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Portfolio — 39 photographs

Landscape

Waterfalls on Vancouver Island, the Mackenzie River breaking up in spring, lighthouses along the Oregon coast, and mountain passes in the Yukon.

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Yellowknife at night seen from a hillside, headlights drawn into long light trails along the road and the downtown towers lit against a deep blue sky

Ammonite Falls dropping into a snow-dusted forest canyon, sunbeams slanting through the trees above a boulder-strewn creek — 20mm · f/16 · 1/15s · ISO 100

Brandywine Falls seen from the canyon floor, a single column of water falling between mossy basalt walls into a turquoise river — 15mm · f/8 · 2s · ISO 100

Christie Falls fanning over mossy rock, a fern-covered ledge and a small sapling below the main drop — 35mm · f/8 · 1/100s · ISO 100

A young sapling rooted on a fern-covered ledge with a long-exposure curtain of falling water behind it

Crescent City lighthouse on a rocky headland beneath windswept cypress, surf breaking below a pink and purple sunset sky — 134mm · f/5.6 · 1/25s · ISO 100

Sunbeams breaking through cloud over Duffey Lake at sunset, the mountains on either side mirrored in still water below — 4mm · f/1.8 · 1/440s · ISO 32

A small waterfall dropping into a moss and fern lined grotto in old-growth forest, light filtering through the trunks behind — 21mm · f/9 · 1/1s · ISO 100

The Fairy Lake bonsai fir growing from a submerged log, lit at night and mirrored in black still water

Panorama of Fisgard Lighthouse on its breakwater with a red cargo ship passing and the snow-capped Olympic Mountains behind — 200mm · f/9 · 1/500s · ISO 100

An abandoned vintage truck with peeling pink and blue paint sitting in tall grass and dandelion seed heads at dusk — 4mm · f/2.2 · 1/160s · ISO 25

The Gastown steam clock lit at night in Vancouver, street lamps reflected on wet cobblestones — 70mm · f/8 · 4s · ISO 100

Aerial view of a highway cutting a dark line through a snow-covered mountain pass under heavy cloud — 4mm · f/2.8 · 1/4000s · ISO 100

Low view along a highway centre line running toward snow-covered mountains at Haines Summit — 70mm · f/6.3 · 1/2500s · ISO 100

Black and white photograph of a person standing in silhouette on a grassy ridge beside an empty bench, the moon low and bright behind thin cloud — 6mm · f/1.5 · 1/15s · ISO 8000

An orange sunset over a frozen lake on the Ingram Trail, spruce ridgelines silhouetted along the shore — 113mm · f/10 · 1/25s · ISO 100

Lady Evelyn Falls at Kakisa, a wide curtain of water below a pink and orange sunset sky and dark spruce forest — 4mm · f/2.8 · 3.2s · ISO 100

A lighthouse on a rocky headland beneath windswept cypress, waves breaking against the rocks under a violet sunset — 134mm · f/5.6 · 1/25s · ISO 100

A snow-capped volcanic peak rising beyond flat golden stubble fields under a clear blue sky — 200mm · f/8 · 1/500s · ISO 100

A single tree standing alone on open golden grassland beneath a wide blue sky — 35mm · f/8 · 1/80s · ISO 100

Brandywine Falls dropping into a rocky pool between moss-covered cliffs, the creek running over boulders below — 6mm · f/2 · 1/230s · ISO 20

Ice breaking up on the Mackenzie River at dusk, a weathered stump and root mass in the foreground catching the last light — 121mm · f/5.6 · 1/1600s · ISO 200

Wet boulders on Mystic Beach at sunset, a forested headland reaching into the water beneath a deep blue sky — 15mm · f/22 · 4s · ISO 100

Sea arches and steep forested cliffs on the Oregon coast, surf funnelling through a narrow channel below — 35mm · f/3.5 · 1/400s · ISO 100

Haystack Rock silhouetted at sunset, wet sand reflecting the gold and purple sky — 35mm · f/11 · 1/4s · ISO 100

Haystack Rock at sunset seen across grassy dunes, the sun low and bright over the water — 35mm · f/11 · 1/4s · ISO 100

A small fishing boat alone on a blue sea beneath a heavy golden cloud bank shot through with sunbeams — 200mm · f/3.5 · 1/250s · ISO 100

Wind-bent trees clinging to the crown of a steep grassy sea stack, silhouetted against a moody Oregon sky — 70mm · f/8 · 1/200s · ISO 100

Sea stacks at San Josef Bay with trees growing from their tops, standing on wet sand at low tide under a blue sky — 185mm · f/2.8 · 1/500s · ISO 100

A lone figure on Parker Ridge looking out over the Saskatchewan Glacier and its wide braided valley below snow-capped peaks — 24mm · f/8 · 1/500s · ISO 100

Shawnigan Creek stepping over stone ledges in green forest, sunbeams breaking through the canopy above an old stone bridge — 35mm · f/9 · 1/5s · ISO 100

A dog sitting on a mossy bank beside Shawnigan Creek as it steps over stone ledges, sunbeams slanting through the trees — 23mm · f/11 · 1/6s · ISO 100

Sunwapta Falls in autumn, the river braiding through a rock canyon with spruce and mountains rising behind — 15mm · f/9 · 1/3s · ISO 100

A waterfall dropping into a clear turquoise pool ringed by moss-covered rock and dense green forest — 15mm · f/9 · 1/20s · ISO 100

Panorama of the jagged Tombstone Range under broken cloud, autumn tundra colour across the slopes and a small lake in the valley — 151mm · f/9 · 1/125s · ISO 100

A tall multi-tiered waterfall falling through a green forest gorge into a small pool — 35mm · f/9 · 1/30s · ISO 100

Yellowknife at night in deep cold, steam plumes rising from the buildings against a purple sky above the frozen lake — 50mm · f/5.6 · 20s · ISO 200

Aerial panorama of Yellowknife beneath dramatic storm cloud, the lake stretching away behind the town — 17mm · f/8 · 1/80s · ISO 100

Yellowknife lit at night in winter seen from a rise near Pilot's Monument, snow-covered ground and houses in the foreground — 50mm · f/9 · 25s · ISO 200

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Whitehorse, Yukon

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