailhead, located on the Kootenay River. The…
Photos from the Past
I’m at it again. I’m plumbing the depths of my archives in search of the oldies but goodies. I have some I really like today. I hope you’ll enjoy them. My first photograph was taken on a road trip we took to Death Valley, California in March, 2012. Death Valley has two interesting distinctions. Firstly,…
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…