Urban landscapes: the exchange of goods
THE TRADER, EDMONTON, ALBERTA
This three-metre tall bronze sculpture was designed in 1977 by American sculptor John Weaver, who eventually moved to Canada because so much of his works were here. It sits on a three-metre tall granite base, so the entire presentation is quite striking.
The Trader was commissioned to commemorate businessman and politician John McDougall. According to the city of Edmonton website, “In following the conventions of classic heroic sculpture, the imagery and representation of McDougall as the ‘hero’ of the monument can be construed as problematic. Although both men are portrayed as equal in scale, McDougall the settler is named while the Indigenous man trading with him is not.”
What grabbed my attention was the snow and how it highlighted the curves of the trading materials. From there, I worked to ensure symmetry in the background.
Nikon D50, tripod.
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Urban landscapes: the epic silence
THE CATHEDRAL OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, ST. JOHN’S, NEWFOUNDLAND
The exterior of this Anglican church in eastern Canada is not particularly impressive, but step inside and WOW! Glorious silence in an awe-inspiring space that can’t help but encourage worship from those of us who believe in a loving God.
I spent an hour here, all by myself, making pictures and appreciating the time available to pray. Here’s another gobsmacking cathedral scene, pointing in the opposite direction: https://wp.me/p2ccTX-1dH
Nikon D7100, tripod.
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Natural landscapes: taking it all in
ALONG THE ICEFIELDS PARKWAY, BANFF NATIONAL PARK, ALBERTA
Every time I’ve driven this magnificent road in the Canadian Rockies and come around a corner to see this view, I’ve been stunned into silence and prayer. One morning I decided to put me into the scene then, during processing, turn everything but me into black-and-white. Kinda cool, eh? 🙂
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Urban landscapes: Merry Christmas from Alberta
CHRISTMAS LIGHTING NEAR OLYMPIC PLAZA, CALGARY, ALBERTA
Olympic Plaza gained fame during the 1988 Olympic Winter Games. It was where a majority of the medal presentations took place. Today, it’s a winter skating rink and a summer gathering place where plays are often performed. The giant tower on the right is The Bow, Calgary’s second tallest skyscraper.
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Natural landscapes: flowing through the cedar forest
WILMOT CREEK, NEWCASTLE, ONTARIO
It’s rare to get cold and snowy conditions in southern Ontario, so I was glad to have time to take advantage of even a little snow cover on the trees and ice in the rivers and creeks. This photo, fished out of the archives from more than a decade ago, was made from a bridge on Hwy. 115 east of Toronto.
Nikon D50, tripod, polarizing filter
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Rural landscape: abandoned under the big sky
OLD TRUCK ON THE PRAIRIES, NEAR CARMANGAY, ALBERTA
I like the colour version (you can see it here: http://bit.ly/AlbertaOldTruck), but somehow a snowless winter scene this rustic cries out for the simplicity of black-and-white. I also like the wide-angle perspective that makes the front of the truck swell (for lack of a better term).
I’m always artistically attracted to human creations that are breaking down over time. Perhaps I’m seeking to photographically echo our condition….
Nikon D90 tripod, polarizing filter, fill-flash (to illuminate the front of the truck).
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Natural landscapes: the tree in the midst of glory
WINTER AT UPPER WATERFOWL LAKE, BANFF NATIONAL PARK, ALBERTA
You can’t see much of the lake – it’s the bit of white behind the tree – but the setting, along the Icefields Parkway in the Canadian Rockies, is among the most ridiculously sublime in the world.
I was traveling the parkway when sections were covered with new snow. Each section simply forced me to find a stopping place to record God’s glory in full winter splendour.
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Urban landscapes: my snowprints complete the scene
DECKCHAIRS IN THE SNOW, CALGARY, ALBERTA
This western Canadian city has done a lot of work to make its riverfront as useable and attractive as possible. This is one of the charming stops along the Bow River. I encountered it before sunrise, right after a satisfyingly large snowfall, and the snow made the scene even better.
P.S. My snowprints accomplish two things: (1) they break up the empty space in the bottom right section of the scene and (2) they echo the diagonal line of the lights.
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Natural landscapes: the park & the snow
PRINCE’S ISLAND PARK, CALGARY, ALBERTA
A Friday snowfall left this urban park in western Canada coated in snow and gave me a Saturday morning to capture it. This is a telephoto view, designed to isolate a portion of snowy trees on the edge of a lagoon. Just behind these trees, outside the right border of the photo, are condo townhouses and skyscrapers.
Nikon D7100, 70-300 mm. lens, tripod.
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Natural landscapes: after the snowfall
WINTER AT DINOSAUR PROVINCIAL PARK, ALBERTA
This photo goes back to 2009, but my visit to this stunning park in western Canada was so productive, I’m still finding gems to show you all these years later. Alberta’s badlands are amazing in any season, but to see them right after a snowfall is truly memorable.
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Urban landscapes: the winter drive
MEMORIAL DRIVE, CALGARY, ALBERTA
This western Canadian city received almost a foot of snow on a Friday, which means I could get up early on Saturday and find compelling ways to photograph it. This vantage point is a pedestrian bridge over Memorial Drive, named in honour of Canada’s war dead. A long exposure ensured you don’t see any vehicles, just their long lines of light as they travelled the road before dawn.
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Natural landscapes: the magnificent winter morning
SUNNY MORNING AT LAKE LOUISE, BANFF NATIONAL PARK, ALBERTA
Yes, this is one of the most photographed places on this planet. But winter views are a little less common and the winter sun, far to the south, creates wonderful photography conditions all day. (Here’s another view of the lake, made on the same glorious morning: https://wp.me/p2ccTX-105)
Nikon D90, tripod, polarizing filter.
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Urban landscapes: the misty dawn
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 filter over my lens, causing these little circles as the water drops caught the ship’s lights.
Upon making this discovery, I was disappointed for about two seconds until I realized the light circles lifted the photo from merely good to pretty darn great (in my humble opinion 🙂 ). You can see this scene in colour here: http://bit.ly/MaerskDetector.
Nikon D7100, tripod, graduated density (darkening) filter on the sky and the top half of the boat.
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Urban landscapes: the silent place of worship
THE CATHEDRAL OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, ST. JOHN’S, NEWFOUNDLAND
The Anglican parish was established in 1699 in one of the oldest cities in North America. Construction of this building began in 1847; the cathedral was among many structures extensively damaged by the Great Fire of 1892. By 1905, all the repairs were complete and in 1981, the cathedral was designated a National Historic Site.
I was blessed to spend an hour, all by myself, in the mystical silence of this atmosphere. In such a place, one’s heart cannot help but turn towards the glorious, mysterious Divine. (Here’s a vertical view of the cathedral, in colour: http://bit.ly/StJohnsCathedral).
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Natural landscapes: the high and awesome view
CUCKOLD’S COVE, ST. JOHN’S, NEWFOUNDLAND
This city, on Canada’s east coast, is set in one of the most ridiculously rugged and stunning landscapes I’ve ever been blessed to photograph. This Atlantic Ocean vista, featuring the last touches of autumn colours, is just a bit off a road that has mindblowing, wind-blown views in almost every direction.
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Natural landscapes: where the ocean meets the rocks
SHORELINE CREVASSE, TORBAY, NEWFOUNDLAND
Roaming along the Atlantic ocean shore of this eastern Canadian province, I was amazed to find the sea pouring in and out of this opening in the giant, glistening rocky outcropping. I went with a long exposure to make the water silky and better contrast it with the wet, hard edges of rock surrounding it.
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Rural landscapes: the autumn cemetery
ST. PHILIPS ANGLICAN PARISH CEMETARY, PORTUGAL COVE-ST. PHILIP’S, NEWFOUNDLAND
During my day off on a business trip to this east coast Canadian province, I came upon this cemetery and church above a village with amazing Atlantic Ocean views.
In this composition, the ocean is way off in the distance. I deliberately went with a very shallow depth of field so the headstones and trees would complement, rather than compete with the last of the autumn colours in the foreground shrubbery.
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Natural landscapes: the late-autumn waterfall
WATERFALL BESIDE THE ROAD, TORBAY, NEWFOUNDLAND
During a business trip to this province in eastern Canada, I took a day to explore the region and came upon this beautiful waterfall flowing beside the main road through Torbay. Spent nearly an hour making my way down the embankment from the road, then pushing my way through undergrowth to explore as much of the stream as possible.
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Natural landscapes: prairie snow, prairie grass
SNOWY FIELD, GLENBOW RANCH PROVINCIAL PARK, NEAR COCHRANE, ALBERTA
As I wandered around this delightful park west of Calgary in western Canada, I came across meadows of snowy grass and knew if I could find one shrub in the midst of it, I could make a compelling photo.
I went for a very shallow depth of field, since having everything tack-sharp simply wasn’t necessary to give you a good feel for this scene.
Nikon D7100, 70-300-mm. zoom lens, tripod
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Urban landscapes: before winter arrives
BOATS IN THE HARBOUR, CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
While in the capital city of this eastern Canadian province, I had time to wander around the downtown. While most of the autumn colours were gone (except for here: https://wp.me/p2ccTX-ZR), I did find a few boats that hadn’t been hauled onto shore for the winter. As soon as I saw this big splash of red, I knew some kind of pleasing composition was possible, I just had to find it. How did I do?
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