• The meeting

    It’s a bit awkward We’re in the same space No one arranged it No one is in charge We both look good It’s the golden hour We stare without blinking We are both intrigued I take some photos The deer checks me out The meeting ends We both leave The landscape still looks good

  • Pain in the neck

    There’s something wrong with my neck. I’ve had some intermittent soreness over the years but I didn’t think I had serious neck issues. I would get engrossed in writing a blog, for example, and only get up to stretch after soreness had settled in. I blamed myself. My chiropractor also blamed me. Then I started looking… Continue Reading

  • Waldo would approve

    Growing up I was intrigued by the Where’s Waldo series. The objective was to find a funny looking guy in a maze of brightly coloured stuff. My first encounter with a pica was exactly the same. We were walking along a mountain path and heard a squeak. Turning around we saw a large pile of… Continue Reading

  • Standing watch

    It’s a warm evening after a gorgeous day. The Saskatchewan sky is working its way through a palette of orange hues as the day disappears. I want this moment to last forever but it’s sliding away. I spent the evening hours in the company of hawks circling, landing and making me smile. In the fading… Continue Reading

  • Do you do it?

    It turns out you are a woodpecker going about your daily routine. That mostly involves checking out the local trees to find  tasty bugs. If they are hidden away, you pound a hole in the tree to dig them out. In the course of your day, you end up on a telephone pole. This is… Continue Reading

  • Outliers

    It struck me the other day that there aren’t a lot of group shots of animals hanging around my computer. I obviously focus on individuals when I shoot wildlife. I wonder why? Maybe it’s a hang over from trying to avoid the dreaded ‘grip and grin’ photos in my old public relations pursuits – the… Continue Reading