Astrophotography Earlier this week, I ventured out to photograph the Milky Way. My comrade-in arms, Harv Emter picked me up at home at 11:00 pm and we travelled about 20 km south along the Smith-Dorrien Trail to our destination at the north end of Spray Lake. This was our first night shoot from this location…
Scenes from Atop Sulphur Mountain
Banff and its Surroundings Yesterday, Rolande and I accompanied her niece, Diane and her friends to the summit of Sulphur Mountain in Banff. The gondola ride up was uneventful despite being busy. It’s only early June; I can’t imagine what it will be like in July and August! Today’s pictures were all taken from at…
Scenes from the Vermilion Lakes
Banff National Park Earlier this week, I made the short journey to the Vermilion Lakes, just outside the Town of Banff. This location is an all-time favourite. Its conditions rarely disappoint and this occasion was no exception. This first picture, featuring Mount Rundle is a great example, one of many photographs I was able to…
Gap Lake Spring Day
Experimenting with Long Exposure The weather was very enticing yesterday. I went out in the late morning to a nearby location, Gap Lake. My main objective for the day was to experiment with long exposure photography, primarily to refresh the skills I had learned and didn’t want to lose. Long exposures are possible in broad…
Re-Work
2nd Time Around from the Archives Today, I’m sharing a series of un-related photographs, drawn from my archives. I haven’t done nearly as much photography in the past four months as I would normally do. My inventory of new, raw images is largely depleted. That doesn’t mean I have nothing to work with. For this…