Two days ago I drove out to Farwell Canyon with my camera. It was the first time I had been there in a year; ever since I visited the area immediately after the wildfire of 2017. The area is as beautiful as ever. You wouldn’t know there had been a fire. The Chilcotin River winds […]
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A Sunday drive along Meadow Lake Road
Up at 4am, packed a lunch, filled up with gas, and headed south along hwy. 97. Just south of 70 Mile, I turned west along Meadow Lake Road. I was on my way to Churn Creek Protected Area to photograph for the day. As it turned out, it was a cloudy day with passing thunder […]
Heading to the Grasslands with a Friend!
I was chatting on the phone this morning with my friend and workshop teaching partner Dennis Ducklow, as our Photographic Workshop is fast approaching. As we discussed plans, we both realized how pumped we were to be soon heading out across the Chilcotin Plateau to Bella Coola to start our 5th workshop at the Tallheo […]
The Rise of Churn Creek Continues
I revisited Churn Creek yesterday and made another image to show its weekly change in water level. If you visit my previous blog post you can track the weekly change from April 22nd. Here are two images to that demonstrate the rise in flood water. April 22, 2018 May 11, 2018
Churn Creek – it’s rising quickly
For the past three weeks I have made a trip out to Churn Creek Protected Area to photograph in the grasslands. Churn Creek drains from the Camelsfoot Range, travels through the protected area, and empties out into the Fraser River near the Gang Ranch. During this time period, warm summer weather has come to central […]
Photography is more about the Experience
Photography is more about the Experience Last week, friend Mike Duffy and I headed out to Churn Creek which empties out of the Chilcotin Ark into the mid-Fraser River Canyon. It was a relaxing drive, and we stopped whenever one saw something that piqued our interest photographically. Slowly driving through bench lands above the […]
Creative Vision and a Sense of Place
Creative Vision and a Sense of Place A key aspect to developing one’s personal vision in photography, is to acquire a profound Sense of Place for a chosen landscape. Deep understanding comes by frequently visiting and exploring a place that is personally meaningful over a long period of time. One becomes familiar with different weather patterns […]
The Story Behind the Image
Flickers arrived on our property last week and the sounds of them pecking trees, telephone poles and roof tops, made me thing of the time I captured this image along the shores of the Fraser River. I watched this flicker come and go from her nest and I remember marveling at how perfectly sized the […]
The Story Behind the Image
High above the mid-Fraser River Canyon between Clinton and Williams Lake to the north, there is a spectacular back-country road which winds it way, often precariously, through the Cariboo Chilcotin grassland canyonlands. I have traveled this road often over the years while searching for beautiful grassland compositions. One of the sights I often see are the dead vehicles […]
Intensity of Springtime Colour
The intensity of colour; I was pouring through my grassland images in connection with my upcoming book, and I came across this amazing display of arrow-leaved balsamroot. It reminded me to head out to the Farwell area grasslands in the very near future to see if they are at their prime. I made this image […]