Photography is a waiting game. A physically demanding waiting game too. Standing in one place, essentially sitting on a scene, waiting for magic light, or waiting for an animal to appear, makes your body stiffen up and leaves plenty of room for your mind to create doubt. In the Great Bear Rainforest, on the coast of British Columbia, I stood at the edge of a river in the … [Read more...]
The Fairy Glen, Isle of Skye, Scotland
One of my last photo locations on the Isle of Skye was the Fairy Glen near Uig. It's a smaller and softer version of the Quiraing with rounded grassy knolls topped with it's own castle -- a rock known as Castle Ewen. I spent a delightful afternoon exploring the miniature landscape. At least it seemed miniature compared to some of the more dramatic landscapes on Skye, but … [Read more...]
The Quiraing, Isle of Skye, Scotland
I don't have any photos from my first visit to The Quiraing on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. But that visit sits foremost in my memory. What a day! It was crazy. It was about a 45 minutes from from the B&B I was staying at, so I left in darkness in order to be up there well ahead of sunrise. When I left it was absolutely pouring rain. But I didn't go to Scotland to … [Read more...]
What is the Best Focal Length Lens for Bird Photography?
Last winter I returned to one of my all time favourite bird photography destinations: Cibola National Wildlife Refuge which is on the border between California and Arizona. During my first visit to Cibola the previous year, I discovered some problems with my wildlife photography gear, which resulted in my not getting any long lens photos. Bummer! That was one reason why … [Read more...]
Learning to Clam – Grizzly Bear Cubs in Khutzeymateen British Columbia
Each of my days with the grizzly bears in Khutzeymateen Provincial Park, British Columbia, was unique. Each day held its own mysteries and revealed its own surprises. On board the zodiac in the early morning hours, we puttered up to a spot where a creek comes out to the inlet, and discovered a mom with her three cubs! They were just hanging around eating grass as … [Read more...]
Colourful Stones, Honeycomb Cliff, Friendly Animals and Lost Strangers in Elgol, Isle of Skye, Scotland
The tiny village of Elgol turned out to be my surprise location on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. There's always a place like that. Somewhere unexpected, where you might not have planned to go, that becomes one of the most memorable places of the trip. It took me hours to drive to Elgol because I kept stopping to try to photograph sheep! They are all over the road, unless of … [Read more...]
Landscape Photography in Khutzeymateen British Columbia
Mornings in the Khutzeymateen Inlet in northern British Columbia are mesmerizing - so breathtaking that you feel you might still be asleep. Waking in my ship's cabin, I immediately began to feel the anticipation of the coming day when I would get the chance to see and photograph grizzly bears. But as soon as I climbed the polished wooden ladder to the main deck of the … [Read more...]
My 8 Favourite Photography Locations on the Oregon Coast
Every year on our snowbird trip, when we go south to find the winter sun, we travel on Highway 101 along the Oregon coast, eagerly anticipating each curve in the road that reveals sea stacks, ocean waves, and the rugged coastline. We've driven the road 15 times now (an odd number because one year we went to the east coast in spring and drove all the way around the USA in a … [Read more...]