Original post on ThinkTank Our friend, Therese Iknoian from Hi Travel Tales, recently returned from a trip to Rapa Nui (Easter Island). She brought the new FirstLight 35L+ backpack with her and wrote this piece about what it’s like to venture to one of the most remote corners of our planet. Rapa […]
Photographers know all about bucket-list items. We use our cameras like a passport into the world, driving us to achieve that rare and unique capture of a landscape, animal or night sky. Even with all I have already witnessed, I still have many on my own, very lengthy bucket list. […]
The S/V Rembrandt van Rijn under sail in Scoresby Sound, Greenland. Last August I was hired to guide a small group of photographers to eastern Greenland to capture the crystalline beauty of the region’s legendary icebergs. Our destination was Scoresby Sound – one of the largest fiord systems in the […]
When most people think of the Caribbean, they probably think of sipping a cool beverage on a beautiful beach somewhere while soaking up the sun. And for sure, that is a big part of it. However, the Caribbean has much more to offer than just relaxing on the seashore. Since […]
Located in northern Ontario, Manitoulin Island is the world’s largest fresh water island and features more than a hundred small inland lakes. The name Manitoulin means “Spirit Island” or “cave of the spirit” in Ojibwe, referring to an underwater cave in the local lore. From Toronto, it’s just over a […]
Something I value the most when shooting is sense of rhythm. I am checking whether I can achieve a satisfactory framing that matches the storyboard I have created in my head, at which moment I press the shutter. On this occasion I was in search of light and shadows during […]
Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour shines brighter than ever with a special edition of “A Symphony of Lights” this July alongside the new museum. TORONTO AND HONG KONG – After five years in the making, the prestigious Hong Kong Palace Museum (HKPM) opened on July 3rd, as the latest addition to […]
Hilton Head Island in South Carolina is a place of beauty that I’d heard about in the past, so with flights available from Canada to the USA, off we went. Hilton Head Island is a place of windswept beaches, sand dunes, tranquil waterways and marshes. The Spanish moss draping from […]
Having Lake Ontario at our footsteps in Toronto makes for a beautiful sunrise. The sun rises right over the water in different positions, depending what time of the year it is. There is a lot of natural light available even before sunrise, with calming shades of blue to fresh hues […]
During my trip to Florida last April, I had a lot of fun working with the H&Y magnetic filter system. The use of filters in landscape photography is very handy, giving you the opportunity to reduce the difference in brightness between the sky and the rest of the landscape. The […]
