Posts Tagged ‘Wally Hayes’

Sat 15 Sep 2018 Tom Wilson 2018 Hike the Highlands Festival Comments Off on Photography Workshop – A Success / / / /

Photography Workshop – A Success

Group Phot0 – Outdoor & Nature Photography Workshop.    Photo credit: Jenny Symes Hike the Highlands Festival started off its 15th Anniversary by hosting an Outdoor & Nature Photography Workshop with Wally Hayes, a professional photographer, Sept. 13-14, 2018. Wally has been...Read more

Sat 13 Sep 2014 Tom Wilson Hike the Highlands Festival Comments Off on Day 1 of the festival – Great turnout / / /

Day 1 of the festival – Great turnout

Great turn-out for Day 1, Sept. 12, 2014,  of Hike the Highlands Festival.  50 hikers enjoying the first hike of the festival on Broad Cove Mountain trail in the Cape Breton Highlands National Park. Hikers were able to enjoy the great view at the summit – Warren Lake, North Bay, Ingonish...Read more

Sat 14 Sep 2013 Tom Wilson Hike the Highlands Festival / Wally Hayes Comments Off on Day 1 – Opening Night, Full of Surprises / /

Day 1 – Opening Night, Full of Surprises

  It was like a reunion, hikers from past years, returning to say hi and wish us well for our 10th Anniversary of the festival. There were lots of hugs. But there was also many new faces to welcome and to show them the beauty and mystic of the Cape Breton Highlands. Hikers came from […]Read more

Sat 14 Sep 2013 Tom Wilson Hike the Highlands / Nature & Landscape Photography / Wally Hayes / White Point Comments Off on Managing Your Digital Library – Making it Easier / /

Managing Your Digital Library – Making it Easier

Lets face it, most photographers would like to spend more time shooting than editing.  It was clear by their questions and interest, managing your digital library was a very important topic at the Expanding your Horizons – Landscape & Seascape Photography Workshop.  Wally Hayes,...Read more

Tue 04 Sep 2012 Tom Wilson Digital Compact Cameras / Nature & Landscape Photography / Photography / Wally Hayes Comments Off on 10 Photography Tips for Hikers /

10 Photography Tips for Hikers

Here are ten photography tips for hikers from an amateur photographer who enjoys hiking immensely : 1) Carry your photography gear in a daypack with a rain cover. Always carry ziplock bags or dry bags with you to protect your gear inside the pack. Daypacks will get wet even with rain cover usually...Read more

Sun 15 Apr 2012 Tom Wilson Cabot Trail / Eagles / Nature & Landscape Photography / Wally Hayes Comments Off on Eagles and More / / / /

Eagles and More

It was a spring day in the Cape Breton highlands, mid April, sunny and 16 degrees. A great day for a morning walk. My wife and I decided to go to same location were we spotted the immature eagle the other day. All the birds were out today…the first bunch we saw were the chicadees. […]Read more

Sun 11 Sep 2011 Tom Wilson 2011 Hike the Highlands Festival / Cape Breton Island / gaiters / Nature & Landscape Photography / Raingear / Sugarloaf Mountain Trail / Wally Hayes / White Point Comments Off on Day 2 – White Point & Sugar Loaf hikes / / / / / / /

Day 2 – White Point & Sugar Loaf hikes

Close to 100 hikers enjoyed the hikes on Day 2 of 2011  Hike the Highlands Festival at White Point and Sugar Loaf . It was a day to enjoy great coastal scenery,  a climb up a steep mountain and to prepare you with some wet weather. White Point hike provided great coastal scenery, the history...Read more

Sat 26 Feb 2011 Tom Wilson 2009 Hike the Highlands Festival / Cape Breton Highlands National Park / Cape Breton Island / CBHNP / Hike the Highlands Festival / Hiking / Wally Hayes / White Point Comments Off on Love at First Hike / / / / / / /

Love at First Hike

In 2009, a young lassie, Sophia, from England came to Canada for a year to travel and work.  Her first stop was Hike the Highlands Festival…About midway thru the festival she met a lad from PEI who was studing at University of British Columbia. JF was working at Cape Breton Highlands...Read more

Sat 11 Sep 2010 Tom Wilson 2010 Hike the Highlands Festival / Cape Breton Highlands National Park / CBHNP / Hike the Highlands / Hike the Highlands Festival / Hiking Tips / Middlehead Hiking Trail / Photography / Wally Hayes Comments Off on Day one of Hike the Highlands went well / / / / / / /

Day one of Hike the Highlands went well

Despite overcast skies, and a few rain drops, everything went well on day one of the 2010 Hike the Highlands Festival.  Wally Hayes dazzle us with his amazing knowledge of photography and shared with us some great tips including geotagging your photos, composition, and shooting with macro lens....Read more

Fri 27 Aug 2010 Tom Wilson 2010 Hike the Highlands Festival / Cape Breton Highlands National Park / Cape Breton Island / CBHNP / Hike the Highlands Festival / Hiking Festival / Hiking Tips / Middlehead Hiking Trail / Nature & Landscape Photography / Photography / Wally Hayes Comments Off on Nature and Landscape Photography Workshop with Wally Hayes / / / / / /

Nature and Landscape Photography Workshop with Wally Hayes

Hike the Highlands Festival will offer two Nature & Landscape Photography Workshops by Wally Hayes, professional photographer, on Sept. 10th and Sept. 11th in Ingonish . ……One of Nova Scotia’s top photographer, Wally brings passion and a great love of the outdoors along with...Read more