Snowy Owls

Snowy Owls

420mm | 1/2000s | f/8 | ISO 640 That time of the year when snowy owls can be found across the southern prairie landscapes in Alberta. Up until just a week ago, the snow cover in this area was almost nothing, making it difficult to capture the kind of snowy owl photos...
Winter in Rural Alberta

Winter in Rural Alberta

250mm | 1000s | f/6 | ISO 100 Welcome 2026! Started the year of with some good photography. Was heading 50kms to visit a friend and rather than taking the main highway, I took all the cross-country backroads. There was almost nobody along the roads, but the winter...
Blacksand Snowscapes

Blacksand Snowscapes

iPhone 13 | 5.1mm | 1/168s | f/1.6 | ISO 40 “Blacksand Snowscapes” refers to striking natural scenes, especially in Iceland and Yellowstone, featuring dark volcanic sand contrasting with white snow. While out for a sunset walking near my home in Didsbury,...
Calgary Canada Day Fireworks

Calgary Canada Day Fireworks

300mm (cropped) | 1/2s | f/6.3 | ISO 800 Envisioned a view from Calgary’s Nose Hill could make a nice spot for the Canada Day fireworks and the skyline.  But a few skyscapers got in the way.  I was as far to the side of Nose Hill, but still needed to be further...
Revisiting spot

Revisiting spot

24mm | 3 minutes | f/8 | ISO 64 Been itching to get out and do some “proper” landscape photography. The type where I take my time and explore the area, set up on the tripod, slowly adjust the settings, watch the light illuminate the landscape and then...