During a battle to keep my ski’s from balling up and keeping the large wet snow flakes off my lens, I made this memorable image while back country skiing on the Bowron Lakes this spring. We were skiing with Dave Jorgenson of White Gold Adventures – a kite-skiing hut to hut ski adventure which was […]
Year: 2012
Visiting Old Friends
Taking a stroll the day after a living forest was burned in a forest fire is a powerful experience. On the ground there are skeletons. Squirrel, owl, and deer remains to name a few. When I looked up, there were the trees, reaching for the sunlight which only yesterday was a source of nourishment. It […]
At Home in the Mountains
I guess I should be thinking about x-c skiing but when I see an image like this I just want to be out there! On a canoe/hiking expedition this past summer, this was our camp view overlooking Ape Lake in the Coast Mountains. We hiked, canoed, and explored the surrounding glaciers for several days. We […]
Short-eared Owl in winter
This time last year, my friend Mike and I were driving up the Gang Ranch road when we saw this short-eared owl sitting on a fence post. Fortunately, Mike was driving so I just opened my window and was able to make this image. As you can see, their short ear tufts may not be […]
The beginning of another beautiful day
I crawled out of my tent at 4:30 am and and hiked two kms to a spot where I could watch the sunrise and the beginning of another beautiful day in the Cariboo Chilcotin region of British Columbia. This is the spectacular Bridge River Glacier which calves icebergs into a pro-glacial lake. Rita and I […]
Sunrise over the Fraser River
No matter how hard it is to crawl out of my sleeping bag, it always seems to be worth it. I shared this beautiful sunrise with two others who were on my Fraser River photo workshop. Is there a better way to start the day? I doubt it. It sort of sets the tone!
Burned Forest – Dead or Alive?
A so-called dead forest is now one of my favourite landscapes. Of course it is not really dead, it just looks dead for a very short period of time. Before very long green vegetation will appear, but even before that, insects will detect a freshly burnt forest and will fly in from miles away. Black-backed […]
Busy at Work Along the Fraser River
During the Fraser River Photo Workshop we were ofter seen working together on compositions. The composition of a flower bouquet, a painting, or a photograph is the most important ingredient. That is why we spent time studying the elements of composition or visual design in order to make more powerful images. It represents the structure […]
Fly Fishing on the Mitchell River
Last week I was photographing a fly fishing expedition led by Doug Mooring and Josh Mackenzie of Cariboo Rivers Trout Fishing Adventures. The clients were back for a third time and I can understand why. The setting was spectacular. The Mitchell River drains from the Interior Rainforest of the Cariboo Mountains and empties into the […]
Have a beer & then photograph a Fishing Rod!
One evening on a recent fly-fishing shoot while enjoying a beer around a campfire, I had an idea. I grabbed one of the fly-fishing rods and started looking at it through a macro lens on my camera. It was amazing. Whenever you look through a close-up lens, new worlds open up. The way I like […]
Fraser River Photo Workshop – Perspective
During my recent photo workshop/tour, I used this dried up creek bed to give a small lesson on the use of wide angle lenses. Perspective is one of the key elements of composition, so here I was able to point out one of the most effective ways to use a very wide angle perspective. A […]
Exploring Glaciers in the Coast Mountains
There is so much to explore in the Cariboo Chilcotin region of BC. Here you see Rita, daughter Teresa, and friend Mike, as we climb amidst one of the glaciers in the Coast Mountains. We canoed and then hiked to get there; then we enjoyed alpine flowers, alpine lakes, ice caves, and water falls. It […]