Stories Behind the Images

Foraging

“Foraging” While out driving through the mountains, we came across this large healthy looking black bear. With the wildflowers in full bloom, he made his way along the hillside foraging for plants,...

Bison Repose

“Bison Repose” One autumn we took the long trip up into the Wood Buffalo National Park, in Alberta, via the Northwest Territories, to see the mighty Wood Bison. We would drive for miles and miles a...

Alpine Giant

“Alpine Giant” It takes a big beast like the moose to be able to live in the mountains, trekking from valley to valley to mate and to search for food to sustain their massive form. Their antler wid...

Double Trouble

“Double Trouble” Having a sibling bear allows the mother to forge for food a lot more, as they keep one another occupied. But this also becomes more like double the trouble, with 2 of them pulling ...

Ebony & ivory

“ “Ebony & Ivory” The uniqueness of the rare white spirit bear is that they are actually a true black bear, and not an albino like some people believe. The genetics is from a double recessed ge...

Born Free

“Born Free” One day while out driving the west country of Alberta we came across 3 bands of wild horses that had merged together this day. The largest gathering of “Wildies” we had ever seen!  The ...

Balancing Act

“The Balancing Act” One year we took a small group out on a Grizzly Photo Safari in Central British Columbia. We often love watching them as much as we did photographing them as they would go about...

Tangle Creek Falls

“Tangle Creek Falls” Located 7 kms north of the Columbia Icefield Centre in Jasper Nat. Park, between Jasper and Banff, Tangle Creek Falls is one of the most popular falls in the Icefield Parkway. ...

A Frosty Blanket

“A Frosty Blanket” Nature certainly knows how to camouflage its own.  It was a cool frosty morning when I went passed this majestic bull moose a couple of times before my wife spotted some movement...

Baby Yoga Bear

“Baby Yoga Bear” While photographing Alaskan Brown Bears in Lake Clarke Nat. Park in Alaska, we spent many hours watching the mothers and their cubs as they grazed in the sedge grass nearby.  Meanw...