This week’s photo was taken early one morning this past week up at Spray Lakes in Kananskis Country. With the sun rising right around 6:00am these days, it’s starting to feel pretty early to get out there and into position for first light. On this trip, I headed out the night before and scouted things out then spent the night nearby to avoid the 3:00am wake up call I would have needed to get there in time from Calgary. Even with that though, the 4:45 alarm felt early enough! This image was made about 20 minutes before sunrise at a …

It’s great to be out in the mountains this time of year to experience the sights, sounds, and smells of spring. I just love seeing how the world comes to life again after the winter months. It’s such a change to hear the sounds of birds in the trees, and the rushing water all around as the snow melts away. The lakes and rivers are opening up and losing their ice, and the grass and plants are beginning to grow again for another season. It’s exciting to see it happening! To welcome spring, I decided on this image for this …

This week’s photo was taken on a foggy and rainy morning near Banff, up on the Minnewanka Loop. This was a challenging morning with constantly changing conditions as the clouds and fog were quickly moving in and out all around me. My original intent was to get a shot overlooking Two Jack Lake towards Mt. Rundle in the west and I started out by setting up a composition there. Very quickly though, a particularly heavy band of fog came in and completely obscured the view. After waiting it out for a while and seeing no signs of things clearing up …