I’ve been a little bummed out lately. Things just started warming up but the new COVID variants have arrived in Saskatchewan and it’s becoming very scary to even go to some of the busier outdoor areas in town. Because of this, I decided to cancel all photo sessions for my portrait photography business Patricia Gakis […]
It’s been a long time since I’ve seen the Northern Lights. This is partly due to me not really paying attention to alerts and also because lately, they seem to occur after I’ve gone to bed. When I was younger, the Northern Lights were pretty bright in my neighborhood but Saskatoon’s light pollution problem is […]
We’ve been so spoiled in Saskatoon this winter. Yes, we had a major dump of snow and a crazy snow squall earlier in January but the temperatures have been fairly mild (compared to the usual winters here.) But once again, Mother Nature threw a wrench into things by giving us a few super frosty days. […]
While Saskatchewan gets very cold winters, sometimes the snow is slow to arrive. If it snows before the end of the year, it’s often not enough for snowshoeing. Well, this year, Mother Nature delivered…and delivered…and delivered again! 35cm of snow! Yes, in early November, just days after my last paddle, we were hit with a […]
Many people would agree that the University Of Saskatchewan has a very beautiful campus. One building in particular though looks a little out of place. No, I’m not talking about the glass eyesore that is the Agriculture Building. Tucked in amongst the large castles of health and medicine is a little house made of stones. […]
What a mess this year has been, am I right? One of the things that helps keep me grounded in difficult times is getting out in nature as much as possible and this year has been no exception. It hasn’t been easy. Sometimes my body wouldn’t let me and other times, nature decided to be […]
Don’t be scared by the title – I did not fall! But I did a lot of hill walking at Crocus Prairie at the beginning of November to try to capture some of the beauty of the area in autumn. Armed with my DSLR, a walking stick, and my little dog, we set off into […]
With the COVID pandemic in the early stages of the second wave, it was clear that Halloween 2020 was going to be a bust. So instead of spending my afternoon putting up spooky decorations, my friend and I went to Chappell Marsh. If you go back far enough in this blog, you’ll see other posts […]
The best thing about photography is that it makes you exercise! How? You actually have to get up off the couch and search to images. Even if you just do a mini macro session at home, you still have to get up and physically set up your shots. But of course, it’s the landscape photography […]
I posted a photo on my social media accounts last weekend asking if people knew where the picture was taken. I was a little surprised at how few guesses there were but then again, it was a tricky one to guess. After all, what do we have in Saskatoon that’s so colorful? In Victoria Park […]