In 1977, the great horned owl was Alberta’s pick following a province-wide children’s vote. This powerful owl is the second heaviest owl in Canada and is a formidable predator of small and medium-size mammals and birds. It will even tackle heavily quilled porcupines, nestling hawks, peregrine falcons, and every other […]
Fox Kit – A few weeks old, photographed in Algonquin Provincial Park. 600mm lens, cropped. Secret location. Over the past couple of decades, I’ve logged more than a million kilometres internationally – working in private, public and corporate roles, often providing executive and travel protection for groups ranging from small […]
I’m awake before the morning light every day. Rather than fight those 3am mornings I embrace them. It’s turned into my favourite part of the day. Coffee, journaling, reflecting. Sometimes I can hear coyotes howling in the distance. The world is still asleep, and everything feels calm and untouched. No […]
A land overflowing with rugged beauty, endless landscapes and unique wildlife, Canada is well-known for photographic adventures. Unfortunately, many nature photographers tend to overlook some of our most vibrant and productive habitats like the Prairies. The only self-sustaining Whooping Crane population breeds in Northern Alberta’s Wood Buffalo National Park. They […]
Having the camera in hand and seeking beauty takes me to a place of light rather than the darkness even for just 30 minutes a day. The camera changes worry to a purposeful action. Using it to find beauty in nature reminds me that even in the darkest moments there’s […]
by Hope Cruz For five years, photographer and contributing editor Paul Papanek and his co-writer / wife Joan kept pitching the same idea to the editors of Cabo Living Magazine. It was a story centered on Lucha Libre—Mexican free wrestling—one that sat well outside the kinds of features the publication […]
Fourteen species of owls occur throughout Canada, and one of them, the great grey owl, is on the bucket list of most birdwatchers and wildlife photographers. Every winter, these phantoms of the forest move to the snow-choked edges of rural roadways from the Yukon Territory to western Quebec where they […]
Macaques have a very expressive face. This animal became frightened when a more dominant monkey arrived in the hot pool. This month I want to feature the last of the photos I took on the two trips I led to photograph the winter wildlife of Japan. Typically, people don’t expect […]
Fighting Fire I never expected a camera to save my life. But over the past year, as I battled through the darkest depths of mental illness, photography became more than a creative outlet, it became my lifeline. I’m a photographer based in the Niagara region of Ontario, and for most […]
The two wintering sea eagles are Steller’s (left) and the white-tailed. In addition to plumage differences, the size of their bills differs remarkably. Last month I featured the elegance and beauty of the red-crowned cranes and whooper swans I photographed while leading two previous winter photo tours to Japan. I […]
