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 […]
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Appreciating the Quality of Light
Appreciating the Quality of Light Last week, friend Mike Duffy and I went for a walk in Centennial Park with our cameras. We thought we would make a few images before stopping for a Friday morning cup of coffee. As we approached the waterfall, we noticed the back-lit spray was silhouetting the foreground vegetation and […]
Feeling Uncomfortable as an Artist
Being creative takes courage. When we create, we are making something original and that usually means we are stepping outside our comfort zone into the unknown. For most of us, this means feeling a little intimidated and uncomfortable. Last week when I was in town (100 Mile House), I had an extra hour before my […]
Artistic Photography
Artistic Photography Rainforest – a documentary view Whenever I go for a walk, as I did in the above rainforest, I see the world around me as it is. The world as it is, however, is not necessarily based on realism, it is also based on imagination. That’s the reason for enjoying the arts and […]
Routines are the Death Knell of Creativity
The more routines we create for ourselves, the more we limit our creative powers. When we discover a subject we wish to photograph, we often visualize the image we would like to make and then grab the lens that will give us that result. All to often that lens is a mid-range 24-100 mm lens […]
The Story Behind the Image
I just love living on BC’s central plateau at this time of the year when different birds arrive weekly, filling the skies with song. When I hear the first blackbird, Canada goose, meadowlark, loon, and sandhill crane; I know that life is good. I am still alive, and the planet is still spinning. All else becomes […]
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 […]
CD Release Barn Party!
Only in the Cariboo is a new CD released in a hay barn! Last night Stan Provost, Curtis Lueke, and Sheldon Caverly, released their very first CD “Stolen Signs” in Gus Horn’s hay barn. What a fantastic evening! Outside was a spectacular electrical lightning storm with thundering sound effects, but nature couldn’t compete with the electrical storm […]
Halloween Night in 100 Mile House!
I’m back in the land of the living…except for last night! I’ll get to that in a minute, but I am home in the Cariboo working on my next book, building a new website, and getting fire firewood split and stacked for the winter. On Halloween Night, Rita got dressed up to celebrate the festivities […]
An Inspiring Four Weeks of Workshops
It’s been a wonderfully inspiring four weeks of photography. I have given three 3-day workshops here at the Gallery and I presented a talk on Narrative Photography at the Canadian Assoc. of Photographic Art in Vancouver. I have been inspired by beginners and professionals alike; hopefully I too have inspired others. Next, Rita and I […]