Yesterday, I marked the Labour Day Holiday with a hike up into the mountains in the area behind Canmore. I was accompanied by Tammy Howell and her friend Jeff Winkelstein. It’s a short drive from home, about 23 km or about 30 minutes to the trailhead on the Smith-Dorrien Highway. From the trailhead, it’s a…
Author: shotsbyp
September Sunrise
When I awoke this morning, the outlook wasn’t very promising. Dull, dark and overcast. Moving to another part of the house and different windows, I saw quite a different scene. As I rolled up the blinds, I was greeted with a striking light show on the mountains behind our house. I’m almost never surprised by…
Smoke in the Air
My photographic activity is somewhat curtailed at the present time due to a lingering presence of smoke in the air. This phenomenon is due to a plethora of forest fires, primarily in the US Northwest. The smoke from those fires has drifted in and the haze it creates has virtually obscured the sky and the…
Milky Way Over Mount Rundle
Earlier this week, I went out with members of the Canmore Camera Club for a night time shoot. Our purpose was to capture pictures of the Milky Way, the galaxy that contains our Solar System. Its name “milky” is derived from its appearance as a dim glowing band arching across the night sky whose individual stars…
Summer Evening in Canmore
Sometimes I just like to go out in the evenings to take a few pictures locally. Last week I had a friend, Bill McAdam visiting and we went out for a couple of hours to see what we could find. We visited a couple of areas very close to home and got some good evening…