• One in a crowd

    Photographing large groups of people is usually a bit of a gong show. It’s almost impossible to get a lot of people looking reasonable before someone starts blinking, getting annoyed or crying – and that’s just the adults! With wildlife, it’s sometimes a different set of problems but challenges remain. Flocks of birds may make… Continue Reading

  • Stalking yellow trees … sort of

    OK stalking yellow trees isn’t hard during fall in Saskatchewan, in fact it’s incredibly easy. I just got this crazy idea that I wanted to get photos of Sandhill Cranes in front of some beautiful yellow leaves. You might think that stubble fields are yellow too, and often a gorgeous yellow, so what’s the problem?… 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

  • No change for the better here!

    “It is the nature of a man as he grows older to protest against change, particularly change for the better.” John Steinbeck, novelist. That quote always makes me chuckle. I could never understand the pure craziness of preferring a worse option rather than changing. Then I had a scary thot – it might be happening… Continue Reading