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Urban landscapes: me and the snowy dawn
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PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE OVER THE BOW RIVER, CALGARY, ALBERTA I knew this former railroad bridge was beautifully illuminate at night; it was just a matter of getting there at the right time. A foot of sno…
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Natural landscapes: the way to the mountains
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POND, PRAIRIES AND MOUNTAINS NEAR PINCHER CREEK, ALBERTA This trip, down the Cowboy Trail in western Canada, has yield a ridiculous number of “keeper” images like this one. The late-win…
on Mon, 2PM
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Rural landscapes: the white prairie beacon
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BETHLEHEM LUTHERAN CHURCH,DALUM, ALBERTA This historic Danish church is practically in the middle of nowhere on the western Canadian prairies. It was built in 1929 by the Danish immigrants in the a…
on Sun, 1PM
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Urban landscapes: basking with the bridge
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CHERRY STREET NORTH BRIDGE, TORONTO, ONTARIO This is one of four new bridges that opened just this year in the port lands of Canada’s largest city. I figured there might be decent photo oppor…
on Thu, 4PM
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Urban landscapes: the gentle beauty of dawn
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SUNRISE FROM THE GRANDEUR OF THE SEA, SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO During our 20th anniversary Caribbean cruise, I was up early to go to the top of our ship and capture the approaching dawn in this city o…
on Mar 18
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Natural landscapes: Irish green on St. Patrick’s Day
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FUCHSIA GROWING AT AVONDALE HOUSE, COUNTY WICKLOW, IRELAND I went back into the archives and found this beauty from my 1993 trip to Ireland. This island is my spiritual home and I’ve become a…
on Mar 17
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Urban landscapes: parked for a visit
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GRANDEUR OF THE SEAS DOCKED AT ROSEAU, DOMINICA This Caribbean island nation is still recovering from a devastating 2018 hurricane, so my wife and I (on our 20th anniversary cruise celebration) wer…
on Mar 15
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Urban landscapes: ready for a game?
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GIANT CHESS SET ABOARD GRANDEUR OF THE SEA, SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO During our 20th anniversary cruise ship vacation, I was up at dawn to wander around the Grandeur of the Sea looking for picture opp…
on Mar 7
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Rural landscapes: on a bright winter day
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OLD PRAIRIE FARM BUILDING, NEAR CARMANGAY, ALBERTA If you ‘follow’ this website, you probably know I’m a sucker for the subtle beauty and character of old farm buildings. This one…
on Mar 4
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Urban landscapes: where the traffic goes
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MACLEOD TRAIL MORNING TRAFFIC, CALGARY, ALBERTA Long-exposure light trails are fun, but they don’t always work without a strong background. So I hunted around until finding these office build…
on Feb 14
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Rural landscapes: Where the train travels
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LAKE LOUISE TRAIN STATION, BANFF NATIONAL PARK, ALBERTA I was blessed to find a Canadian Pacific train stopped at the station, in the midst of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Also blessed to have a p…
on Feb 11
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Natural landscapes: be one with the water
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WINTER RAPIDS, RAPIDES-DES-JOACHIMS, QUEBEC I discovered this river (which, for the life of me, I cannot find the name) during spring time just across the Quebec-Ontario border in eastern Canada. I…
on Feb 3
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Urban landscapes: the delicate, delightful ceiling
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ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM EASTERN ENTRANCE, TORONTO, ONTARIO One of Canada’s most impressive museums, the ROM attracts more than a million visitors annually to check out more than 13,000,000 items…
on Feb 1
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Rural landscapes: the Great Lakes sentinel
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LIGHTHOUSE AND SNOW, PORT DALHOUSIE, ONTARIO This charming tourist section of St. Catharines has two lighthouses. This one provided a superb scene for me to photograph, thanks to the moody sky and …
on Jan 31
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Rural landscapes: the shadowy winter world
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PRAIRIE SCENERYNEAR STAVELY, ALBERTA I drove the ruralest of rural roads south of my Calgary home, enjoying the Canadian prairie world and looking for compelling scenes. This was one of them, the s…
on Jan 30
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Natural landscapes: the glorious winter view
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ABOVE THE BOW VALLEY PARKWAY,BANFF NATIONAL PARK, ALBERTA I’ve photographed from this high viewpoint before (you can see it here: and knew it would be good again. After an exhausting slog up …
on Jan 27
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Rural landscapes: the amazing morning view
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SNOWY MORNING IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN FOOTHILLS, NEAR DIAMOND VALLEY, ALBERTA As you can see, it was an absolutely sublime morning to be roaming around this western Canadian province with photography…
on Jan 24
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Urban landscapes: Me, seeing RED
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CHERRY STREET NORTH BRIDGE,TORONTO, ONTARIO This is one of four new bridges that opened last year in the port lands of Canada’s largest city. I figured there might be decent photo opportunities the…
on Jan 23
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Urban landscapes: lighting the pathway
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BOWNESS PARK, CALGARY, ALBERTA I arrived before dawn on a cold New Year’s Day and found many trees beautifully lit. So I did my best with a new camera, fumbling with the controls and filters.…
on Jan 4
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Rural landscapes: where the snow blows
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WINTER ARTISTRY IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN FOOTHILLS, NEAR STAVELY, ALBERTA I love driving the rural roads of this western Canadian province, eventually losing track of where I am but always finding my …
on Jan 2
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Natural landscapes: the afternoon flow
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BOW RIVER AND CASTLE MOUNTAIN, BANFF NATIONAL PARK, ALBERTA The day had been mostly overcast, but in the last hour, while on the way home, the sun finally found a hole in the clouds and added brill…
on Dec 27
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Rural landscapes: worship in a grand landscape
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THE LITTLE CHURCH, DRUMHELLER, ALBERTA Seating just six people, the Little Church was first erected by Drumheller contractor Tyvge “Tig” Seland in cooperation with the Drumheller Minist…
on Dec 26
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Urban landscapes: merry Christmas from Alberta
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HOLIDAY DISPLAY AT BANKER’S HALL, CALGARY, ALBERTA I was blessed to have full access to the hall, meaning I could set up my tripod and make long exposures with no security guard interference (a rar…
on Dec 24
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Rural landscapes: in the land of wind
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WIND TURBINES NEAR PINCHER CREEK, ALBERTA The windy prairie landscape of southern Alberta is home to many hundreds of turbines. Lots of people don’t care for them, but I find them to be a fascinati…
on Dec 23
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Natural landscapes: the dance of ice and water
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WINTER AT SINCLAIR CREEK, KOOTENAY NATIONAL PARK, BRITISH COLUMBIA I had planned all along to finish my day-long photo trip with a stop at this stream in the Canadian Rockies. As you can see, I was…
on Dec 22
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Rural landscapes: the rare snowy morning
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WILKET CREEK AND RAILROAD BRIDGE, TORONTO, ONTARIO My photographic world was a different place when I made this photo back in 2000. I was still using a film camera (and slide film); I sold it off b…
on Dec 19
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Urban landscapes: reflections in a winter world
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BOW RIVER AND DOWNTOWN SKYSCRAPERS, CALGARY, ALBERTA Most of the Bow River freezes over in winter, so it was a blessing to have most of it open to reflect the stunning lights and colours of this we…
on Dec 11
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Rural landscapes: life in a world of fog
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ME AND THE MORNING MIST, NEAR PINCHER CREEK, ALBERTA I love making photographs in foggy conditions, but always find it a challenge to find compelling subjects that will photograph well. Just before…
on Dec 10
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Urban landscapes: sweet snow in the suburbs
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NOSE CREEK, AIRDRIE, ALBERTA I drove past this scene on the way to a medical appointment and decided to give it a harder look on the way home. As you can see, it was worth stopping and photographin…
on Dec 2
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Rural landscapes: seeing red in a world of snow
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PRAIRIE FARM NEAR CALGARY, ALBERTA I’ve passed this farm dozens of times over the years, but never saw good conditions for a picture until this sombre winter day. I looked for a compelling fo…
on Dec 1
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Urban landscapes: the river at dusk
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BOW RIVER AND DOWNTOWN SKYLINE, CALGARY, ALBERTA There were enough clouds to make it seem like a spectacular November sunset was about to happen, so I quickly drove to a place where I figured it wo…
on Nov 27
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Urban landscapes: the misty dawn
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THE MAERSK DETECTOR, ST. JOHN’S, NEWFOUNDLAND This photo is a happy accident. I was photographing the ship (with its strange name) and didn’t realize the light mist had gotten onto the …
on Nov 24
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Urban landscapes: the beauty of a setting moon
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APPROACHING DAWN AT CARBURN PARK, CALGARY, ALBERTA This 135-hecatare urban park, created in 1986, features two man-made ponds, plenty of forest, pathways and deer that are so used to people that, d…
on Nov 21
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Urban landscapes: the painted sunrise
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CLOUDS AT DAWN, CALGARY, ALBERTA Yes, that November sunrise really was this spectacular. First, I made some gobsmacking pictures along the Bow River, which flows through this western Canadian city …
on Nov 19
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Rural landscapes: worship in an awesome landscape
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OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP CATHOLIC CHURCH, DOROTHY, ALBERTA A tiny hamlet in the amazing badlands of western Canada has several decommissioned churches that anyone can visit. On this occasion, I h…
on Nov 17
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Urban landscapes: end of another day
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CITY SKYLINE AT DUSK, CALGARY, ALBERTA When it comes to photography, I’m a sunrise guy, so this was a rare sunset outing in this western Canadian city. The Bow River flows out of the Rocky Mo…
on Nov 12
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Urban landscapes: remembering the fallen
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FIELD OF CROSSES, CALGARY, ALBERTA Between Nov. 1 and 11 each year, 3,500 of crosses – taking up five acres – are erected and illuminated along Memorial Drive in this western Canadian c…
on Nov 10
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Urban landscapes: the morning rush-hour
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TRAFFIC ON SECOND STREET, CALGARY, ALBERTA I visited the downtown core of this western Canadian city, looking for compelling long-exposure photo opportunities. I think this scene fits the bill. The…
on Nov 8
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Rural landscapes: beauty in the land of wind
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WIND TURBINE AND HAYROLLS, PINCHER CREEK, ALBERTA The southern end of this western Canadian province is one of the windiest places in the country. As a result, there are hundreds of wind turbines s…
on Nov 5
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Rural landscapes: the wheel of time
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ANCIENT FARM EQUIPMENT NEAR PINCHER CREEK, ALBERTA I love old vehicles and farm equipment, so finding this in the midst of a beautiful prairie landscape was a gift. I deliberately went for a shallo…
on Nov 4
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Rural landscapes: Eternal rest in an epic landscape
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OLD TRUCKS, ATLAS COAL MINE, NEAR DRUMHELLER, ALBERTA Old vehicles are a favourite photography subject and I really loved this pair, hanging out in a gloriously snowy western Canadian badlands land…
on Nov 3
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Urban landscapes: Beauty on the rocky hill
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THE BATTERY, ST. JOHN’S, NEWFOUNDLAND The Battery is a neighbourhood with the capital city of Newfoundland and Labrador. It’s on the entrance to the harbour, on the slopes of Signal Hil…
on Oct 30
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Urban landscapes: autumn reaching for the skyscrapers
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FALL COLOURS AND APARTMENTS, TORONTO, ONTARIO Walking along the street, I loved the glowing hues in these trees. The trick was combining them, in a compelling way, with the very urban environment a…
on Oct 28
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Rural landscapes: a test of discipline
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HAYROLLS AND FOG NEAR DRUMHELLER, ALBERTA I called this photo “a test of discipline” because I like contrast in my pictures and that’s very easy to create with Photoshop. So it to…
on Oct 27
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Rural landscapes: the clash of autumn and winter
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TIRE TRACKS AND FALLEN LEAVES, KANANASKIS COUNTRY, ALBERTA I drove into this parking lot in the Canadian Rocky Mountains intending to see if there were any good autumn landscapes. Then I saw how th…
on Oct 26
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Rural landscape: the autumn place of worship
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ST. PETER’S LUTHERAN CHURCH, COCHRANE, ALBERTA I’ve considered photographing this very attractive church many times over the years, but was always thrown off by the distracting powerlin…
on Oct 25
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Urban landscapes: the city, exploded!
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CALGARY SKYSCRAPERS, ALBERTA This is a good time of year to photograph city skylines; the sun comes up late enough for all the building lights to be on during ‘blue hour,’ an ideal time…
on Oct 21
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Rural landscapes: out of the valley of darkness
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TRAIN TRACKS ON A CLOUDY DAWN, GLENBOW RANCH PROVINCIAL PARK, ALBERTA I’ve photographed these tracks before, but this time I wanted to take advantage of the pre-dawn light and create somethin…
on Oct 9
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Rural landscapes: waiting for maple syrup season
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AUTUMN AT KORTRIGHT CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION, VAUGHAN, ONTARIO In late winter, this is a popular maple-syrup tourist attraction. But when I visited on a stunning October morning, it was just me and …
on Oct 7
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Rural landscapes: the drama of autumn scenery
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HAY ROLLS WEST OF CALGARY, ALBERTA I photographed this scene a day earlier, under cloudy conditions, and knew I wanted to return and try again with sunshine. The extra bonus was a threatening sky t…
on Oct 3