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…
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Landscape Photography – Moraine Lake in Banff National Park
With the advent of spring in Banff National Park comes a plethora of nature photography opportunities: bears are wandering the valley bottoms, prairie crocuses are shining brightly on the mountain slopes, and fresh leaves are poking out all over. But spring also heralds a time for landscape photographers to get serious in Banff as the…
Watch The Rockies at Their Best
A Great DVD of the Canadian Rockies Banff National Park, Alberta Often I have said that it is hard to take a bad picture around the Canadian Rockies. It is simply too stunning a place. However, the difference between a good video and a phenomenal video is clear to see and Les McDonalds DVD of…
Photographing the Canadian Rockies
Interview with John Marriot – The Rockies Photographer Banff National Park, Alberta How long have you been photographing the Canadian Rockies? Since 1993, my first year working for Parks Canada. How does it compare now to how it was ten years back? – it’s actually pretty similar now, it may have actually been even busier…
The Athabasca Glacier – Walking on Not-So-Thin Ice
The Athabasca Glacier – The Canadian Rockies’ Relic Jasper National Park, Alberta The Athabasca Glacier is North Americas most visited glacier and for a good reason too. As we stepped onto the Ice Explorer bus (each worth almost one million bucks), we were informed that this was a relic of the last ice age. “The…
Photographing with a Family in Tow in the Canadian Rockies – Part I
I recently got an email inquiring about how to get some photography in on a summer vacation to the Canadian Rockies with a family in tow. The challenges are obvious when you have young kids in the car and you’re not that familiar with the area, so I’ll begin by breaking down some tips for…
Banff Winter Photography Favourites
It’s 5 pm on February 6th, 2009, and for the first time in over a month, it’s snowing outside here in Banff!! So with that in mind, I give you my three favourite Banff winter photography locations, which, in my mind, are always better when there’s fresh snow on the ground and trees: 3. Lake…
Banff Winter Photography
The short, cold, crisp days of January are some of my favourites in the Canadian Rockies for photography. While it’s often frigid (we had several days this winter close to 40 below — F and C!!), there are several advantages to spending a photo holiday in Banff or Jasper in the dead of winter. For…