Saskatoon watercross race
Last weekend I went down to the Saskatoon River Landing with my coffee buddies Rick Elvin, Bas Hobson, Bob Littlejohn and Scott Prokop to photograph watercross races on the South Saskatchewan River. Watercross is an unusual sport – it can best be described as motocross on water jet skis. Riders zoom around an obstacle course at speeds up to 100 kilometres per hour. About 36 top racers from Canada and the USA took part in the 2013 Western Canadian Watercross Nationals. The program also included a wakeboarding demonstration (surf boarding...
read morePhoto Contest – The World We Live In
Canadian photography magazines Photo Life and Photo Solution are inviting photographers to submit their best work to The World We Live In photo contest. There are three main themes: Humanity – Each person has a story to tell. Capture images of people around you; show some of the many facets of humanity. The Environment – Show the outstanding beauty of our living world, whether through wide landscapes or close-ups of natural elements, animals, plants or insects. Interconnections – Humans are by nature interactive beings. Show...
read moreLandscape Photography Workshop a success
Big thank you to enthusiastic photographers who attended the Landscape Photography and Basic Digital Workflow photo workshop on Sunday. We had a full slate of participants not only from the Saskatoon area, but places further away; Beverly and Gail drove up from Regina, and Patricia came from Big River. The format that I chose for half-day photo workshops at the Ancient Spirals Retreat is working as planned. We had an introductory tutorial where I covered the topic of ‘light in the landscape’. After a short break with treats, I...
read moreCanada Parks Day & State of Canada’s Parks report
It was Canada’s Parks Day this weekend. This is an annual event where thousands of Canadians participate in educational and family-oriented events. Activities are organized in national parks, national historic sites, provincial parks, territorial parks and in community and regional parks across the country. Canada’s Parks Day is usually celebrated on the third Saturday in July of every year. Another, related event is the annual release of a report by the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) on the ecological health and...
read moreSaskTel Phone Book cover – Regina District
Fourth in the series of SaskTel phone books with my image on the cover is out in circulation. This batch is for the Regina Distict (area surrounding the city of Regina). Image on the cover is of a freight train after a storm, capured in Strasbourg north of Regina. There are a few more regional phone books in the works – they will be released later this year. Here is a list of the SaskTel regional phone books with my images on the cover page (in the order of appearance). Moose Jaw – published Estevan/Weyburn – published Swift...
read moreArticle about PFRA community pastures by Laura Stewart
Saskatchewan singer, song-writer and author Laura Stewart wrote a passionate and reflective article about the PFRA community pastures for the latest edition of Briarpatch magazine. A few of my images were used to illustrate the story. Here are a few excerpts from the article titled A voice for the grasslands: The struggle for an endangered prairie ecosystem. “My first such assignment (.. survey of plant species..) in a PFRA pasture was 15 years ago. So powerful and overwhelming was that meeting with vastness and vibrant prairie life...
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Dr. Branimir Gjetvaj is a biologist and internationally published environmental photographer specializing in western Canadian landscapes. He leads photography workshops and photo tours, and gives public presentations on photography, natural history and conservation biology topics.