This week I participated in a hike to Burstall Pass, located in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, about 45 km south of Canmore. I met my group at the trailhead, just off the Smith-Dorrien Highway at 9:30 am and soon after we set off to our destination. Burstall Pass is one of more than 1,000 named…
Milky Way from Spray Lake
Astrophotography is a specialized type of photography for recording photos of astronomical objects (the moon, for example), celestial events (eclipses, meteor showers) and areas of the night sky (the Milky Way, constellations). I’ve photographed a little of each and by far, I prefer capturing images of the Milky Way, a galaxy. With a few exceptions, astronomical photography…
Scenes from Yoho NP
This past week I ventured west with a cadre of great photographers for a photo excursion to Yoho National Park, about an hour and 15 minutes from home in Canmore. There were five of us including Bob Bear, Stew Hamilton, Hugh Williamson and Sal LoVecchio, all intent on capturing some great scenes from this beautiful…
Muleshoe
Muleshoe is a scenic stopping point along Highway 1A through Banff National Park. It provides substantial parking, a picnic area and access to the Bow River below and the slopes of Mount Cory above it. The latter is where fellow photographer, Stew Hamilton and I targeted our photographic efforts on this visit. It’s an ambitious…
Canmore Urban Scenes
The title for this blog post may seem at bit odd. But, all the photos I’ll share with you today were taken within the town limits. I took them last week when, on a beautiful morning I decided to go for a photo walk in an undeveloped area south of where we live. It’s not…