I had the pleasure of doing a short trip out shooting late last week with friends and fellow photographers Darwin Wiggett and Wayne Simpson. After setting up camp at one of the campgrounds in Kananaskis Country, we spent a great evening shooting at one of Darwin’s secret spots he shared with Wayne and I. We were treated to some great sunset conditions and despite the “helicopter sized” (to quote Darwin) mosquitoes worked the little area surrounding a beaver pond for several hours, making the most of the quickly changing light show. The image below was taken towards the end of the night, just as we were about to head back out to the road. Darwin had already left and Wayne and I were in the process of packing up our bags thinking we’d make our way back out to the road as well and maybe make a few more shots if some more interesting light materialized. Just as we were taking our cameras off our tripods we noticed the clouds starting to light up and quickly decided we’d better stay put or we’d risk missing the show completely while hiking back out. Within minutes the sky lit up all around us and as it did I was able to capture this scene.

Stay tuned for more images from this trip coming soon, and in the meantime head over and check out the latest post on Darwin’s blog for his insightful (and entertaining) write up of the trip along with his (Awesome!) images from the next morning’s shoot. Be sure to keep an eye on Wayne’s blog for his images from the trip as well.

Thanks Wayne and Darwin for a great trip!