These hawk photos are different. Or are they? What’s the difference between an average photo and a good one. Uncommon views often provide uncommon beauty. Waiting for better light (patience alert), viewing the subject from a different perspective (sore knee alert) or deciding how much of the scene to show (cropping alert) are just a… Continue Reading
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I can forget the most important item on a short grocery list before I even leave the house. I can forget the password I just entered into the computer or even the time when the game starts. But I won’t ever forget the look. The odd thing is that I don’t recall the last time… Continue Reading
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There’s a certain predictably in rural Saskatchewan that still ends up surprising me. I am sitting in the driver’s seat of my truck, window open, camera pointed across the road to a slough on my left. I am alone on a quiet country road with endless fields covered by golden light. I had stopped to… Continue Reading
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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
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No compromise is good. Right? I think of principled action, standing up against societal pressure or getting it right. I envision a movie plot where the hero sticks to his values whether it means winning or going down in a blaze of glory. On the other side, compromise sounds like what committees do to get everyone… Continue Reading
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Locals will tell you there are few secrets in rural Saskatchewan – that’s the way it’s always been. Yet one covert mission managed to stay under the radar. Quite a few years ago, representatives from US military suppliers paid the prairies a visit while posing as tourists. They came, observed and left. While they didn’t… Continue Reading
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