Happy Monday! I love being able to get a soft colourful background in my bird photos. This is a Western Kingbird photographed in Sacramento, California 🪶 #birdphotography #birdoftheday #bird #birdwatching #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #wildlife

I've noticed that the sea stars in the more northern waters off Vancouver Island have more subdued colours. They are earthy browns, pale greens, soft orange, even grey - not the bright purples and reds I often see off southern Vancouver Island. 🦑 #britishcolumbia #photography #marinephotography

Nature is a wonderful artist. You just need a photographer's eye to see the moment, and the skill to frame it and capture it before it's gone 🪶 Loggerhead Shrike photographed in Sacramento, California. #bird #birding #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #wildlife #birdwatching

Is it spring yet? 🌸 #flowers #flowerphotography #naturephotography #photography #flowersofbsky

I loved watching these Clark's Grebes, so delicate ❤️ 🪶 Turns out the ones I posted a couple of days ago are Clark's Grebes as well, not Western Grebes. #birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #photographersofbluesky #grebe #california

Drone shots from my favourite anchorage in the Broughton Archipelago. That's Vestri down there. Can't wait to get back out this summer. Since we spent winter in Canada, we're hoping to get out early this year. ⚓️ 📸 #dronephotography #drone #dji #seascape #photography #landscapephotography

Love is in the Air (Look for the ❤️) Happy Valentine's Day everyone! #valentine #valentinesday #heart #birds #birdphotography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #eagle #baldeagle

A pair of western grebes engaged in a stunning mating ritual at the Sacramento Wildlife Refuge - when one of them noticed me! 🪶 #birds #birding #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #photographersofbluesky #westerngrebe #sacramentowildliferefuge

Collecting moments in blue 💙 #landscapephotography #naturephotography #wilderness #photographersofbluesky #blue

I almost missed her, too. 🦜 Nature hides its best stories in plain sight. I was driving past a field of gold when a flicker of movement caught my eye. And there she was, perfectly blended into the background. #birding #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #wildlife #birds

Rhinoceros Auklets flying past the boat in the Broughton Archipelago - these are the moments I wait for 🌊 #birdphotography #birds #birding #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #britishcolumbia

An unexpected benefit of winter in Canada: frost on the truck! ❄️ #macrophotography #naturephotography #photographersofbluesky

Missing the desert this winter. Good thing I still have tons of photos to process from last winter 😂 Here are a few more from Trona Pinnacles, California #landscapephotography #scape #photographersofbluesky #naturephotography #california #desertphotography #desert #tronapinnacles

Photography isn’t about making perfect images. It’s about being in a place, paying attention, and noticing the good and beautiful things that are still here. #landscapephotography #photography #photographersofbluesky #dronephotography #naturephotography

Merry Christmas everyone! 🎄🎅 #merrychristmas #birds #birdphotography #birding

The forest is full of small details you’d miss if you moved too fast 🍄 #vancouverisland #britishcolumbia #mushroom #landscapephotography #scape #photographersofbluesky

More waterfall goodness from Strathcona Provincial Park. Vancouver Island never disappoints - even in winter 💦 #vancouverisland #britishcolumbia #landscapephotography #scape #photographersofbluesky #photography #waterfall

Spotted these elegant Western Grebes dancing through the water in Desolation Sound this past summer. Quiet, fleeting, and impossibly graceful. Moments like this are why I keep choosing the wild. 🌊🪶 #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #britishcolumbia

I’ve been exploring Vancouver Island again, and I came back to one of my favourite spots. I can’t stand in front of this waterfall without feeling like I’m exactly where I’m supposed to be 🍃 #landscape #landscapephotography #scape #photographersofbluesky #waterfall #vancouverisland #britishcolumbia

When's it's the park ranger's day off... 🪶 #birds #birdphotography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #sacramento

We had some strange light here one evening last week. An eerie green glow that washed over everything. I’ve photographed this view more times than I can count, but it never feels the same twice. #landscapephotography #scape #nightphotography #naturephotography #photographersofbluesky

First frost of the year ❄️❄️❄️ #naturephotography #nature #landscapephotography #macro #macrophotography

December has arrived, and this winter we’re choosing to stay in Canada, settled into our favourite spot in Campbell River. BC. I’ll miss the desert, but there’s a certain peace in staying put while everything else feels a little noisy out there #canada #britishcolumbia #landscapephotography #scape

Most of the meaningful moments in my life weren’t loud or dramatic. They were soft. Easy to miss if I wasn’t paying attention. Photography helps me notice them and hold onto them just a little longer 🪶 #naturephotography #birdphotography #birds #birding #wildlifephotography #photography

I don’t always know what the day will bring, but I try to give myself one simple moment of stillness. Just a pause. A breath. That’s often when the beauty around me finally comes into focus. #landscapephotography #naturephotography #scape #britishcolumbia #seascape #nature

When you explore in nature, do it without expectation and let nature reveal herself. There is nothing to achieve except experiencing whatever you find 🪶 #birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #birding #naturephotography #photographersofbluesky

I treasure the quiet moments in nature. There’s so much simple beauty in these everyday scenes, and I love being there to capture them 🪶 #birds #birding #birdphotography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #photographersofbluesky

Buffleheads are the most beautiful birds. The male glows with that iridescent head, shifting from greens to purples in the right light. The female with that single white cheek patch. Together they glide like little jewels skimming the water 🪶 #birds #birding #birdphotography #wildlifephotography

One of my new favourite birding spots: Colusa Wildlife Refuge in Colusa, California 🪶 #birds #birding #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #photographersofbluesky

Collecting moments in pink 🩷 📷🌄 #landscapephotography #landscape #scape #photographersofbluesky #nature #naturephotography

Acorn Woodpecker photographed in Sacramento, California 🪶📷 #birds #birding #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #naturephotography #photographersofbluesky

I watched the herd of Roosevelt elk cross the field for close to an hour, patiently waiting and hoping they’d cross the creek so I could get photos of them in the water. They didn’t quite make it. Just one wandered in. Still worth it 🦌📷 #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #wildlife #elk

I watched them for a long while, the White-faced Ibises, standing together in the still water, calm and unhurried. At some point I realized I’d joined them. Just standing there. Just as peaceful 🪶 #birds #birdphotography #birding #naturephotography #photographersofbluesky #wildlifephotography

Autumn strolls are always so pretty 🍂 🍁 #landscapephotography #scape #naturephotography #nature #autumn #photographersofbluesky

A White-faced Ibis struck this impossible pose for a heartbeat, and the light hit just right to reveal those iridescent colours 🪶 Photography is all about patience, paying attention, and being ready for the moment. #birds #birding #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography

Photography keeps teaching me the same thing: there is beauty to find in whatever light you're given 🪶 #birds #birding #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #nature #photographersofbluesky #photography

A simple moment in the wetlands — a White-faced Ibis and a crayfish 🪶 The world reveals itself when we’re still enough to notice. Edited with my Golden Divide Lightroom Preset from my Expressive Photographer Toolkit. #birds #birding #birdphotography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography

This is what I love most about photographing wildlife: you never know what moment you’ll be given… but you do have to be ready to catch it. 🪶 #pelican #birds #birdphotography #birding #photographersofbluesky #wildlifephotography #naturephotography

Autumn on Vancouver Island 🍂🍁 #autumn #fallcolors #naturephotography #landscapephotography #scape #photographersofbluesky #wildlifephotography #birds #birding 🪶📸🌄

🍂 🍁 Autumn in Yosemite #naturephotography #landscapephotography #photographersofbluesky #scape #yosemite #nationalparks

Let it go. Let it fall. Make some space. The trees know when to embrace change. I always have a hard time saying goodbye to summer - the long days, the boating and the ocean. And yet, here comes fall with its wild fire of colour, stealing the show 🍁 📷 #autumn #naturephotography #fallfoliage

Another favourite from the BC coast: the surf scoter. With that wild bill and ghost-white eye, it looks almost like a puffin 🪶📷 One of those creatures that always brings a smile to my salt-weathered face. #birds #birdphotography #birdnerd #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography

I love a calm morning aboard the boat, watching the fog drift across the water and through the trees. Stillness is not stagnation. It's a kind of meditation. Just listening to the wild tell me what is important. We belong to something older than ambition. 📷🌄 #scape #photographersofbluesky

On a foggy morning, as we departed our anchorage, a rare fogbow arched over the shoreline with a perfect reflection in the calm ocean. I took some pano shots by hand and used Lightroom's Photo Merge feature to stitch them together – worked like a charm! #pano #scape #landscapephotography #fog

I love our little dinghy adventures at anchor. Paddling along the shoreline, I lean over the side with my underwater camera on a stick, hoping I’ve got the angle just right to catch a bit of magic in the frame 🦑 #underwater #marinelife #underwaterphotography #britishcolumbia #akaso

Fog changes everything. It hides, it reveals, it softens the edges of the world. Shooting in these conditions, the forest becomes layers of mystery. Like life, not everything is meant to be sharp in focus 📷🌄 #landscapephotography #landscape #naturephotography #fog #britishcolumbia #scape #seascape

The view that never gets old. Desolation Sound, BC. Sometimes I think the wilderness doesn’t change. But maybe it’s me that changes, each time I return 📷 🌄 🌊 #landscapephotography #seascape #scape #desolationsound #britishcolumbia #boating #ocean

Golden light spilling across the water at our newest anchorage in Desolation Sound, BC. Calm water, beautiful light, and that feeling of being exactly where you’re supposed to be. 📸 🌅 💛 #landscape #scape #seascape #ocean #photographersofbluesky #britishcolumbia #lphotography

We have autumn colours on the ocean too! 🪶📷 #birds #birdphotography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #britishcolumbia #heron #greatblueheron #fall #autumn

Anchored near Blind Channel, on the BC coast, I woke to fog so thick I could barely see the water. An hour later, it lifted in slow ribbons. Photographing fog is all about patience. The story unfolds slowly. 📷 #landscapephotography #dronephotography #ocean #britishcolumbia #seascape #fog