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Majesty – Canadian Rockies and Banff National Park

Banff National Park, in the Canadian Rockies, is a UNESCO World Heritage site. My site ( Gitaphotos.com) has some of the best representational landscape photography that one can find available for this area. Banff has been my home for my entire life and is the gateway into this incredible Park wonderland of natural sights, sounds, smells, flora, and fauna.

Mountain landscape photography is a genre that makes for the most engaging art to embellish your space – home, office, lobby, reception, etc and landscape photography from the Canadian Rockies and Banff National Park adorns many walls in homes and offices around the world. While the question I often hear is “When is the best time to visit Banff ?” it is a simple, yet profound reply that applies – ANY TIME!! Your specific inclinations, timing, and desires will be the prime influences but, any time you visit Banff National Park and the Canadian Rockies – there will be stunning sights and experiences to have.

Golden morning Alpin Glow on the side of Crowfoot Mountain
Crowfoot Crescendo

Do people buy fine art photography? For those who have yet to collect or purchase fine art photography, or even fine art in general, the first question they often have is – Do people buy fine art photography? The answer to this is yes! Pictures from Banff and Lake Louise are featured on walls throughout the world where lovers of the mountains and the Canadian Rockies have them up as reminders and memories. Being a UNESCO heritage Site the featured images of Banff and Lake Louise often include – Banff, Lake Louise, Moraine Lake, Bow Lake, Mt. Rundle, Mt. Temple, Columbia Icefields and there are many more. To get an image of these locations requires timing, planning, weather conditions, and proper equipment both Photo equipment and outdoor gear. The capture of an image, to be suitable for your walls also requires specific technique, research, and knowledge of the visual language to engage the viewer.

Canadian Rockies and Banff National Park Wall Art is a genre of its own :

“Is Banff one of the most beautiful places in the world?

Banff National Park, 2564 sq. miles in the Canadian Rockies, is Canada’s oldest national park (1885) and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Named for the Scottish home of an early immigrant and park warden, Bill Peyto. It is surely one of the most beautiful places on earth.”
Most visitors come during the summer season, but I don’t think the phrase “surely one of the most beautiful places on earth” applies only to summer. Of course, many images of Banff National Park are captured during the Summer months; however, the beauty is on display in Fall, Winter, and Spring. The landscape changes with the seasons.
My website has  9 galleries of Banff Landscape Fine Art! Here, you can browse my dedicated Banff Art Store and see the jaw-dropping beauty that Nature has created in Banff National Park. It will be your private Art store for you to browse at your pleasure and your pace, right from the comfort of your home or office. BUT, while you browse you will be taken for a trip of many experiences and sights of Banff National Park. Different seasons, different subjects, different times and different moods the Canadian Rockies and Banff National Park are known for.

I work and provide representational landscape photography of this place. I do it for my enjoyment and pleasure. I hope that, if you have visited, or are planning a visit to Banff – the Special Moments I have captured will “capture” you and Banff will be both a cherished memory and an image to brighten up your space and revisit your memory. Come anytime BECAUSE the wonder is always on display in the Canadian Rockies and Banff National Park!

“Special Moments in the Rockies, Captured in a Print Forever”

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Published by Ron Hallam

Gita Photos is a Landscape Photography Studio based in Banff, Alberta and Banff National Park a World Heritage Site. Hi, my name is Ron Hallam. I am truly blessed to be able to live in and work in this stunning location; Banff, Alberta. I closed in and renovated the deck of my condo to be an editing studio. The studio is paneled in Alberta cedar. The main part of the ‘studio’, though, is the Banff National Park and the Canadian Rockies! My work invloves hiking through the Park to find locations where the natural wonders of the Rockies are illuminated by the natural light of the moment. As one client testimonial put it, I want to offer you “ an instant escape to someplace magical” ( Jane Fedosoff, Toronto, Ontario) Another client commented “Ron's photographs are not just beautiful images of the Canadian Rockies. They are Ron himself – his life experiences, his love for this place and his eye for detail- that show a depth and unique understanding of this special place we are lucky to call home.” (Phil Monod, Banff Alberta) I’m in the second half of my life. I spent the first half running a ski shop and skiing and hiking in and around Banff National Park. I tinkered with photography for a long time - first with disposable cameras in the 70's. Needless to say the disposable left everything to be desired and I walked away wanting more, much more. Then, for one special hiking trip to Nepal, I purchased a proper SLR camera. The SLR provided better images, but I still needed time to learn and study and work at the craft of image making and film processing. Meanwhile, the time commitment necessary to run a shop (and my shop was a passion) meant work gave me limited spare time. That translated into playing when I could, took precedence over study of camera, technique and processing. So, upon retiring - for my second half, I wanted to stretch and work my “creative muscles”. I got down to focused and dedicated photographic endeavor. That started with a new DSLR. Then I began to study image making seriously. I learned about the digital way of image capture and developing (editing). The Rockies Landscape is so grand that larger Panorama shots are a favorite for me to create while, but as you can see from my work, everything in this magnificent place draws me to capture images of all kinds of landscapes. I like to work in both Color and Black and White and would love to hear which you prefer as your format of choice, and why. Every time I make an image, it is the direct result of letting the “something” inside me come up to the surface, and compel me to record that moment of what I’m seeing and feeling. I want to engage you to see the Rockies, and feel the Rockies exactly the way I do. I want to try to have you try to understand and engage with my perspective, and point you to the exquisite, intricate and profoundly intelligent designer - the God who created this natural world. Then, if you are awed by creation but also perturbed by economic disparities in the world, I hope you will browse the Art Battling Poverty Gallery dedicated to Poverty Relief and assistance for the marginalized. While you and I enjoy the beauty of the Rockies, many are struggling simply to survive. When you purchase my Art from the Art Battling Poverty Gallery (or indeed any image purchase) just tell me to donate to either of the NGO's I work with, at time of checkout. A portion of each sale, 15% – read the ABOUT Art Battling Poverty Tab) will be donated to in your name. Have a browse and find “ A special moment in the Rockies, captured in a print forever”. And when you purchase you won't only have a special print, but you will also be giving Hope to the marginalized.