I was stumped on the I.D., I knew it was a bluebird but what species of bluebird, a Mountain Bluebird or a Western Bluebird? It turns this little bluebird is a first year male Mountain Bluebird, thanks Gus for straightening that out for me and a few other photogs! It was a dull overcast morning, or even light morning with 6″ of fresh snow on...

Since winter is officially over (hard to tell with all the snow on the ground), it is spring here in Alberta right? I decided to post a few of the deer I photographed over the past winter including a few good size bucks. I have about 150+ images of deer from this winter, here are just a few. Backlit Deer in the forest Big Buck

In this Calgary photography workshop learn what it takes to photograph birds in flight, things you never thought of, tips, tricks and my personal tactics for fast moving objets that WILL make you a better photographer in capturing avian in-flight photos. Birds in fligh workshops A course to help you learn how to photograph birds in flight first hand. Out...

These male northern red-shafted flickers have been busy trying to impress the females and I caught two males jousting in the snow. Either a territorial thing, or some kind of spring mating ritual, not real sure. Male Red-Shafted Flicker Red-Shafted Flicker In-Flight

Just about to head home and we saw two coyotes, it was getting dark and the sun was going down but we decided to try and get a little closer. As we approached the coyotes started to yip and call, two turned into three. As we turned the corner and all three spotted Ken Bell and I started shooting! Crusty Tail The Coyote

We spotted 4 or 5 rough-legged hawks today, the in-flight hawk pictured on the left was a light morph (or light phase) rough legged hawk. With cameras in hand fellow photog David Lilly & I scouted around south west of Calgary looking for anything interesting and hoping to see an early mountain blue bird. Still a little early for blue birds, but...

Adding a new category to my blog, old interiors & exteriors, ruins, rundown places that are dirty, rusty but interesting leaning architecture to photograph. This is the first set of images for the category and I hope you like these high contrast images. On the left is an old abandoned farm house found in the Alberta prairies, looking in through...