“Parhelion” Kettle Valley Railway/Myra Canyon, British Columbia
This trip was a last minute decision to get outside and get some fresh air despite unusually cold temperatures. The late afternoon adventure provided spectacular light and a brief, but amazing sun dog.
Visiting familiar places and finding new beauty in them can be a very powerful exercise. Finding the extraordinary in the everyday highlights just how important our perspective is. I’ve seen this spot literally hundreds of times, and yet on this day, it spoke to me in a different way, and I captured this image.
“Sarson’s Snow” Kelowna, British Columbia
“Southern Lights” Oyama, British Columbia
This shot came about while trying to capture the Northern Lights. The forecast was good, the sky was crystal clear, but they never materialized. Feeling a bit defeated as I started packing up to head home, I remembered one of my favorite mantras; “Turn around, sometime the best photo is right behind you.” I had been standing on this road for hours, facing the other way, waiting for the northern lights to appear, and I turned around just as the moon was directly in line with the road. And that’s how I ended up with “Southern Lights”
“Hidden Gem” Manning Park, British Columbia
The push up the ridge to the summit was challenging. But the view was worth every labored breath, and every rocky step. These places exist, and we get to see them, if we’re willing to put in the effort.
“Gold Rush” Manning Park, British Columbia
A long day in the mountains but I found gold! The larch trees in October were like something from another world. I wanted to try and bring the intensity of the scene across to the viewer, and the only way to do it was to subdue the other colors. In real life the larches looked electric, almost to bright to be real.
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“Rainbow Trail” Glacier National Park, Canada
The fall colors were spectacular. This high alpine trip was nervously planned in the narrow time window where the fall colors turn, but the snow is threatening. Mother nature was kind enough to let us sneak into this beautiful place, at just the right time. The fall colors were straight out of a fantasy movie. A week or two later this entire area was covered in snow.
Rainbow Trail '1'
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“Ridge” Glacier National Park, Canada
As the elevation grew higher, the trees grew shorter and fewer in number. Mud and roots were gradually replaced by rock and endless sky. This trail marked then end of green and the transition to sheer rock.
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“Purple” Kelowna, British Columbia
Living in the Okanagan, we are very fortunate to get spectacular sunsets on a fairly regular basis, which makes capturing ‘THE ONE’, oddly difficult. The purple tones on this particular night had a very special character that I was fortunate enough to capture. Sometimes you just pick the right night to go to the beach.
This hidden gem is an amazing spot. The fall is in a deep basin that makes it feel as though you’ve discovered a magical place in a fantasy novel. The blue graffiti was originally going to be photoshopped out, but hearts hold special meaning for me and during editing I knew it had to stay.
“Graffiti Falls” Vernon, British Columbia
“Standout” Victoria, British Columbia
Exploring the seemingly endless Vancouver Island coastline on a rainy grey day, this marker caught my eye. The only color, in an otherwise grey vista. As I stared at it, and tried to see the photograph that I knew was there, I realized that sometimes we need to be the color, in an otherwise grey landscape.
“Little Blue Dock” Summerland, British Columbia
I drive by this little blue dock, a multiple times a week. Each time thinking about how to make such a simple thing into a photograph. I knew that the clouds, and the water would need to be just right, but there was still something missing. Then one stormy day it hit me, I needed to find a way to make the blue as captivating in a photograph as it is in real life.