My name is Gavin Hardcastle and this is my official online portfolio of fine art landscape photography. All images are available for licensing and as high resolution prints. If you’d like to acquire prints or license a particular image please contact me directly using the contact form. In this portfolio I offer shooting tips and the stories behind the shots. If you have any questions about how I shot or processed any of my works please feel free to leave a comment on the portfolio page.
‘Splash-n-Dash’ – Rialto Beach, Olympic National Park
I was lucky to have captured this image just a few months before this sea stack collapsed. Olympic National Park has some of the most spectacular coastline on the planet…
‘Hairline Fracture’ – Abraham Lake Ice Cracks
After diligently studying the weather forecast for weeks, the stars literally aligned for this shot. Getting a clear night, no snow on the ice, no moon and no other photographers…
‘Birth of a Galaxy’ – Abraham Lake, Alberta
Using just a 300 lumen headlamp, I was able to light these trapped methane bubbles in the ice of Abraham Lake in the dead of night. The scene reminds me…
‘Interstellar Bubbles’ – Abraham Lake, Alberta
Winter is the most spectacular time in the Canadian Rockies. For me, that’s because ice offers endless compositional photo opportunities. There’s no place quite like Abraham Lake in Alberta which…
‘Stripes’ – Ha Ling Peak, Canmore
During September in Canmore, the aspen trees were turning bright yellow and all of the lakes and rivers were fully thawed to provide me with pristine mirror reflections. There’s a…
‘Dreich’ – Kilchurn Castle, Loch Awe
This is the thing about Scotland. The weather is terrible more often the not but places like Kilchurn Castle at Loch Awe still look gorgeous in all kinds of weather….
‘Smoke & Water’ – Glencoe, Scotland
Glencoe is one of those places that offers gorgeous photo ops even during terrible weather. For me it’s those miserable, rainy days that often have short gaps where the best…
‘Fire on Water’ – Athabasca Falls, Jasper National Park
We had a proper light show in September 2016 when we headed up to Athabasca Falls in Jasper National Park to ensure our cameras were pointing North. Behind The Shot…
‘Green Goblin’ – The Devils Pulpit, Finnich Glen
At Finnich Glen (AKA ‘The Devils Pulpit’) near Glasgow in Scotland, the river runs red but if you catch it at the right time of day you’ll also catch some…