Yesterday, accompanied by my friend Hans Helder I ventured out to Lake Louise to watch some ski racing. Every year, Lake Louise hosts two World Cup Ski events. This weekend it was the men’s downhill and super G competitions; next week, they’ll do it all again with the women competing in the same events. It…
Mount Rundle from Across the Vermilion Lakes
I went out to Banff this afternoon to a favourite location, the Vermilion Lakes. The shores of the lakes offer some excellent vantage points for photographing Mount Rundle, highlighted this afternoon by the setting sun. Sunset is early at this time of the year, 4:40 PM today, so I wasn’t out very late. The temperature…
Chihuly in the Garden
Yesterday I accompanied Barry and Pat Stewart to the Members’ Preview of the upcoming Chiluly in the Garden exhibition at the Phoenix Desert Botanical Garden. The exhibition features the glass sculpture of artist Dale Chihuly, carefully integrated into the natural setting of the garden. Chihuly is credited with revolutionizing the Studio Glass movement and elevating the perception of…
Desert Evening Scenes
This evening I took a drive to nearby Cave Creek to photograph some desert scenes at sunset. It turned out to be a pretty nice evening with just enough cloud to augment the sunset, which turned out to be pretty good. I liked the sky and chose to make it prominent in most of the…
Red Canoes
Earlier this year I took a number of photographs of canoes moored at Chateau Lake Louise. The interest in these pictures lies in the patterns they assume as they move around with the wind on the lake’s surface. Despite this inherent interest, I thought they needed a little help so I undertook the following process…