Canadian Wildlife Photography Tours and Workshops
I am honoured today to announce that my image, ‘Fluff-Up’, has placed as the sole Runner-Up in the Animal Portraits category of the 2012 Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. “Fluff-Up” – Raven shot in Jasper National Park – Runner-up in the Animal Portraits category – Larger Version […]
“What the heck is that?” were the first words that popped out of my mouth on the day I first laid eyes on the Jobu Lightweight Mk III gimbal. I was deep in the Great Bear Rainforest, on Day 1 of my 2011 Spirit Bear Photography Tour, and one of […]
While it may be disappointing to many of you, I am finally back here on my blog to report that I am indeed still alive, debunking once and for all the rumours of my demise at the jaws of a pack of ferocious wolves (or was it under the crushing […]
After last week’s tragic wolf deaths in Banff, I figured it was high time for some good news from our mountain parks. Over the past few weeks I’ve had the good fortune to run into two of my favourite bears in Banff National Park, the twin grizzly bear cubs that […]
Sometime in April 2011, the Pipestone/Bow Valley wolf family in Banff National Park welcomed seven new tiny bundles of joy into their world. Six blacks, one grey, all adorable. Each of the pups grew to an age where they started popping out of the den and eventually even moving away […]
This week’s local paper in the Canadian Rockies was awash with bad news for our struggling wildlife: a rare female wolverine killed on Highway 93S in Kootenay National Park, a young male grizzly bear run over at night on Highway 68 in Kananaskis Country, an adult male black bear shot […]
Wow, I go weeks without a blog post and now do two in one day! This is just a quick note to let everyone know that the Canadian Geographic issue with my grizzlies on the cover is now on news stands and in stores throughout Canada. The December 2011 issue […]
“He’s going to come right at us!“ And just like that, a 500-kilo polar bear hurled himself up and over the bank and bee-lined straight for us in a cloud of snow and seaweed. When he was fifty meters from us, he put on the brakes and glanced behind him […]
Hi everyone! Just a quick post today to ask you to please go vote for the next Canadian Geographic Cover, which includes one (or two or three) of my images as a cover choice. I’m not going to tell you which ones are mine (though you may recognize one…or two…or […]
On the evening of Monday, July 11th, grizzly bear #108, a five-and-a-half year old female grizzly bear, was hit by a car on the Trans-Canada Highway near Castle Junction between Banff and Lake Louise. While park wardens that were on the scene were hopeful she would survive the impact of […]