You too can Photograph Wildlife

Why is shooting wildlife different to say landscape? Because they move and there is often not much light as the best times to shoot are just after sunrise and just before sunset. When we came to Yellowstone for the first time we had no idea how to photograph wildlife. I was still photographing in P […]

Cute fluffy things

After two weeks in Waterton we head into Alberta, Canada We head to Calgary to catch up with a few friends Shirley and Frank and Michelle. Testing my new macro in Shirley’s garden A barn just up the road from Shirley’s While staying at Shirley’s we had a massive storm come through. It had been a […]

Mischievous Bears

Unless you are in the top of Australia (think estuarine crocodiles as the freshies are harmless!), we normally never have to worry about walking into something that might potentially eat us. Here in North America they have cougar (probably my biggest fear) and bears. We also watch out here for snakes (rattlers in the desert), bison, elk […]

Campground Review – Waterton Lakes AB

Waterton Lakes Townsite Campground Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta Canada Why we chose here? It is inside the park close to both the Akamina Parkway and Red Rock Parkway Location: Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta Canada Sites: 237 Facilities: 94 x FHU pull throughs, 46 back in electric & water, 97 unserviced, Hot showers, restrooms. […]

The year of the Cinnamon’s

Waterton Lakes National Park – Week 1 We have returned for our second year to Waterton Lakes NP in Canada, two weeks earlier than last year. It is normally quite cool at this time of year but the weather like everywhere it seems, is different this year. The first few days were in the high […]