• Sacrificing my body

    Good photographers are willing to do whatever it takes to get their photo. Broken lenses and broken legs sometimes go with the territory. I don’t want to make too big a deal of it but there have been times when I’ve punished the old body, all in the pursuit of an image. It reminds me… Continue Reading

  • Icicles

    I remember the last time I was tempted. It must have been spring since there were icicles hanging around the garage in the back yard. That made it a fun place to play as a boy. There was also a frozen metal pipe. Despite being young, I had enough first-hand experience to understand the danger.… Continue Reading

  • Completely unhelpful observations

    Gifts are fantastic… but tricky! They have provided me with a life-time of enjoyment morphing from the raw excitement of opening gifts as a little kid to the unmatched satisfaction of giving the perfect gift that lights someone up. But there’s a catch. Sometime before you hand over that gift, you must wander around endlessly… Continue Reading

  • Being fast is not enough

    I have come to the unhappy conclusion that not all running is equal. It all started when I decided that I needed more action in my wildlife photos. Hanging around looking cute really only works if you’re cute and even then it wears thin with repetition. I was going to add action to my repertoire!… Continue Reading

  • Why?

    I I like this photo. For many people that might be the end of the thinking process. Not me. Much to my wife’s chagrin, I am constantly asking why. To me, that’s the most interesting question that really gets to the core of the issue. How am I going to over analyze things if I… Continue Reading

  • Do you care?

    I participated in a miracle. The scene was a beautiful, calm winter day in northern Saskatchewan. The sky was muted with heavy cloud cover that looked like it could release snow at any moment. We had the snow-packed gravel road to ourselves. Despite knowing better, I was there in the middle of the day – a less… Continue Reading