Banff National Park

Most all mornings in Banff National Park is rejuvenating for your mind, body and spirit, especially when you have some nice morning light to warm up your soul.
I had originally been photographing a scene at Lake Louise during the actual sunrise, when I decided to move on from my location and look for a slightly better foreground (I was happy with my location but not thrilled, but moving meant I could potentially not find anything and end up losing out on the rest of the morning light). It paid off, as I was super excited I made that decision to move because I stumbled upon these beautiful boulders popping out of the calm, glacier water. And the light was still creating some nice contrast, direction and color, giving me some time to capture a scene that almost wasn’t.
This moment is another reminder for me of the "10-step rule." Sometimes in life (and on morning sunrise outings) we get bogged down in a thing/spot/idea and hunker down, not wanting to move on. When we find out that just a li...

One of my favorite moments when visiting Banff National Park was when we were relaxing at the top of Sentinel Pass, overlooking the beautiful landscape below, when one of the people from our group noticed some folks climbing a rock pinnacle only a few hundred yards away.

It was a small group of climbers, working their way to the top and they were basically eye level from where we were relaxing and enjoying the view. I quickly switched out my lens to my 70-200mm and Canon 2x Extender and was instantly capturing the moment with a 400mm zoom and began snapping frames. I highly recommend hiking with the 2x extender, as it has come in handy many times for me and only weighs a few ounces.
What was great about this particular scene was that the climbers and pinnacle were going in and out of shadow, as we had some nice puffy clouds that afternoon. And then I got a little lucky. Right before they peaked at the top, the sun broke, bathing the pinnacle in a beautiful golden glow, with the background...