Natural Light: Visions of British Columbia

David Allinson is the president of the Rocky Point Bird Observatory in Victoria, B.C.

This is not your typical A–Z photographic guide to British Columbia.
Granted, Nunuk covers all the major regions in the province, but he also
combines both the rural and true wilderness.

Creativity abounds in his photographs, from a long exposure of his
truck’s taillights to trace the route of a winding country road in the
Okanagan, to an image of pure majesty and nature at Mount Assiniboine,
to a painterly depiction of frost-covered aspens along the Alaska
Highway. (My personal favourite is the pair of bald eagles silhouetted
by a full moonrise on the Queen Charlotte Islands.) He subtly adds a
human touch to many photos, with distant hikers breaking up landscapes
and adding dimension, or the starkness and wonder of a lone individual
contemplating the waves on a stormy beach, punctuated by a red umbrella.
Despite the book’s large format, many of the two-page spreads seem
crowded or cropped by their sheer magnitude.

Natural Light is recommended for those who appreciate photography as
art; for budding photographers wishing to learn more about composition,
lighting, and angles; and for those who wish to virtually visit British
Columbia’s diverse scenery.