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Video: Snow Farm Road
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mJZriV-yT8 Video Description: About 45 minutes from Wanaka, there is a facility called Snow Farm. It's a large resort which has many kilometers of cross-country ski trails and is the only Nordic Skiing facility in New Zealand. I...
NEW: The FIX Video Series
Learn how I edit all of my photos with the new video series: The FIX! Check out the first episodes of the FIX! Ever since I got into photography a few years ago, I've found the editing and post-processing of images to be the most fun, and also the most challenging...
POW: Sunrise in Havana streets
DESCRIPTION The city of Havana, like most of Cuba, is filled with old American cars from the 50's, crumbling buildings, and surprises down every street. For me, this photo summarizes a lot of what we saw in Cuba during our two week trip to the country. Even...
The FIX 02: Sunburst Mountain Reflection
Focus of Episode: Reflections and Basic Lightroom Edit In this episode of The FIX, I show you the editing behind a shot that was posted as Photo of the Week on October 2nd, 2016 called Sunburst Mountain Reflection. I took the photo in the summer of 2015 on a...
The FIX 01: Ice Lantern in Serendipity Cave
Focus of Episode: Editing Photos of Dark Spaces In this episode of The FIX, I show you the editing behind a shot that was posted as Photo of the Week on November 20th, called Ice Lantern in Serendipity Cave. I took the photo in the summer of 2016 on a caving trip near...
New Zealand: Climbing Coromandel Peak in Wanaka
Getting to Coromandel Peak by Foot: Ever since arriving in Wanaka several months ago, I have wanted to stay on top of Roy’s Peak for a night to watch the sunset and sunrise. I’ve always found that hiking peaks is fun, but staying the night on top of them puts a...
POW: Harbour Front Walkway in Wellington New Zealand
DESCRIPTION The last stop that we made on our trip across the North Island of New Zealand was in Wellington. This is where we caught the ferry from the North Island over to the town of Picton on the South Island. We spent about a day in Wellington before our...
POW: Rundle Mountain from Vermillion Lakes in Banff
DESCRIPTION One of the most popular spots to get a sunrise photo in Banff has got to be at Vermillion Lakes. You get a great view of Rundle Mountain and if you are lucky you can catch the awesome colours of the sunrise behind the mountains and reflecting in the...
POW: Haifoss Waterfall in Iceland
DESCRIPTION It seems that in Iceland, a lot of the coolest things are in the middle of nowhere and at the end of a rough 4WD road. That was definitely the case with Haifoss. This photo is only the top section of the waterfall, but it shows the sheer size and...
New Zealand: Weekend Adventure to Glenorchy
Glenorchy: For the last few weeks we’ve stayed close to our home in Wanaka and put our exploring and adventures on hold slightly. We’ve spent a lot of time biking around the local trails (we both got new bikes over the Christmas holidays), and with some rainy...
POW: Walking on the Edge of the Red Crater
DESCRIPTION There is a hike in New Zealand called the Tongariro Crossing. It's one of the Great Walks of New Zealand and is really spectacular. While we were travelling across the North Island, we spent a day doing this hike. At the summit of the hike, where...
Video: Mount Cook – Tasman Valley Road
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeH7e44fLHw&feature=youtu.be Video Description: A few days after Christmas, we headed up to Mount Cook/Aoraki National Park for the weekend to do some walking, hiking, and exploring. On a drive out to Tasman Lake, we stopped at a...
POW: Paragliding in Golden BC
DESCRIPTION I've only been paragliding once in my life so far and it was in Golden BC. Hilary and I made the trip out to Golden on August long weekend and decided to give it a try. We drove up to the top of Mount Seven and lauched from there. It was a really...
POW: The Streamy Water of Fantail Falls
DESCRIPTION Near Wanaka, New Zealand where I am currently living for a year, there is an area called Haast Pass. It's a really unique spot because it's a huge contrast from the area around Wanaka. Where Wanaka is really wide open and sparsely vegitated, Haast...
POW: Old men playing dominoes in Trinidad Cuba
DESCRIPTION The streets of Trinidad, Cuba always seem to be filled with interesting things and people, from old cars to colourful buildings. One morning when we were exploring the city, we came across a group of men playing dominoes in front of a restaurant. We...
POW: The Castle in the Clouds
DESCRIPTION Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria, Germany is the kind of place that I could stare at forever. I like to imagine what building the castle would have been like and then what living in a place like that would have felt like. Imagine all of the...
New Zealand: Lake Tekapo and Mount Cook
Lake Tekapo and Mount Cook: After spending about month in Wanaka working and settling into the area, we had the itch to get on the road again to explore beyond the Wanaka area. So, when we had a couple of days off from work again, we loaded up Ernie (our camper van if...
POW: Rainy Day at Bruarfoss
DESCRIPTION Bruarfoss is a really cool waterfall in Iceland that is somewhat off the beaten path. It's still a very popular waterfall, but it has the feeling that it's in the middle of nowhere and to get there, you walk through high bushes so you can't see it...
Video: Mount Cook and the Hooker Valley Lake
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlVfP9Jl8is&feature=youtu.be Video Description: On a recent trip to Mount Cook National Park, Hilary and I walked to the end of the Hooker Valley track where there is a glacial lake at the bottom of Mount Cook. We had been to Mount...
POW: Climbing Isthmus Peak in New Zealand
DESCRIPTION Isthmus Peak is a really cool hike near the town of Wanaka. If you haven't been checking out my trip reports for New Zealand, then first of all, get on it! And second of all, in the trip reports I've mentioned that we are currently living in the...
POW: Standing on Top of Turtle Mountain
DESCRIPTION Turtle Mountain, in the Crowsnest Pass, is famous for the Frank Slide. It's also a common hike with a good trail from town all of the way to the top. It isn't so known for its mountain biking, however, which is what we were doing there. We decided...
New Zealand: Climbing Roy’s Peak in Wanaka
Roy’s Peak: The last post that I put up covered our first few weeks in Wanaka. Since then, we haven’t done any major exploration as we’ve been spending time doing smaller things around Wanaka, settling into the town, and bike riding. The one hike that we have been...
POW: Gullborgarhellar Volcano on Highway 55 in Iceland
DESCRIPTION It's not everyday that you get to stand on the rim of a volcano, and even though this one is small and dormant, it was still a very cool feeling. As far as I know, it's the first volcano that I've ever actually hiked to the top of as well. We had...
POW: Relection at Island Lake
DESCRIPTION Near the town of Fernie is a lake called Island Lake. There is a lodge built nearby to the lake that has rooms and a restaurant, but the real highlight of the area is the lake itself, and the surrounding mountains. Sometimes you can get lucky and be...
New Zealand: Arriving in our New Hometown of Wanaka
Wanaka: After spending about 6 weeks driving across New Zealand, we had finally arrived in Wanaka. Before leaving Canada, we had tentatively planned to make Wanaka our home base in New Zealand. We got lucky in making that choice because the area around Wanaka was by...
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