One day in early September, 1987, I got a call from a freelance writer looking for a photographer to accompany him on an assignment.
This day long ago
Warm evening on the cusp of autumn. Flocks of Canada geese honking overhead and harvest dust tinting evening skies remind you that fall is already well underway.
The Fowl Supper
It’s fall supper season in Saskatchewan. Back in 1986, they still referred to these as fowl suppers. Did you wonder what it was like behind the scenes, before the doors opened?
Beating around the bush
This is a composite of 15 individual photos taken on two different days, under changing weather and lighting conditions. Each photo was approached from a different angle, then layered to produce a dreamlike rendering.
At last, a clear night sky!
Electric night over Gardiner Dam and Lake Diefenbaker. Too many nights when the aurora should be good, we got clouds. Not this night. I barely felt the cold.
Moody autumn evening in Saskatoon
There’s a chill in the air. Clouds scud overhead, yet the street lies still and quiet on an autumn evening.
Fall falls formally on film
Viewing the first day of fall through a vintage lens. Film renders the hues and textures of autumn light the way our memories see them.
September memories
September, summer quietly turns to fall. It happens subtly at first, so subtly that you think summer might never end.
Hazy summer days
Smoke from northern wildfires descends on Saskatoon, casting the city in muted, sepia tones.
After the rain
A prairie rain skims over a dry landscape on a summer day. It’s been dry for weeks. Parched grasses rustle crisply as the lightest breeze sighs a breathless gasp through them under the baking mid-summer sun. The ground crunches with each footstep. Signs warn of extreme wildfire hazard. But then the rain. Not a downpour. […]