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...
Evening window

Evening window

70mm | 1/80s | f/8 | ISO 64 A lazy summer evening, windows were open and a refreshing cool breeze was blowing in. Seeing the moving curtains I pondered if I could make a photo of them showing the movement.  Continued to explore the light and curtains and created this...