Alberta Provincial Park Landscape Photography
By: Author : Photographer Jennifer Bakken

The Alberta Provincial Parks’ landscape is a photographer’s paradise. The beauty of our provincial parks’ scenery includes budding flowers and trees in spring, wildflowers in summer, golden leaves in autumn, and snow-covered mountains in winter. The Rocky Mountains make Alberta’s provincial park landscape very desirable for photographers. White and yellow daisies with the blue sky and the mountains as a backdrop are a photographer’s dream. The meandering rivers also add to the provincial parks’ landscape photography potential.

Alberta wildflowers are another favourite among provincial park landscape photographers. The brilliant hues and incredible assortment make for amazing photographs. Alberta’s provincial parks are also home to incredible rivers and lakes, which, with the right camera, can yield amazing results in the field of park landscape photography. While we’re talking about the water, we may as well include waterfalls in this category. Go on a hike anywhere in the Rockies and you’ll find great opportunities for captivating photos of waterfalls. Summer is a great time to capture the power of the falls and winter is an opportune time to capture unique frozen waterfalls. These make great additions to your provincial park landscape collection.

Alberta Provincial Park landscape photography can include the numerous lakes and all the recreation they bring. A lake at sunset is a captivating sight. Children playing in the sand at a beach capture the spirit of summer in Alberta’s parks. Picnics along a river are a common occurrence in the parks.

Provincial parks are hiking country and the meadows of green filled with Indian Paintbrush are symbolic of provincial park landscape photography. The assortment of wildflowers along with lakes, make photographers stop their hike to take a picture of these popular park sights.

Other popular provincial park landscape images include the abundant wildlife. Mountain goats, bighorn sheep, elk, and moose are among the most popular animals to be photographed in the parks. Other animals include marmots, wolves, and bears. Many calendars feature these animals as numerous landscape photographers go hunting for these animals armed only with their cameras.

The outdoor enthusiast’s lifestyle can be captured and included in the category of provincial park landscape photography. A day on the golf course can yield remarkable photographs of man made and natural beauty. Pictures of mountain bikers in the summer and skiers in the winter are very popular for calendars and magazines. There is nothing more exhilarating than mountain climbing, skiing, or white-water rafting; all outdoor pursuits that are beautifully captured on film in Alberta’s provincial parks.

Alberta Provincial Park landscape photography is growing as fast as our province, itself, and it has unlimited potential. So, get in your car, or on your mountain bike, grab your camera, and take a picture of the beauty that our provincial parks boast.


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