This vinaigrette was something that I made to satisfy a craving for a rich flavoured and sweet dressing that didn’t rely on sugar for its sweetness. It’s a relatively quick recipe and the Balsamic vinegar adds a deep flavour to it.
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Gary’s girls came to visit Calgary again, so we needed to get together, especially with the new addition of Gary Jr. One of my favourite spots is at Pearce Estate Park, where we photographed Ashley and Michael. The timing was perfect, as we took these just a few days before the epic Calgary flood that nearly destroyed the area.
Tags: Calgary, children, Family, outdoor, Pearce Estate Park, Photography, Portrait, Summer
I was amazed at how I would feel during the wedding of my daughter. There’s a mix of excitement and feeling reluctant to let go. I lost myself in taking their photos. We spent 3 hours wandering the downtown core for their engagement. I loved the variety we found in a relatively small area.
Then there was the adventure of the wedding itself and the beauty of the new Calgary Temple. It was a cold day. The weather that day was a welcome change to the worse weather we had both before and after. It was definitely a great day!
Tags: Calgary, Composite, Family, Photography, Temple, Wedding, Winter
I hadn’t been to Radium in a while. The last time was during the Golden Triangle cycling trip with the Elbow Valley Cycle Club back in the spring of 2000. This year, we spent a week with our friends Kevin and Marion mostly just relaxing. Kevin and I went on a couple of hikes that were just amazing. At one point, we pretty much had to push a couple of Bighorn Sheep out of our way so we could keep hiking.
Tags: outdoor, Photography, Radium, Wildlife, Winter
Tags: Calgary, Engagement, Fall, Morning, outdoor, Pearce Estate Park, Photography, Portrait
Gary, Heidi, and their family are so much fun. We went to Tom Campbell Hill. It’s one of my favourite spots, since it overlooks downtown Calgary.
We had a perfect day to relax and have a great time. They even got the western duds out for an authentic cowtown experience.
Tags: Calgary, Fall, Family, outdoor, Tom Campbell Hill
Mackenzie and Cooper are so fun to photograph. This is their second year that we’ve done a composite of them. I think now that Coop has figured out just how fun it is – especially when they get to use the colourful umbrellas. The day was just hanging on to the edge of being really nice, but just before our scheduled time, the sky let loose a good washing. The rain let up enough for us and just sprinkled while we played. They thought it was a great adventure. So did I.
Tags: Calgary, children, Composite, Family, outdoor, Photography, Portrait, Summer
I love combining portraits with nature. The Guidi family were playful and engaging as we worked some magic with a hot summer day. As it happens sometimes, the tall grass tends to hide a few thistles. We managed to get creative with some careful manoeuvring.
When working around a baby’s schedule you don’t get as much flexibility. With her having just woken from a nap, she was able to work her baby charm.
Tags: Calgary, children, Family, outdoor, Photography, Portrait, Summer
It was William’s first hunt. William’s cousin gave him his old compound bow, and he’s been practising all year with it. He got his hunting license and our friend Kevin took us with him to try to bag a couple of deer. It’s difficult at best, and we didn’t get anything with the bows, but we certainly didn’t have any lack of wildlife. I’ll have to brag that I shot more animals than they did – but just with the camera.
The morning was just beautiful. We had to leave Calgary at 5am to be set up by sunrise. We sat near the edge of a pond by a stand of trees, waiting for some trace of deer. A large coyote wandered at the far edge, eyeing some of the nearby ducks. After it was obvious that we weren’t going to see anything, we switched tactics.
My job was to flush out the deer, while William and Kevin sat in ambush. So I saw a lot of deer, but mostly the back-end. In one coulee, I got a buck and a couple of does on the move. The does were up and out right away. I was exccited that the buck got started in the right direction, but just within sight of the ambush he promptly left the coulee.
Since it was my job to be noisy (and that wasn’t hard for me), I got to see a few more animals and birds. Crashing through the brush and forest of the coulees, I also came across owls and moose. Some deer I never saw. William reported one that ran within 30 metres of him, but was travelling too fast for him to shoot. A few others ran above them at the top of the coulee.
For the most part, I enjoyed the wooded coulee bottom. It was shaded and fresh, but thick. A lot of the crashing though, was me, slipping and falling on the narrow deer paths on the soft soil of the coulee walls. I was regularly traversing the stream that ran along the bottom, once sinking a bit in the mud, and another time slipping a foot in the water when I failed to negotiate a tangle of branches. The deer certainly have an advantage in the narrow labyrinth they weave. It didn’t help that I had to do all I could to protect the camera during all the adventure.
The fall colour was amazing. The white stubble of harvested canola and wheat fields, mixed with the variety of brush and trees, all exploding in yellows and reds was just breathtaking. We spent the evening just relaxing under cover while waiting for the deer to come out to feed. It was peaceful enough that at one point, I fell asleep. William had gone further down into a draw and also fell asleep. He woke up and looked at some tracks to see that a moose had passed within a few feet of him while he slept. We stayed until sunset and picked our way back to the truck. Although empty-handed this time, we certainly didn’t think it was a wasted trip.
The rest of the photos are here. 
Tags: Drumheller, Fall, HDR, Hunt, outdoor, Photography, Wildlife
My Daughter, April, Graduated this year. Her Aunt Louise made her this beautiful dress. So we had to go out on the town and take some photos.
Tags: Calgary, Family, outdoor, Photography, Portrait, Tom Campbell Hill