Andrew Strain Photography

I made it my mission to get in some landscape photography before the month was out... the reason I haven't been posting much lately is simply because I haven't had any time to go out and shoot something (anything!) for myself. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy shooting indoor events, but at the end of the day I'm an outdoor photographer at heart...

As I headed towards the beach, I noticed that the large cumulonimbus cloud over the north shore was starting to develop a mammatus-like appearance, something I've only seen a couple times before (and never in Vancouver). Unfortunately, they dissipated before the "golden hour" hit, but the sunset didn't disappoint.

Pentax K10D / FA 50 1.4













Pentax DA 18-55
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The Kicking Horse River and Mt Stephen, Yoho National Park.

Pentax K10D / DA 18-55, PEF converted in Lightroom
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Early morning mist over Emerald lake, with a backlit Mt Burgess in the background.

Pentax K10D / DA 18-55, PEF files processed in Lightroom


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Takakkaw Falls, the second highest waterfall in Canada, is one of Yoho National Park's premiere tourist attractions, which means hundreds of people photograph this cascade every day. Like anywhere else in the park, if you hike for even 5 minutes away from the parking lot, the crowds of tourists disappear...

The duotone was shot with my K10D / DA 50-200 from north of the falls along the Yoho Valley trail, while the other two were taken with the DA 18-55, from the more traditional vantage point just below the falls.



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