I went on a hike today in Kananaskis Country with the Meanderthals, the Canmore Seniors Association hiking club. This week’s hike was a fourteen kilometre loop along the Prairie View Trail to the Barrier Lake Fire Lookout, returning to Barrier Lake via the Jewell Pass Trail. Along the way we were exposed to great views in…
Evening Drive in Banff NP
One of our favourite activities on a summer evening is a drive along Highway 1A in Banff National Park.This scenic road parallels the Trans Canada Highway between Banff and Lake Louise, a much quieter and more interesting road. We always enjoy the scenery and sometimes, like today we see some wildlife. Today’s first encounter was…
Misty May
We get most of our annual rainfall in May and June. That can be a bit tiresome at times, but it does produce some nice photographic opportunities when the low lying clouds envelope the mountain tops. Often, when the clouds disperse, we’ll see a fresh mantle of snow left behind. Not enduring snow but it’s…
Bow River Sunrise
Joined by my friend and fellow photographer, Stu Hamilton I returned to a favourite location for some early morning picture taking. This site is in the town of Canmore, on the north bank of the Bow River. It offers in my opinion, the best view of Canmore’s iconic Three Sisters. I’ll begin today’s post with…
Bicycles
Today’s post features something a little different. I’ve strayed from my preference for nature photography and today I’m presenting some photographs I took recently as an exercise in creativity. I’m a member of the Canmore Camera Club and at each meeting we share photographs we’ve taken, based on a pre-selected theme. For this week’s meeting,…