Its 6:00 am and I’m with a small group of wildlife photographers, following a trail of red solar-powered led light’s through a dark field that will lead us to a viewing blind about 600 meters further on. This land in Nebraska’s Central Platte River Valley was awarded as part of a lawsuit settlement when a Wyoming dam was built, negatively impactin...

In my last blog post I suggested that some wildlife photographers often appear to be more motivated by the number of “likes” they receive on social media, than they do about the welfare of their wildlife subjects. Some readers took exception to this and wrote me saying that they are motivated by a love of wildlife and that they enjoy sharing this l...

In the past couple of weeks, a northern saw-whet owl (Aegolius acadicus) appeared in the woodland of our local river valley. In the days that followed, both “birders” and “wildlife photographers” alike, from far and wide, excitedly began scouring the woods hoping to spot this diminutive little owl, and hopefully, get a few quick shots of it. I was...

2018 has been an exceptional year that kicked off with the premiere screening of my first wildlife documentary film, “ Wildlife of the Oldman River Valley ” at the Helen Schuler Nature Centre in Lethbridge. Although the event was well publicized, that evening turned out to be cold and snowy, providing people with a lot of reasons to stay home and...

It feels good to be back in coastal British Columbia. It was two years ago that I first joined up with wildlife guides Marven Robinson and Tim Irvin, as we photographed the shy and elusive Spirit Bear in British Columbia's Great Bear Rainforest. This year we’re back, and along with fellow wildlife photographer Lance Gilliland, and former journalis...