Category Archives: Banff National Park

One of the world’s premier travel destinations, Banff National Park is a beautiful mountainous landscape as varied as it is large. From glaciers to natural hot springs, rugged mountain peaks to wide alpine meadows, Banff’s diverse beauty is all a part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks UNESCO World Heritage Site. These posts contain photographs by Brian Van Tighem from all aspects of life in Banff National Park.

Peyto Lake Lookout

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The lake was beautiful as always, but what caught me was the rolling hills in the valley receding into the mist of snowfall. – Brian Tweet

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Sun and Rain

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I came across this photograph the other day that I had overlooked from this past summer. A patch of sunlight shone through the overcast skies and lit up the mist of rainfall as it fell at the far end of Luellen Lake. It was early evening and hungry fish were jumping and surfacing all across...

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Winter in the Bow Valley

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Being away from home quite a bit in the last few months has got me missing the Bow Valley. Winter in the valley is beautiful, and this year we were lucky to have quite a few beautiful days with long winter sunsets in clear blue skies. Here are a few photos from the Banff/Canmore end...

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Banff Winter Wedding – Jessica and Jarrad

A quick look at Jessica and Jarrad who got married in Banff on December 11th.  More photos to come soon! – Brian Van Tighem www.whiteleafstudios.com Tweet

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Rundle Ridge

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This past week saw the annual Geminid meteor shower overhead. Myself and a group of friends trekked out at midnight to the Cauldron beneath the towering north face of Mt. Rundle in Banff. We saw countless shooting stars but I didn’t catch any in my photographs. About the same result as last year, but a...

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