Of Grandmas and Big Horn Sheep Gallery

2008 Nature Alberta Magazine Cover Shot

Feature article title page shot.

Tell me a secret.

I was coming down from the Bow Summit on the Parkway when -using my Grandma’s spotting skills- I noticed a ewe and her lamb in a sunny meadow of spring flowers, just above a small waterfall. There was no one around when I stopped and got out of my car. The ewe was a bit nervous a first, so I lay down on my belly, using my forearms tripod-like to support my camera. It was spring and the ewe’s coat was shaggy and starting to come off. I log-rolled around the meadow to get to the best point of view and took around a hundred images before capturing a shot of the lamb peering nervously at me from between his mother’s legs.

It was one of those Zen moments where everything came together and it was just me, the sheep the wild flowers and the meadow.

High mountain habitat shots of a sheep in their natural rock face environment can be very dramatic.

Most tourists travel through the parks of Alberta during the summer months when ewes and lambs are plentiful, but Big Horn Sheep can easily be found throughout the year.

The Yin and Yang of Sheep Horns. I heard a 'bonk' and turned towards the sound to get his shot.

One of my favourites is of a ewe apparently trapped on a thin rocky ledge with no where to go. She looks lost and vulnerable. After an hour or so though, she gathered up her courage and sprang away to safety.