Yesterday, I participated in a hike with friends and fellow photographers, Julie and Stewart Hamilton, Bob Bear and Bev Wittmack. We played hooky from golf to ascend to Taylor Lake in search of the larch trees displaying their autumn colour. Taylor Lake is just east of Lake Louise and can be accessed from a trailhead…
McDougall United Church
Last Saturday evening, I ventured out with a fellow member of the Canmore Camera Club, Kevin McCormick for some night scenes. Our destination was an old church, near Morley, AB, a First Nations settlement within the Stoney Reserve. Our purpose was to photograph the church with the night sky as a background. We chose this evening for the absence…
Mini Tour of the Rockies
Yesterday, I went out with a first time visitor to the Rockies, our nephew, Daniel Desjardins from Saint John, New Brunswick. We did the one-day, overview tour, covering a variety of some of our better tourist attractions. We both took many photographs and today I want to share a few that I was quite pleased about….
West Wind Pass
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…
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…