In late December, I went to Upper Kananaskis Lake, accompanied by Stewart Hamilton to photograph some winter scenes. It was a blustery day but not too cold and the skies were mostly cloudy with sunny breaks casting good light on the surrounding peaks. I chose to take advantage of the windy conditions to shoot some long…
Happy New Year 2017
It’s 2017! I hope you enjoyed New Year’s Eve as much as we did and when you awoke this morning, I hope you still feel the same way! We spent a quiet evening at home with our daughter Jaime, son-in-law Andrew and our two grandsons, Fynn and Wyatt. The boys are still a little young to…
Glen Canyon Dam
Before we left Page, Bill and I concluded our photographic excursion by visiting and shooting the Glen Canyon Dam. Glen Canyon Dam is a concrete dam on the Colorado River, near the town of Page. The dam was built by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation from 1956 to 1966 and forms Lake Powell. The dam is named for Glen Canyon, a series of deep sandstone gorges now…
En Route to Page AZ
On our recent trip to Page, AZ Bill McAdam and I traveled through an an amazing variety of scenery. From Scottsdale, it’s an uphill trip from the Sonoran Desert, through some high, barren plains before reaching the mountainous country around Sedona. Soon afterward, we arrived at the Coconino National Forest, a snowy landscape treed with majestic Ponderosa…
Slot Canyons
This past weekend, I ventured north to Page, Arizona, a small town located on the Navajo Nation just south of the Utah border. My traveling and photography companion was Bill McAdam, a longtime friend dating back to when we began our careers at Imperial Oil. Page is noted for its scenic beauty and several well…