Sometimes the easy answer is the right one. I have spent considerable time this week trying to figure out this conundrum. I get bored at stoplights, frustrated by meaningless conversations and rarely watch a movie twice. Yet I am perfectly happy to go back to the same spot to watch water tumbling over rocks and… Continue Reading
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It feels like it was about 250 years ago when I was a small boy growing up in a small town. Life was simple but good. Entertainment consisted mostly of playing whatever the neighbourhood kids were playing outdoors. Perhaps that was because we didn’t have a lot of “screen time” on our black and white… Continue Reading
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A setting sun Receding heat, calm air and … quiet A doe, a fawn and a field All bathed in magic light The doe looks up and waits A stranger has entered the scene The fawn looks up, then nibbles again The stranger savors the seconds The doe leaves The fawn follows The memory lives
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Imagine my disappointment. Three hours of driving, a gorgeous national park teaming with interesting wildlife, a beautiful lake vista and the only living creatures in sight are … seagulls? Really? These birds top out at minus one on my interesting-things-to-photograph scale (yes I do have one). There must be something, anything else with a pulse in… Continue Reading
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Rocky Mountain ladies have a lot of stuff to strut. The Three Sisters always give the good residents of Canmore, AB reason to smile. On this perfect June day, the taller little sister shows off a long, snow-covered skirt that eventually rises to a distinctive peak. The middle sister reveals a large sheer cliff, topped… Continue Reading
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Professional wildlife photographers can make their craft seem far too complicated. They study animal behaviour, deck themselves out in camouflage and spend days or weeks bored in the bush. If only they would discover the art of choreography, it would make their lives so much easier. With just a few secret tricks, suddenly wildlife photography is… Continue Reading

