Last night I told Ray that I thought I had run out of hope. It’s been over 2 years since I developed an auto-immune disease – one that is supposed to go away someday – and while I am ever s...
https://annemckinnell.com/2021/02/22/hope-is-a-pied-billed-grebe/
One of my favourite watering holes on the pacific flyway is Whitewater Draw in Arizona. Here Sandhill Cranes arrive by the tens of thousands every winter. It’s a phenomenon I’ve witnessed a f...
https://annemckinnell.com/2021/02/08/long-exposure-bird-photography/
Welcome to “Wings in Time” — my latest digital art collection! This project has been thoroughly enjoyable for me during a time when my limited mobility has found me doing an extensive amoun...
https://annemckinnell.com/2020/11/24/wings-in-time-digital-art-collection/
Mother Nature had another marvel in store for me as a Season of Killdeer visited us on the grass behind the RV. What an incredible photography opportunity! Anne McKinnell Photography
I love a clean landscape photograph. One with beautiful colours, interesting lines, and gorgeous light. Or a clean wildlife image with startling detail and a soft background. Those have always be...
https://annemckinnell.com/2020/01/06/wildlife-journeys-my-first-digital-art-collection/
I was in the zone. Nothing existed except me and thousands of sandhill cranes. In the middle of the action, I had something amazing in front of me that I was photographing, and everything else wa...
https://annemckinnell.com/2019/03/13/a-squadron-of-javelinas/
This is why I do it. I go out in my little boat, Snoopy, in the summer months and sometimes I come home with a bad back as a result. I drag my camera gear out there and usually come home with som...
https://annemckinnell.com/2019/02/12/dolphin-acrobatics-and-photography-in-british-columbia/
I admit it. I have a split personality! While I’m mostly known for my landscape photography, my true love is really wildlife photography. The problem is, there is not always wildlife around. I�...
https://annemckinnell.com/2019/01/07/top-10-wildlife-photos-of-2018/
Photography is a waiting game. A physically demanding waiting game too. Standing in one place, essentially sitting on a scene, waiting for magic light, or waiting for an animal to appear, makes y...
Last winter I returned to one of my all time favourite bird photography destinations: Cibola National Wildlife Refuge which is on the border between California and Arizona. During my first visit ...
https://annemckinnell.com/2018/10/07/what-is-the-best-focal-length-lens-for-bird-photography/