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What I like about photographing in the fog is the unpredictability when the real test is to be able to create a composition before it disappears. There is something artistically pure about it as there is almost no time to think, analyze, or re-compose. Usually, in conditions like this one, you...

Lost the detail in the Bow River, but got the train...

Taken on a spring ski touring trip to Rogers Pass, Canada. Provia 100 Slide scan. Tupper-N-Ridge-BW by Jim Dockery posted Feb 7, 2018 at 9:24 AM

Here are a couple more from my recent trip to Abraham Lake. These are less about the ice bubbles and more about trying to follow the light. The first includes the best of the sunrise light we had and the second tries to use the sunburst as it rose above the mountains. I'm not completely sure...

These are all old slides (mostly Kodachrome) from the late 70s - early 80s, scanned with Nikon Coolscan 4000. Climbing-Mt.-Temple-N-face by Jim Dockery posted Feb 7, 2018 at 9:20 AM Near the top of Mt. Temple's North Face Climbers-on-Mt.-Athabasca by Jim Dockery posted Feb 7, 2018 at 9:18 AM...

When after many days of hiking you see Mt. Overlord you know that you are getting closer to the end of the trail. The memories of sweating (and even swearing) during bogs crossings are still coming to your mind, but they are starting to have a taste of a small victory rather than exhaustion...

Here's a scene from the Bow River in Canmore looking toward the Three Sisters. There was a nice bend in the river a little further upstream that could have made a nice foreground, but a thin layer of ice had formed over the water that made it look a little too messy for me. I liked the cleaner...

Back in the 70s I spent almost 2 weeks in the Bugaboos of BC and only had two good climbing days (which were worth the wait). This was taken on a day we walked around on the glacier for exercise. Note the climbers in the gully on the left. Canada, Bugs (13) by Jim Dockery posted Jan 26, 2018 at...

Magic Hour I took this photo on a particularly moonlit night, just a few hours after it got dark. The lustrous light was transforming the landscape, yet it wasn’t reaching the shadows. At the beginning, I noticed some sort of a glow behind the mountains. As soon as the glow became brighter, I...

Hello Everybody! Baffin Island 2018 is in the planning stage. Please pass this short video teaser to all that might be interested in this adventure or hesitate. More details about the trip here: http://www.arturstanisz.com/trips/type/current/ Teaser link: Any questions? email me...

This image opens a new collection of my photos named “Tundra.” It was taken in the early afternoon up in the Canadian North. At the end of December when days are very short the sun appears low on the horizon. There is no visible transition into daylight, just a sunrise that turns with time into...

After sunrise I couldn't help myself... I headed over to the docks to grab the iconic shot of the colorful boats in front of this mountain scene. Any thoughts are welcome.

Camped at the Columbia Icefield campground, took a short hike down to one of the creeks that the Wilcox creek feeds into. Wilcox creek flows from, of all places, Wilcox Pass, a popular mountaineering trail. My hike didn't produce any epic shots but sure had fun. Looking South West View...

After a wonderful week at a back-country ski lodge in the Selkirks (I'll do another post on that) I drove up along the Icefields Parkway for a few days of photography and skiing. It got down in the low teens at night, so I was glad to have two sleeping bags in my van. Back in my 20s I spent...

Mt. Asgard is hard to miss or forget. Its unusual cylindrical shape makes it easily distinguishable from all other mountains. Its granite column dominates over the surrounding peaks. When you hike towards Mt. Asgard, you can see it for many miles, but only when you get really close, you can...

Literally peak glacial runoff at it’s undiluted melted whiteness in late September. Weird to work with that color in post.

Literally peak glacial runoff at it’s undiluted melted whiteness in late September. Weird to work with that color in post.

When the sunlight sets on slopes that are covered with Arctic berries, it creates a radiant display. The amazing spectrum of colors brings an interesting contrast with surrounding snow-dusted peaks. That morning we hiked in awe watching this vivid light transforming the valley. If you would...

With the shadows dissipating and the mist rising off the lake I welcomed another beautiful day, (with no clouds to speak of):)