Summer is just around the corner in Banff National Park and there is no better place to start taking summer pictures than at Lake Louise in the heart of the Canadian Rockies. Louise is one of the most-photographed lakes in the world, and for good reason: it’s emerald green water reflections are framed magnificently by…
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How to Photograph Wildlife in the Canadian Rockies eBook
I’m pleased to announce that my first eBook, How to Photograph in the Canadian Rockies: Icefields Parkway – Wildlife Photography edition, is now available online for purchase on the How to Photograph the Canadian Rockies website. For those of you that have always wanted to know where and when to find mountain goats, bears, wolves,…
Banff Photo Location: First Vermilion Lake
One of the best early-season (April-May-June) photo locations to free up from ice and snow is First Vermilion Lake in Banff National Park. It’s a classic photo stop for any serious landscape photographer visiting the Canadian Rockies because of the stunning reflection you can get of Mount Rundle and Tunnel Mountain in the shallow waters…
Photographing Shadow Lake
For landscape photographers visiting Banff this summer that have a hankering to get off-the-road and into an area with stunning scenics just waiting to be taken, try hiking into Shadow Lake Lodge (or campground). It’s a day’s hike in to Shadow Lake, but the landscape photography opportunities are well worth it. This gorgeous backcountry lake…
Early June for Banff Landscape Photographers
For those of you visiting the Canadian Rockies to photograph landscapes in the next few months, aim for early to mid-June to ensure that you’ll get lakes without ice on them. Lakes like Herbert Lake on the Icefields Parkway are often ice-free and perfect for photos by the end of May, but this year I’d…