Dion Kedian - Travel & Adventure Photography

Dion Kedian - Travel & Adventure Photography Accredited Professional Fine Art Photographer
Cochrane AB, Canadian Rocky Mountains

While most people were asleep, I stood alone in the mountains surrounded by silence and sky full of moonlight, stars and...
06/12/2026

While most people were asleep, I stood alone in the mountains surrounded by silence and sky full of moonlight, stars and clouds that were floating by. At 3:00AM, in Banff National Park, Lake Agnes became a perfect mirror, reflecting the rugged peaks and drifting clouds in a scene that was both stunning and awe-inspiring.

Photos like this don't happen by accident. They come from the willingness to leave your comfort zone, embrace the darkness and trust that nature will reward your determination.

If you have the will to venture into the mountains in the middle of the night, moments like this will be waiting for you.

There's something humbling about standing beneath the giants in Kananaskis Country and watching the light slowly cascade...
06/11/2026

There's something humbling about standing beneath the giants in Kananaskis Country and watching the light slowly cascade across the peaks. In moments like this, the scale of the landscape is impossible to ignore. I felt like a small spec against the vastness of these mountains as shifting light transformed the scene, minute by minute.

This time of day, combined with the right weather conditions, often produces the most incredible light that a photographer can hope for. It's also some of the most challenging light just to find. It takes patience, persistence, and countless trips into the mountains before everything aligns for a fleeting moment like this.

The mountains will always be there, but the light won't. That's what keeps me coming back, over and over. 📷🏔️

Sometimes the opportunities we miss as travel photographers become the roadmap for where we need to grow.As a profession...
06/03/2026

Sometimes the opportunities we miss as travel photographers become the roadmap for where we need to grow.

As a professional Travel Photographer, I recently spoke with a travel van builder about creating travel lifestyle photos for their brand. While the opportunity didn't work out, their feedback was immensely valuable, they wanted to see more travel lifestyle focused work in my portfolio, while at the same time being very complimentary of my landscape work.

It was a great reminder that while my passion will always be wild landscapes and wildlife, building a successful commercial photography career means continuing to evolve and expand my story telling. Images like this, created on the shores of the Pacific Ocean at Chesterman Beach in Tofino on Vancouver Island, are a part of that journey. Capturing not just a destination, but the feeling of being there.

My roots in professional photography are within the commercial world, so the road forward for me, and most likely everyone, isn't always a straight line....much like travel....but every frame is another step toward where you're meant to go.



Tourism Tofino Tourism Vancouver Island

Have I told you lately how much I love the western pacific coast of Vancouver Island? Yes? Well here I go again.There's ...
06/01/2026

Have I told you lately how much I love the western pacific coast of Vancouver Island? Yes? Well here I go again.

There's something about the rugged shoreline around the area of Torino and Pacific Rim National Park that keeps strongly and passionately calling me back. The endless beaches, pounding surf, windswept rain forests and the sunsets.....I can't say this enough. The sunsets....that seem to set the entire coastline on fire and create a landscape unlike anywhere in Canada.

As I mentioned in my last post, in just a short time, I'll be heading back to wander hidden beaches, explore the wild Pacific coastline and photograph one of my favourite places on earth. I can't wait to see what stories the coast has waiting for me this time.



Tourism Tofino Parks Canada Pacific Sands Beach Resort

In just a couple of short weeks, I'll be heading back to one of Canadas most remote and wild coastal treasures, Pacific ...
05/31/2026

In just a couple of short weeks, I'll be heading back to one of Canadas most remote and wild coastal treasures, Pacific Rim National Park Reserve. Along the rugged edge of the Pacific Ocean, I'll be searching for the wildlife and landscapes that make this place unlike anywhere else in the country.

This Bald Eagle was photographed perched on a rocky outcrop just offshore, standing watch over one of the last remaining protected stretches of Canadas coastline.

While millions visit the west coast each year, places like this face growing pressure from tourism and increasing marine traffic. Protected area such as Pacific Rim are becoming more important than ever for the wildlife that depends on these places.

I can't wait to return to the crashing surf, the ancient rain forests and the untamed western coastline to capture new stories from the edge of the continent.

I also want to thank all of you for the immense support of my last post about "Goldie". This has been incredibly uplifting for me to know how much you all support keeping our wildlife and wild places safe. Thank you.



Parks Canada Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, Parks Canada

This is “Goldie".....or should I say, was, "Goldie" 😞I took this photo of "Goldie" and her cub a number of years ago nea...
05/28/2026

This is “Goldie".....or should I say, was, "Goldie" 😞

I took this photo of "Goldie" and her cub a number of years ago near Peyto Lake in Banff National Park. By eye, she looked like a small spec in the distance. This was how she appeared through my 600mm lens as I sat in a bush line.

She was one of those bears that many people in the Bow Valley knew about. Calm. Gentle and very intelligent. You could sit quietly in the grassy areas at a very respectful distance and just watch her move through the landscape with this incredible sense of awareness and patience. Seeing her with her cub that morning was something I'll never forget. There was no aggression, no chaos...just a mother existing in the wild the way she was meant to.

But, only days after I captured this moment.....Goldie was gone. Forever.

She had been feeding near the Icefields Parkway, which was outside of the norm for her, when hundreds of tourists spotted her and stopped to watch. People got out of their cars, crowded around her, posed in front of her to get those ever so important Instagram shots, and pushed towards her, closer and closer and closer completely ignoring the space she needed to feel safe. Frightened and overwhelmed she bolted between all the stopped cars, ran on to the highway and was struck and killed by a passing car.

This story has stayed with me for years because it never had to happen.

Every time I see wildlife being crowded in Banff, Kananaskis, or anywhere in the Rockies, I feel the same frustration. These animals are not roadside attractions, they are living creatures already under pressure from traffic, development and constant human presence, and it's only getting worse.

One selfish decision for a photo can have irreversible consequences.

Wildlife and ETHICAL wildlife photography have always been deeply connected for me. I care immensely about the animals that call these mountains their home, and I have always tried to advocate for their safety and respectful treatment. At times it has been discouraging feeling overlooked or ignored by wildlife advocacy circles throughout Alberta nd British Columbia despite how passionate I am about this issue. I would genuinely value the opportunity to contribute more directly alongside people and organizations working to protect these animals.

Regardless of recognition, I'll continue to do what I have always always done, advocating, educating and documenting these moments through photography.

Photos like this are more than just images or Instagram posts now, they ARE reminders of what we still have to protect.....and more importantly, what happens when we fail to respect it.

Respect our wildlife, respect the rules set out in our parks to protect them.

I'm almost always looking through my camera toward wide landscapes, distant mountains, storms and the kinds of scenes th...
05/20/2026

I'm almost always looking through my camera toward wide landscapes, distant mountains, storms and the kinds of scenes that make you feel small, but, every once in awhile nature quietly reminds me that beauty doesn't always present itself on the grandest scale.

This Yellow-Headed Blackbird stopped me in my tracks at a small pond near the eastern slopes of the Rockies here in Alberta, as I had never seen one before.

With colours that almost looked tropical against the Prairie wetlands, it felt completely out of place in the best possible way. Like a tiny flash of another world hidden in a familiar country-side.

It made me think about how easy it is to overlook the details while searching for the extraordinary. Sometimes, inspiration isn't found by going further away, sometimes it's found by slowing down long enough to truly notice what's already there.

A reminder that not everything powerful has to be massive, loud or dramatic to leave an impression on my lens and my mind.

You may not know, but I went to school for commercial photography many years ago as I was driven towards a career change...
05/15/2026

You may not know, but I went to school for commercial photography many years ago as I was driven towards a career change into that area.

I ended up getting a few jobs in local magazines later on, some bulk work with real estate listings and bulk event work as well.

Was I a working professional photographer? Yes!!😁👍 Did I love it? Sadly, no😔. In fact, I dreaded every job.

I loved the idea of being a professional working photographer, but my subject matter that I was being hired for was completely outside of any interest I have at all, and the work suffered.

I was ALWAYS drawn to personal work, which for me included wild and vast landscapes and wildlife. I'm a traveller. I need to see the world. I can't underline that word NEED enough.

Out here in the Rockies and the Western coast of Canada and the US was my playground. I loved visiting and photographing everything I could see and always dreamed of coming back and even dared to dream about living here......now I do.

Since living here, I have focused heavily on personal work and my commercial side has long since faded. As my personal and artistic work is incredibly unique and doesn't follow the trends, breaking out here has been a slow go. But I do sell art pieces occasionally. (Thank you to my wonderful clients and supporters!!!!)

I'd love an opportunity to mix my passion for the wild spaces we have here into my professional commercial side.....so, on a whim and bit of a lark, I put this together this morning to wave my flag.

So.....if you're looking for a commercial photographer that has a very diverse and extensive level of experience for your local Rocky Mountain / West Coast publication.....get in touch.

Thanks for looking.

Some nights remind you how small you really are.Standing in the silence of the late night in Kananaskis Country watching...
05/14/2026

Some nights remind you how small you really are.

Standing in the silence of the late night in Kananaskis Country watching the sky explode in waves and curtains of green light felt unreal.

No crowds. No noise. Just cool mountain air, still water and the Northern Lights dancing above the peaks across the lake like they had all the time in the world.

This wasn't one of those "perfectly planned" shots, as mine never are anyway. It was in fact loads of luck, patience and being willing to stay out long after most people would've given up and gone home. Somehow though, in that time, the cosmos decided to give me a show all to myself.

Moments like this are why I keep chasing landscape photography. You don't get these magical moments in portraiture or commercial photography. I don't chase these landscapes for the photo though, I chase them for the feeling of standing in a place so wild and beautiful that it resets something inside of me.

The world is FULL of magic if you're willing to go and find it. ✨

Some mountains don't ask to be conquered, they ask to be listened to.In the silence above the clouds you realize how sma...
05/12/2026

Some mountains don't ask to be conquered, they ask to be listened to.

In the silence above the clouds you realize how small your biggest fears really are and how vast the world becomes when you stop living cautiously.

There are places that change you without saying a word, and for me, this is one of them.

Thanks for looking.

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