As we near the peak of wildflower photography season in Banff and Jasper, I thought I’d share a few of my favourite spots with you. I’m going to start off with Molar Meadows in the Banff backcountry, which provides some of the best wildflower photography in the entire Canadian Rockies. You can expect some solitude…
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Banff Photography Hotspots: The Green Spot
Locals that spend any amount of time in the Town of Banff quickly grow to love Banff`s infamous Green Spot, where a big green meadow on the slopes of Mount Norquay and Stoney Squaw provide an open view of the townsite below. Fortunately for landscape and nature photographers that have come to Banff to get…
Early Spring Photography Hotspots for Banff – Vermilion Lakes
Hi everyone! It’s been a great last few days in Banff, with a nice mix of warm weather and sunny skies with a bit of cloud cover. Today is cloudy, but still has some pretty decent light hitting the mountains in the mornings and evenings. With spring comes the first itchings to get out and…
The Bears are Coming Soon to Banff and Jasper!
For all you wildlife photographers and photographer wannabes out there, we’re getting closer and closer to the start of ‘bear season’, the gorgeous spring season where both black and grizzly bears can be found and photographing regularly throughout Banff and Jasper National Parks. In fact, last week the first grizzly tracks of the season were…
Ice Update – May 19th, 2011
Just a quick update for all of you following conditions here in the Rockies: – there are very few ice-free lakes to date in any of the mountain parks, lakes that are currently ice-free include Vermilion Lakes in Banff and Horseshoe Lake in Jasper. – Waterton Lakes National Park is still largely snow and ice-bound,…
Banff Photography Workshop – October 2011
I’m pleased to announce that I’m teaming up with internationally-renowned nature photographers Darwin Wiggett and Samantha Chrysanthou again this fall, from October 27-30, 2011, to offer a great nature photography workshop in Banff National Park. We’ll once again be based out of beautiful Baker Creek Chalets near Lake Louise and participants will get to photograph…
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…
Fall Wildlife Photography Preview for Banff National Park
As fall slowly approaches here in Banff National Park, I thought now would be a great time to take a look ahead at autumn / fall wildlife photography opportunities for Banff and Jasper National Parks and beyond. I’ll begin with Banff, which offers not only some great fall landscape photography, but some fantastic wildlife photo…