If you don’t already know his work from seeing it in the WP let me be the first to introduce you to photographer, Mike Sturk. It’s been about a year since Mike and I met. We were in Calgary, along with photographers from across Canada covering Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s re-election. Mike was shooting for the European Pressphoto Agency (EPA). Amid the eagle-eyed press and the anticipation of party faithful waiting for the PM to enter, our conversation touched on the opportunity for Mike to freelance for the Western Producer.
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Mike consistently produces images like these each week. He can routinely go into his backyard, in the Alberta foothills and come out with this quality of wildlife images. There’s nothing routine about making these images day after day. What I’m getting at is this: It’s not what’s in the backyard necessarily; it’s the eye behind the lens. Mike consistantly produces good, sometimes great images – the mark of a pro.
“A professional is a man (woman) who can do his best at a time when he doesn’t particularly feel like it.” Alistair Cooke
I look forward to showcasing more of Mike’s images in future crops.
