I'm freshly back to cold Ontario after a great trip to Costa Rica. I've been there a couple times before, but it's been many years. It was everything I remembered and more! My trip started ...
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Getting up in front of an audience to deliver an entertaining and inspiring photo presentation is one of my favourite things to do - right after being outside shooting photos. I've had a cha...
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Spirit Bear, Great Bear Rainforest. Canon 1D mk IV & EF 500mm f/4 IS II When John Marriott called and asked if I could fill in for him to lead a Spirit Bear photo tour in British Columbia d...
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Snapping Turtle, Tiny Marsh, Ontario. Canon 1D4, 500/4 IS II & 1.4x I stumbled across this female Snapping Turtle laying eggs at Tiny Marsh (Ontario) and clicked a few eye-to-eye photos from...
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Prairie Warbler, Georgian Bay Islands National Park. The park is one of the best places to see this species on its breeding habitat in Ontario. I had an awesome morning yesterday photographin...
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Piping Plover chicks are ridiculously cute! This is an endangered species and they face many challenges in the areas they nest in Ontario (popular tourist beaches), so I stayed far back, use...
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June is a manic month for me - nature explodes with photo opportunities and I can hardly keep up with all the things I want to point my camera at. Breeding birds and wildflowers are at peak and I...
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Flowers frame the view of the Atitlan and Toliman volcanoes (stacked) from the village of Santa Cruz. I'm staring out at the crystalline water of Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, rimmed by verdantly...
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Wilson's Warbler, Oakville, Ontario - Dec. 30, 2014. Gear: Canon 1D4, 500/4IS II and 1.4x III. I've been following the bird reports about the ''famous five" lingering warbler species hanging ou...
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Black Bear cub, Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario. Canon EOS 1D mk IV, 500/4 IS + 1.4x My plan was simple: go to bed early, wake up at 2:30am, have a shower, fill a travel mug with coff...
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FOR SALE Canon EF 24mm f/1.4 L II USM lens Serial # 2072544 Price: $1150 US or $1225CAD Price includes insured shipping within the ConUS or Canada and PayPal fees. Comes with (al...
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I've been busy photographing warblers this past week... and feeding the mosquitoes! Here are a few results from Awenda Provincial Park and Georgian Bay Islands National Park. All the birds were...
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It's peak season in Ontario for breeding birds, wildflowers, lush green vegetation, reptiles and amphibians. There's never enough time to sleep at this time of year for a nature photographer! H...
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I'm a big fan of the Sigma 120-300mm f/2.8 DG OS HSM telephoto lens that is part of their new "Sport" lineup. I borrowed one from Sigma Canada this past winter and spent quite a bit of time shoot...
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Time is running out to enter Sigma Canada's awesome photo contest for a chance to win a trip to Japan. The deadline is May 31. Click for details and get your photos in! http://www.sigmacanada.c...
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Catch my keynote "All About Bird Photography" and other great presentations this Saturday (May 3) at the Greater Toronto Council of Camera Clubs special education day located at the Centennial Co...
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I'm looking forward to presenting for the Halton Hills Camera Club this Saturday night in Georgetown, ON. If you're in the neighbourhood, come on out! www.hhcc.ca
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My friend Bhupendra has some Nikon gear for sale that he no longer needs. The equipment is available individually as priced below or $900.00 for all of it together. Everything comes with ...
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Here's a link to a blog post I wrote for Ontario Tourism about my love of shooting icicles. It seems fitting with winter looming. In fact, I was out shooting icicles on the Georgian Bay shoreline...
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Photo 1. Fall color scene on the Magnetawan River near the town of Magnetawan, ON. Gear: Canon 5D mk III, 16-35mm lens, Singh-Ray LB warming polarizer. Nothing beats a drizzly, overcast day ...
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Note: Item has sold. For Sale: Canon EF 17-40 f/4 L USM wide angle zoom lens with accessories as listed below. The lens is about 5 years old and has been used for landscape photography. It is in...
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ITEM HAS SOLD I'm selling my Canon EOS 5D Mark II body with a number of accessories as listed below. This has been my 'landscape' camera body for the past few years. It is in perfect work...
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If you're in the neighborhood, I'll be presenting "Confessions of a Crazed Photographer" at a fundraiser evening for the Huronia Land Conservancy in Midland, Ontario on August 8. Come on out and ...
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