Entries by John Launstein
A Cormorant in Need of a Helping Hand
During the last week of September, 2019, the area where we live in southwestern Alberta was part of a Winter Storm Advisory from Environment Canada. As the weekend drew near, the forecasts and warnings grew more and more ominous, eventually warning residents to prepare for a “historic storm.” Sure enough, it lived up to the […]
2018 Favourites from John, Jenaya & Josiah Launstein
It’s hard to believe we’re already looking back on 2018 and all the memories and moments it held. We missed doing this kind of a post in 2017, so we thought it was definitely time to share some of our favourite moments and images with you from the past couple years. We decided to organize […]
Josiah makes history after being named Young Outdoor Photographer of the Year for the 2nd time
He’s done it again! On January 23, 2018, Josiah was named the 2017 Young Outdoor Photographer of the Year! This is the second time Josiah has received this distinction, which marks the first time any photographer has won a category twice in the history of the competition! It is such an honour for Josiah to […]
Josiah awarded for 3rd time in prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition!
We are so pleased to share that Josiah has been awarded once again in the 2017 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition (WPY53)! The competition seeks to discover and showcase the world’s best nature photography, and the panel of esteemed judges felt that our young photographer’s black and white image of a monkey moth caterpillar […]
Getting together with other top young conservation photographers…
We had the privilege of being joined by top young photographers Josh Burch Photography (UK) and Ashleigh Scully Photography (US) recently for a whirlwind tour of SW Alberta! Despite the compressed time, we still logged 14 bears on our day with them including grizzly, black, brown and cinnamon-phased black bears, and even a special spotting of a nearly-white blonde-phase […]
Our Wildlife Art Gallery in the Crowsnest Pass celebrates its 1yr Anniversary!
We’re 1 year old! We’ve had an amazing first year at our Wildlife Art Gallery in the Crowsnest Pass! We’ve met hundreds of fellow wildlife lovers from around the world and shared our art and the stories behind it with more people than we ever could have imagined. It’s been such a privilege to carefully package […]
The Launstein Imagery Wildlife Art Gallery spills over into Waterton!
On a scale of 1 to 10 we’re at about 100 on the level of excitement we have to share this news! As we celebrate the 1st anniversary of our Wildlife Art Gallery in the Crowsnest Pass, our art has spilled over into one of our favourite places on the planet (and the home to […]
2016 Favourites from John, Jenaya & Josiah Launstein
It’s that time of the year when photographers put together a list of favourite images from the past 12 months. We’ve enjoyed doing the same, but have always struggled with the tension of separating favourite memories and experiences from the images themselves. This year had some pretty crazy developments for our family of wildlife and conservation photographers, […]
Jenaya at WiLDSPEAK, Nature’s Best Awards and Smithsonian Exhibition
This November Jenaya traveled to Washington DC to take part in the 2016 Nature’s Best Windland Smith Rice International Photography Awards and see her winning image, “Ramscape” on exhibit in the Smithsonian. In fact, Jenaya ended up being one of four photographers from BC & Alberta awarded in this year’s competition, including the Grand Prize […]