It was a trip that more than lived up to its reputation. Bolivia’s most famous travel experience is the southwest circuit, a 3 to 4-day route that combines famous Salar de Uyuni, the world’s largest salt lake, with the wild desert terrain of Eduardo Alvaro National Park in the southwest corner of the country. There are two main jumping off points for the trip. The… Read moreBolivia’s Spectacular Southwest Circuit
Tupiza sits in a narrow fertile valley, completely surrounded by some of the most dramatic desert scenery anywhere. We travelled to this small town in Bolivia’s far south on a long overnight train trip from Oruro, south of La Paz. Our main reason for coming was that Tupiza is a jumping off point for a 4-day excursion through Bolivia’s famous “southwest circuit”, taking in… Read moreDazzling Deserts of Tupiza, Bolivia
Our wildlife photography highlight this past summer was undoubtedly our close encounters with brown bears (larger cousins of the grizzly) in Alaska’s Katmai National Park. We’ve been fortunate to have visited many of the world’s wildlife hotspots, and we would rank Katmai as among the best of the best for photography. Despite being fairly remote (there’s no road access to Katmai, for example), it… Read morePhotographing the Bears of Katmai, Alaska
We’re overwhelmed with a riot of sights, smells and sounds. The market at Chichicastenango is considered the most colourful in the Americas, attracting buyers and sellers from around Guatemala, trading in everything from food and livestock to finely woven textiles and cheap tourist knick-knacks. On Sunday, commercialism in this mountain town melds with religion. The action centres on the steps of Santo Tomas Church, usually… Read moreMarket Day in Chichicastenango
Including the milky way is one of the easiest ways to add drama to your night photos. While milky way photography can get quite sophisticated, for this posting we’ll stick to the basics of getting the shot, using the above photo as an example. We took this image in Grasslands National Park in southern Saskatchewan using a Nikon D810 and Nikon 14-28 f2.8 lens…. Read morePhotographing the Milky Way
Alberta’s Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park has the largest collection of aboriginal rock art on the North American Great Plains in an unusual prairie landscape.
