I had the privilege of visiting Arches National Park in Utah again this fall. The road takes you all over the park and has small pullouts to park in if you need a closer look. Continue reading An Evening at Arches Nat. Park
Shooting at night is a little more technical than daytime. I was glad that renowned night photographers Colin Chatfield and Tara McGee came to do a workshop at Avonlea Heritage Museum. Colin’s presentation was very informative and I’m glad I attended. During his presentation, it rained and was thundering, so we were unable to go to the Avonlea Badlands. Thanks Jan, for allowing us to … Continue reading Night Photography
We decided to visit friends near Flint, MI and see some Dort history. Continue reading Dort in Flint, MI
I had the privelege again, of leading a group of interested people into the amazing Avonlea Badlands. Continue reading Avonlea Badlands
We had visited Grasslands National Park both east and west blocks before. I like each area for different reasons and decided to return to the east block for a second look. We were going to try backcountry camping for the first time – yes, pack all your gear out onto the bald prairie and spend the night. Continue reading Grasslands NP East Block
I rushed to Dunnet Park to catch the sunset on a huge supercell to the southeast. Although I was too late to get much of the sunset, the lightning turned into quite a show. The above video has 4 timelapses I from last night. Push the play button. When I began, there was a hint of a rainbow over the canola. It continued to intrigue … Continue reading Night of Lightning
Sometimes the clouds just look crazy! Here is a timelapse of the clouds near Avonlea, SK today (July 1, 2019 at 6:07pm) Continue reading Crazy Clouds
In the above video, the owlets are sleeping, then Mama Hoo comes to feed them. She doesn’t bring new prey, just grabs part of one that remains in the nest and starts pulling parts off for her young ones. Viewer discrepancy is advised. Continue reading Eat, Sleep, Repeat
We are so lucky to have this pair of great horned owls return to nest in our barrel of sweet clover seed for their third season! Here you can review Season 1 and Season 2 if you like. Mar 10, 2019 Shawn checks the nest and captures the first egg. Thanks for the photo, Shawn. Mar 24, 2019 Shawn checks again and now we have … Continue reading 24 Hours in HooVille
About an hour’s drive northeast from Las Vegas, NV is this picturesque park. After seeing pictures on the internet, we decided we needed to see this for ourselves. Continue reading Valley of Fire State Park
