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You’ll LOVE this inspirational new song and video if you’re thinking about visiting Jasper National Park or want to reminisce on a past vacation. The song by Jessica Heine is called “Give Me Jasper” and it is all about Jasper National Park. Read more on The Jasper National Park Song by Jessica Heine – Wonderful!!… The Canadian Rockies. Home of great landscapes. Are you ready? One of the best things about taking photos in the Canadian Rockies is that you don’t have to have a fancy camera or be an expert photographer to return home with several frame-worthy photographs. But if you like taking photos, learning more about photography could make a big difference in your end result.
On my next trip to the Canadian Rockies, my goal is to spend part of the time taking pictures, so watching YouTube videos about photography has been a hobby lately. Here’s some good videos about photography that apply to outdoor and landscape photography. To start with, here’s Rick Sammon’s top 10 digital photography tips – really good photography tips you can use throughout the Canadian Rockies, regardless of your skill level. Read more on Are you ready to take great landscape photos during your Canadian Rockies vacation?… Hoary marmots are cool. Literally. They live all year round in the cool weather of the Canadian Rockies, hibernating over half the year during the colder months. With a little luck, you may see them in various places in Jasper National Park and the Canadian Rockies. Read more on Videos of Marmots in Jasper and Banff National Park… Let’s talk skiing and snowboarding videos shot at Marmot Basin Ski Resort in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada, North America, Earth. This first video is a Marmot Basin official promotional video. Well, it’s not really promotional…it just shows some good skiing and snowboarding action. Read more on Videos: Skiing and Snowboarding at Marmot Basin in Jasper… Natalie Lucier created this 3:55 minute video of scenes atop Marmot Basin ski area overlooking the surrounding Canadian Rockies in Jasper National Park. As she says in the video “mountains, mountains, and more mountains.” Read more on Video: Views atop Marmot Basin, Jasper National Park… The first minute and a half of this short 1969 home movie shows an interesting and raw glimpse into the way Jasper National Park was – from the perspective of a 1969 traveler. Want to do something unique to show off your Jasper National Park photos to friends and family? You might want to try Animoto. Animoto is a new online service that creates videos for you out of the pictures you upload. I was able to easily create 30 second video clips of Jasper National Park photos. Animoto automatically adds effects and transitions. The result is a fun mini-movie. (Full-length movies and other features cost extra.) Check out what I created from some mountain goat and wildlife photos from the Jasper Journal Jasper National Park photo gallery. I simply upload the photos to Animoto and then selected music. After about 10 minutes Animoto gave me these cool videos. Read more on Create Your Own Jasper National Park Video… Today is Blog Action Day, a day about the environment. Jasper Journal is celebrating Blog Action Day by celebrating Jasper National Park.
For Jasper Journal, the task is easy. Jasper National Park is not so much about tourism as it is about nature. In other national parks, the tourist industry wins. In Jasper National Park, nature wins. Read more on Jasper National Park and Preserving the Environment… The elks in Jasper National Park wander all around in search of food. Sometimes, this puts them in a dangerous position. Usually, the threat is automobiles. In this traveler’s video, we see something different. As a herd of elks picnic alongside a train track and bridge, a CN freight train comes towards them. Read more on Elk versus train: Who wins?… A quick and basic video that shows a few scenes around Jasper National Park. This footage gives a flavor of Jasper. |
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