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We are headed off Backpacking to Tonquin Valley in Jasper without Cameras 26 Aug 2013 | 04:51 pm
Samantha and I am headed off on a backpack trip to one of the most spectacular regions of the Canadian Rockies – Tonquin Valley. This trip is a mini-vacation before our busy fall photography instructi...
Forest Cars – Off to “Buicks, Badlands and Old Buildings: The Prairie Photo Workshop 2013″ 22 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
We are super excited to be heading off to St. Ann Ranch in Trochu for our annual Buicks, Badlands and Old Buildings: The Prairie Photo Workshop. Our photo romp through the Alberta prairie leads us thr...
Building Your Own Stories – Amazing Visual Stories with Caras Ionut 20 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
Long before I owned a camera, my interest in art was based on traditional inks and paints, and it was my fascination with tools like Photoshop that paved my way into photography. Creating something fr...
Chain Mail Chicken – Stu Pott finds his Freedom in Switzerland 18 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
We just got this travel journal from Stu Pott, one of the Chain Mail Chicken Cousins courtesy of photographer Aung Lwin Date – Uncertain I have been trapped in this dark box for several days now, ha...
Photographing People and Places: Privacy and the Pursuit of the Picture 16 Aug 2013 | 02:30 am
In preparing for the IRIS photo workshop this coming September 15, where Darwin and I will be co-instructing during the Cochrane Classic Car Show ‘n Shine, I found myself thinking about street photogr...
The Final Photo Tour Ever – November’s Fire and Ice in the Canadian Rockies 13 Aug 2013 | 06:34 pm
As many of you know, Samantha and I have decided to stop doing photo tours. Tours are about guiding photographers to the most scenic locations given the light and the weather, and also trying to bag t...
Waterton Lakes National Park – Alternative Landscapes and Intimate Views 10 Aug 2013 | 06:28 pm
Below, Ian McGillvrey, Samantha and I present a few ‘alternative’ or unexpected images we made in Waterton during our 5-day backpack trip. These shots go beyond the obvious and show the little things ...
Waterton Lakes National Park – The Grand Landscape 8 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
Samantha, Ian McGillvrey and I went on a 5-day backpacking trip to Waterton Lakes National Park in late July. The intent of the trip for me and Sam was primarily a nature hike, although I did manage t...
Chain Mail Chicken – Peter Pecker Arrives in Tlingit Country (A Yukon Adventure Awaits) 6 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
Heather Jones sends us this update on Peter Pecker’s arrival in the Yukon Territory (watch for more stories to come!): Ahhhh… Peter arrived safe and sound in the Yukon! He has been enjoying the notor...
We’re off to the Canmore Folk Music Festival 2013 3 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
Every year we love to head out to Canmore for the annual Canmore Folk Music Festival. This year we are camping in town in our wee Trillium Trailer (named Bettytina) and spending the August long weeken...
