Over the decades, I’ve taken a lot of photos. So many that counting seems pointless. For better or worse, I’m a bit trigger-happy, especially when working with wildlife. After a photo session, I’ll download the files into an external hard drive. I’ll then format my memory cards making them ready […]
In March of 2021 I went on a weekend bouldering trip in the Eastern Sierra in California. It had been a pretty crowded weekend at the crag due to the good weather, and many indoor gyms still being closed at the time. After climbing we hiked back to the car. […]
When I am initially exploring an idea for a new book, I always start by asking myself three questions. First, how many books have been written on the same subject? If there are many, it could be that the market is saturated. If there are none, or very few, I […]
In recent months, I’ve often shot in the studio for various fashion campaigns, so for my most recent personal editorial photoshoot, I wanted to change things up and do a more conceptual and theatrical session. I decided to build a set in my studio using a large fabric canvas […]
Two species of foxes live in the Canadian Arctic, the cosmopolitan red fox, which has the widest distribution of any wild mammal on Earth, and the circumpolar Arctic fox. Generally, the red fox lives in forests, while the Arctic fox lives on the tundra. In the past 50 years, however, […]
Here on the treeline in Wapusk National Park, a few tenacious spruce trees still manage to survive. I admit it, I’m a “leaf peeper”. Every year, like so many nature photographers, I excitedly await the colourful flamboyance of autumn. The French philosopher and Nobel laureate Albert Camus described the season […]
“Photographers are not artists!” Have you ever heard that? As a fellow photographer, do you ever feel that you are not considered an artist in the eyes of some people? For myself, I have experienced this kind of attitude towards our craft, our passion, our artwork. I know that sometimes […]
Money It’s a crime Share it fairly, but don’t take a slice of my pie Money So they say Is the root of all evil today “Money” by Pink Floyd Photographers spend more money on equipment and travel than most people. I think the manufacturers are aware of this because […]
In the mid-1800s, the legendary American whaling captain Charles Melville Scammon accidentally discovered the narrow opening to a large sheltered lagoon along the Pacific coast of Mexico’s Baja Peninsula. What Scammon didn’t initially realize was that the lagoon was the largest of three such protected lagoons that eastern gray whales […]
Some subjects are perfectly suited to this focusing concept, including freezing soap bubbles. With the temperature dropping, it’s a fantastic subject to explore on the coldest days of the winter season. The concept is simple: blow a soap bubble in the freezing winter air, and photograph the resulting crystals that […]
