Join the Chris Harris Newsletter

“Helping people make better Pictures”

Every month I publish a Newsletter and share the “why” & “how” behind the photographic art that I create. The newsletters are a journal of my current book projects and photographic adventures; as well as discussions of the artistic vision and creative process behind image-making. In them you will find tips and suggestions on how to expand your own photography, stories from recent field trips, and news about what is happening at the Chris Harris Studio Gallery. Also, they are written to encourage and promote the arts, thus strengthening our artistic community.

2012

#81-April 2012

1. Flyover: Counting Down to Lift-Off

2. My Fraser River Photo Workshop: Part II - Find New Perspectives; Make Your Artistic Statement

3. Ski Adventure: Part II: A Photographic Lesson I Learned Long Ago
4. Photographing Concepts: Why These Images Sell

#80 - March 2012


  1. Our New Website is Live: Check it out!
  2. Aerial Exclusive: This Issue of British Columbia Magazine
  3. Fraser River Photo Tour/workshop: Part I - The Joy of Sharing
  4. Bowron Lakes Ski Adventure: Part I.  What a great trip!
  5. Flyover: Robinson 44 helicopter flight
  6. Simple Compositions in the Grasslands: Shoot high, shoot low

#79 - February 2012

  1. Exciting News: Join me for a Photo Tour/Workshop this summer 
  2. Disappointing News: Our new website is not ready yet 
  3. Getting there is Half the Fun: Not Recommended! 
  4. Directional Light: A Photographer's Dream - Part I 
  5. Directional Light: A Photographer's Dream - Part II 

#78 - January 2012

  1. The Chilcotin River: Sacred Water
  2. The Chilcotin River: Unexpected Beauty
  3. Upcoming Presentations

2011

#77 - December 2011

  1. Christmas Gifts from the Gallery
  2. A Winter's Journey: Unexpected Beauty
  3. Season's Greetings

#76 - November 2011

  1. A Welcome to New Subscribers
  2. My Most Frequently Asked Question: My Answer
  3. Your Local Canadian Bookstore: Free Shipping Across the Country
  4. Look with the "Capacity to Feel": Include Texture in your Photography
  5. A New Photo Assignment: I am Always Learning
  6. What's happening at the Chris Harris Gallery? Everyone is Invited.
  7. New Print Release: This is the First Print from the New Book, Flyover

#75 - October 2011

  1. How Do You Do It? With the Power of Personal Experience
  2. Why Did I Make This Image? It's very Subtle yet Gently Intriguing
  3. Why Did I Make This Image? It's not Subtle or Intriguing
  4. Poetry Reading at the Gallery with Harold Rhenisch: Everyone is Invited

#74 - September 2011

  1. Aerial Photography: From a plane, there are unfamiliar perspectives and exciting discoveries.
  2. Just Respond: Who Cares What You are Photographing.
  3. Braids of a River: A metaphor for life's journey.

#73 - August 2011

  1. Chilcotin Ark - A Planetary Refuge: Will Mt. Waddington be the only Water Tower left in the Temperate World?
  2. The Turner Lakes. Part III: There are Always Opportunities at the "Theatre of Light"
  3. Aerial Photography: Bridge River Glacier - It's Huge, Where to Begin?

#72 - July 2011

  1. Newsletter #72: That's 6 Years of Sharing What I Do and Why I Do it
  2. The Turner Lakes. Part II: An Extraordinary Day in the Ark
  3. The Chilcotin Ark Grasslands: Amidst the Grass there is the Unexplored
  4. Aerial Photography: Pushing my Comfort Level

#71 - June 2011

  1. A Journey into the Chilcotin Ark: Look deeply and you will find treasure
  2. A Canoe & Flying Adventure: Photography on the Turner Lakes
  3. Aerial Photography: I've never experienced anything like this!

#70 - May 2011

  1. Driving to the ARK: Being in the Moment
  2. Springtime in the ARK: Friends of Churn
  3. New Book Websites Up & Running: Again!
  4. The Local Quilt Exhibit: Amazing!

#69 - April 2011

  1. Winter is Over!: Massive snow plough at 108 Airport
  2. Calling all Aviation Enthusiasts: Start your day on a ‘High’
  3. The Toronto Exhibit: We are off to the big city!
  4. Toronto Botanical Gardens: Motherstone Presentation

#68 - March 2011

  1. Two New Books. Two New Websites: Join the Journey of Discovery!
  2. Excited to be Creative: Again!
  3. Upcoming Gallery Exhibits: Toronto

#67 - February 2011

  1. Upcoming Gallery Exhibits: Toronto & Williams Lake
  2. Presentation at the Toronto Botanical Gardens: May 3, 7pm
  3. Receiving the Gift of Inspiration
  4. It's All About Visual Design: Be you a Painter or Photographer
  5. Perspective is important too: Look Up or Look Down?
  6. Chilcotin Forest Fire: Part IV. A Visual Journey to Where?

#66 - January 2011

  1. Looking Back at 2010
  2. 2011 - A New Year. A Renewed Focus. Two New Books in the Making
  3. Chilcotin Forest Fire: Part III. After the Burn
  4. Chilcotin Forest Fire: Part III. Let’s Talk Perspective
  5. Chilcotin Forest Fire: Part III. Pre-visualization

2010

#65 - December 2010

  1. Season's Greetings
  2. In Appreciation
  3. Christmas Presentation Special at the Gallery: Please join us Dec. 29th
  4. Nature's Gift of Beauty: A Christmas Decoration

#64 - November 2010

  1. Kudos
  2. Motherstone Presentations Near You: Please join us
  3. Beauty in Whole or in Part?: An Aerial Perspective
  4. Chilcotin Forest Fires; part II: Art after the Burn
  5. Back Yard Artist: Blurs are Fun!
  6. A Visit to Barkerville: Details add to the Story

#63 - October 2010

  1. Advance Copy Arrives! And it Looks Beautiful!
  2. In Appreciation: A Team Effort
  3. The Shipment Arrives: Just in Time!
  4. Motherstone: Official Book Launch
  5. British Columbia Book Promotional Tour: Everyone is Invited
  6. Book Orders & Limited Edition Books: Important Notice

#62 - September 2010

  1. Motherstone: Book Cover meets with Approval
  2. The "Motherstone" is more than Stone: How about Grasslands?
  3. Forest Fires Sweep Through the Chilcotin: Evacuate or Not?
  4. A Visit to Barkerville: Our Historic Gold Rush Town
  5. Back Yard Artist: Slow Down, be in the Present

#61 - August 2010

  1. Motherstone Book Proofs Arrive: Looking Good!
  2. Motherstone Book Promotional Tour: Look for one near you!
  3. September Workshop: Open to Everyone
  4. Expressing a Powerful Moment: Volcanic Landscape
  5. Graduation Gift: The Bowron Lakes cont’d.

#60 - July 2010

  1. New Volcano Book Cover Revealed: Yahooo!
  2. Graduation Gift: A trip to the Bowron Lakes
  3. British Columbia Magazine Assignment: Look for it!
  4. Rachel Piper: An Inspiration

#59 - June 2010

  1. Open House at the Chris Harris Gallery June 5: Enjoy our new Lava Landscape
  2. New Gallery Exhibit & Slide Shows: The Magma Series
  3. Hiking in Heaven: Part IV; It's all about Composition

#58 - May 2010

  1. Photography Award
  2. San Francisco as I Saw It

#57 - April 2010

  1. Photography Award: Off to San Francisco!
  2. Hiking in Heaven: Part III
  3. Great Bear Rainforest: The Eye of a Kermode Bear
  4. Join me on Facebook and my new blog

#56 - March 2010

  1. Adventures with a Mountain Man: Part III
  2. Hiking in Heaven: Part II
  3. Great Bear Rainforest: A Beautiful Black Bear
  4. Join me on Facebook and my new blog.

#55 - February 2010

  1. Adventures with a Mountain Man: Part II
  2. Hiking in Heaven: Part I
  3. Great Bear Rainforest: Thinking out of the Box

#54 - January 2010

  1. Adventures with a Mountain Man
  2. A Feast of Salmon
  3. Ever wonder where you are?
  4. Serendipity

2009

#53 - December 2009

  1. The Great Bear Rainforest: A Gift from the Oceans
  2. The Volcanic Itcha Mountains: A Gift from the Mountains
  3. Back Yard Artist: The Gift of a New Day
  4. Season’s Greetings

#52 - November 2009

  1. The Volcanic Itcha Mountains – Part IV
  2. The Volcanic Rainbow Mountains – Part III
  3. The Great Bear Rainforest: Beauty Beyond Bears
  4. What's Happening at the Chris Harris Gallery

#51 - November 2009

  1. Special issue: The Magma Collection

#50 - October 2009

  1. The Volcanic Itcha Mountains – Part III
  2. The Volcanic Rainbow Mountains – Part II
  3. Upcoming Appearances

#49 - September 2009

  1. The Volcanic Itcha Mountains – Part II
  2. The Volcanic Rainbow Mountains – Part I
  3. Look Where You Are Walking

#48 - August 2009

  1. The Power of Positive Thinking. It Really Works!!
  2. Alpine Flowers: Traditional & Exploring New Ways
  3. A Note for Photographers

#47 - July 2009

  1. Eastern Seaboard to Western Alpine
  2. Early Bird gets the Fish. Early Photographer gets the Image!
  3. The Moods of Pipe Organ Mountain
  4. Name Correction

#46 - June 2009

  1. Volcanic Landscape: A Day's Shoot at Dog Creek Cliffs.

#45 - April 2009

  1. Volcanic Landscape: Helmcken Falls.
  2. Expressing the most Powerful Moment: How I did it.
  3. Revisiting Old Slides: Using the latest software.

#44 - March 2009

  1. British Columbia Magazine: Get a Copy of this Issue!
  2. How Light Affects Our Response to Image Making
  3. The Volcanic Itcha Mountains: A Land of Beautiful Shapes & Colours
  4. Volcanic Landscape: Canim Falls
  5. What's Happening at the Chris Harris Gallery: An evening with poet, Anna Wärje
  6. Upcoming Appearance: Chris presents “The Bowron Lakes: A Lifetime Journey” at Quesnel Fundraiser

#43 - February 2009

  1. Back Yard Artist: Where to Find Inspiration
  2. Inspiration in Ireland: A painters Studio
  3. The Story Behind the Image: Getting to the Moment: Is the Reward Worth it?

#42 - January 2009

  1. Back Yard Artist: Flight of the Frosted Flakes
  2. An Enduring Landscape: Farwell Canyon Revisited
  3. The Story Behind the Image: Getting to the Moment: Is the Reward Worth it?

2008

#41 - December 2008

  1. Christmas
  2. In Appreciation
  3. What's Happening at the Chris Harris Gallery
  4. Back Yard Artist

#40 - November 2008

  1. Behind the Image: A Word about Composition - Part II
  2. What's Happening at the Chris Harris Gallery
  3. Back Yard Artist: Monical's 1967 F-350 Ford truck
  4. What I See and How I Photograph: Adding the Human Element

#39 - October 2008

  1. Behind the Image: A Word about Composition
  2. Back Yard Artist: The 105 Mile Barn
  3. What I See & How I Photograph: Living Rock
  4. Fire & Ice Book Project: Cardiff Mountain – Part II
  5. What’s Happening at the Chris Harris Gallery
  6. Canadian Camera Magazine
  7. Writing and Publishing Workshop

#38 - September 2008

  1. The Search for Light – The Rainbow Mountains – Part II
  2. Cardiff Mountain Ecological Reserve – Part I
  3. A Writing & Publishing Workshop with Chris Harris & Harold Rhenisch

#37 - August 2008

  1. How to Photograph on a Horsepack Trip
  2. The Itcha Mountains
  3. The Rainbow Mountains

#36 - July 2008

  1. A Walk Around the House: Part II
  2. A Journey in the volcanic Painted Chasm: Part II
  3. Driving Home From Vancouver
  4. New Post Cards

#35 - June 2008

  1. A Walk Around the House
  2. A Journey in the volcanic Painted Chasm
  3. The New Exhibit at the Gallery

#34 - May 2008

  1. Creative Vision in the Digital Era
  2. Exhibition of New Prints

#33 - April 2008

  1. Congratulations to BC Book Prize Winners
  2. Preparing for a Photo Shoot
  3. On the Road Again
  4. So all your friends think you should sell your imagery . . . what to do?

#32 - March 2008

  1. The Month of Nominations & Awards
  2. The Next Book Project
  3. New Look for the Web site
  4. What I See and How I Photograph

#31 - February 2008

  1. What I See and How I Photograph
  2. A Trip to Town
  3. Upcoming Event at the Gallery with Harold Rhenisch and Anna Wärje
  4. The next Book. What will it be?? Take a Guess!!

#30 - January 2008

  1. In Memory of John O'Donohue
  2. Another Personal Challenge
  3. Upcoming Appearance
  4. Nuk Tessli Alpine Photo Adventure

2007

#29 - December 2007

  1. The Story Behind the Image
  2. Our Christmas Card to all of you
  3. Make this Your Christmas Card Too!
  4. Merry Christmas

#28 - November 2007

  1. The Book Tour - It's been an Honour
  2. Why Self-Publish?

#27 - October 2007

  1. It's Here! And It's Beautiful!
  2. Everyone is Invited!
  3. Grasslands Gala
  4. Limited Edition Books - Important Notice

#26 - September 2007

  1. Book Launch at 100 Mile House
  2. Book Promotional Tour
  3. Wow - A Video Story on the book "Spirit in the Grass"
  4. British Columbia Magazine - Fall Issue
  5. Word on the Street - Vancouver - We'll Be There!

#25 - August 2007

  1. Grasslands Book Promotional Tour Update
  2. The South Cariboo
  3. The Bowron Lakes - Book Review
  4. Nuk Tessli Alpine Photo Adventure

#24 - July 2007

  1. The Grasslands Awareness Project
  2. "Spirit in the Grass" Book Promotional Tour
  3. Canadian Geographic and British Columbia Magazine
  4. What I See and How I Photograph - The Cover Image
  5. The South Cariboo
  6. The Night with Harold Rhenisch

#23 - April 2007

  1. What I See and How I Photograph
  2. The Grasslands Awareness Project
  3. The South Cariboo
  4. Upcoming Book Event at the Gallery with Harold Rhenisch
  5. Birds and Breakfast

#22 - March 2007

  1. The South Cariboo
  2. The Story Behind the Image
  3. What I See and How I Photograph
  4. The Grasslands Awareness Project
  5. Upcoming Book Event at the Gallery with Harold Rhenisch
  6. A Few Happenings We Want To Tell You About

#21 - February 2007

  1. The Grasslands Awareness Project
  2. The Story Behind the Image
  3. The South Cariboo

#20 - January 2007

  1. The South Cariboo
  2. What I See and How I Photograph
  3. The Grasslands Awareness Project
  4. Book launch - your invitation

2006

#19 - December 2006

  1. Mentoring - We all Need Inspiration
  2. Book Launch Open House - An Invitation
  3. The Story Behind the Image
  4. What I See and How I Photograph
  5. A Year Later and it's Great to be Back
  6. Merry Christmas

#18 - November 2006

  1. From the book's dust cover jacket
  2. Book Review by Harold Rhenisch
  3. A Personal Story - New Directions
  4. Special offer for newsletter subscribers

#17 - November 2006

  1. Upcoming Book Launch at the Gallery
  2. The Story Behind the Image
  3. What I See and How I Photograph

#16 - October 2006

  1. Two upcoming book launches at the Gallery
  2. What I See and How I Photograph
  3. New Bowron Lake book to be released next month

#15 - September 2006

  1. A Trip to the Douglas Lake area Grasslands: Part II
  2. The Story Behind the Image
  3. What I See and How I Photograph

#14 - August 2006

  1. A Trip to the Douglas Lake area Grasslands
  2. The Story Behind the Image
  3. What I See and How I Photograph

#13 - July 2006

  1. New Release: The Bowron Lakes: A Guide to Paddling British Columbia's Wilderness Canoe Circuit
  2. The Story Behind the Image
  3. Front Cover Month
  4. A Two Hour Grasslands Adventure - Part II

#12 - June 2006

  1. A Two Hour Grasslands Adventure: Part I
  2. Our Connection to Landscape
  3. Behind the Image
  4. Grasslands Walks in the Cariboo-Chilcotin
  5. Birds & Breakfast

#11 - May 2006

  1. Grasslands Awareness Project invites you to play a part

#10 - April 2006

  1. Grasslands Awareness Project: Exploring Churn Creek Canyon - Part III
  2. Behind the Image: Stories, tips and suggestions
  3. What's New at the Chris Harris Gallery

#9 - March 2006

  1. Grasslands Awareness Project: Exploring Churn Creek Canyon - Part II
  2. The Bowron Lakes: The End of an Era, Part III
  3. What's New at the Gallery: Book Launch

#8 - January-February 2006

  1. News of a personal challenge

#7 - January 2006

  1. Grasslands Awareness Project: Exploring Churn Creek Canyon - Part I
  2. The Bowron Lakes: The End of an Era, Part II
  3. What it's like to do a professional photo shoot? Part II
  4. What's New at the Gallery: Book Launch

2005

#6 - December 2005

  1. What's new at the Gallery: Christmas Events
  2. Exploring in the Grasslands
  3. What it's like to do a professional photo shoot? Part I
  4. The World Wilderness Congress
  5. The Bowron Lakes: The End of an Era, Part I

#5 - September 2005

  1. Grasslands Flower-Power
  2. New Prints at the Gallery

#4 - August 2005

  1. The Wonderful World of Bird Photography
  2. The Gallery - Building a Dream

#3 - July 2005

  1. Feature Article: Early Spring: A Trip to the Canyon lands - Part III
  2. Feature Article: A Walk in the Grasslands - Part III
  3. A Great Success - the June 4th Donor Grasslands Field Trip
  4. Gallery News

#2 - June 2005

  1. Feature Article: Early Spring: A Trip to the Canyon lands - Part II
  2. Feature Article: A Walk in the Grasslands ? Part II
  3. Upcoming Donor Grasslands Field Trip
  4. An Evening of Performance Poetry - June 9th at the Chris Harris Gallery

#1 - May 2005

  1. Feature article: Early Spring in the Canyon-Grasslands - Part I
  2. Grasslands Awareness Project
  3. Upcoming Slide Shows
  4. Upcoming Bowron Lake Photo Tours
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"As usual your newsletters and pictures are a "take one's breath away" experience. I am amazed at each new e-mail I receive. And it's always another "WOW". Your work is remarkable and I want to thank you so much for sharing your work with others. I'm not sure if I've mentioned this earlier but I have a special folder for your work. I refer back to it at different times.

Thanks a million. One can see how much you enjoy what you're doing." -- Joyce Serquinia, Auburn, WA