The East Kootenays have been home for the past few years and a constant source of inspiration for my photography. Surrounded by the Rocky and Purcell Mountains, the region is home to an incredible diversity of wildlife, landscapes, and wild places. Whether exploring mountain valleys, alpine ridges, or quiet forests, I am continually reminded how fortunate I am to call this area home.
Spruce grouse
Juvenile bald eagle soaring.
Mule deer emerges from the edge of a forest.
Dark-eyed junco pauses atop a dead tree branch.
Coyote walking through a forest clearing.
Bald eagle calls from a perch overlooking the Elk River.
A Columbian ground squirrel stands guard for the colony.
Pika emerges from a talus slope in eastern British Columbia.
American dipper scours the shallow waters of a river looking for food.
American dipper perched among the rapids of a river.
Bald eagle flies overhead on a cool spring morning.
Bald eagles flies from its perch on a foggy morning.
Golden-crowned kinglet pauses for a brief moment on its hunt for food.
Doe and fawn mule deer wander through a sunlit meadow.
A curious mountain bluebird.
A group of mountain goats gathered on a cliff edge.
Monroe Lake in the Bull River Valley glows with warm evening light, its calm waters perfectly reflecting clouds above.
Mountain goat climbing along a mountain ridge in the Canadian Rockies.
Elk forages in deep snow against a rocky mounain sunrise.
Mule deer walks along a dense forest edge.
A snow-covered hillside where layers of fog weave through frosted trees, evoking the serene and mysterious beauty of a winter forest in southeast British Columbia.
Bighorn sheep bounding through snow.
Lone mountain goat climbs a snow-covered ridge.
Mountain goat wanders along the edge of a snow-covered cliff.
View of Line Creek Operations over the Elk River, Elk Vallye, British Columbia.
View of Mt. Salter, Elk Valley, British Columbia.
A windblown pine tree sways beneath the Milky Way in the Wycliffe Buttes near Cranbrook, British Columbia. Captured in a long exposure on a clear night, the motion in the branches contrasts with the stillness of the stars above.
Looking south from Wycliffe Buttes near Cranbrook, British Columbia, the Milky Way spans the night sky above ranchlands and distant mountain ranges. Light from Cranbrook glows faintly on the horizon, highlighting the contrast between the dark sky and the settled landscape below.
Looking north from Wycliffe Buttes near Cranbrook, British Columbia, a lone pine tree stands silhouetted beneath purple and green northern lights.
This vertical nightscape captures the Milky Way arching south over ranchlands and mountain foothills, as seen from Wycliffe Buttes near Cranbrook, British Columbia.
Curious golden-mantled ground squirrel in Elk Lakes Provincial Park in southeast British Colubmia.
Upper Petain Falls in the Petain Basin of Elk Lakes Provincial Park.
