Where in Calgary can I take some good pictures?

Question

I live in Calgary but I don't know any good places to take pictures. I've gotten into digital photography and I would like to know of some places in Calgary that would get me some great shots. I was thinking of going to the "Welcome to Calgary" sign by the C.O.P, the Saddledome and 17th Ave. I would also like to get the Calgary Tower, but I don't know of a hill or vantage point to get a decent shot of it. I would also like to get a shot of the Bow River at Sunrise/sunset, but don't know where to shoot it from. If anyone could help me and suggest more Calgary locations, that would be awesome, thanks!

Answer 1

You can get a pretty good view of downtown from parts of John Laurie Blvd. Also, a sunset picture would look really nice from some parts of Deerfoot south, just outside the city, cuz it's up on a hill.

Are you hoping to get a shot of the Bow River in the city? Because I think you could get some pretty great shots outside the city, maybe from on a bridge crossing over the river.

Answer 2

There's lots of great places in Calgary to get some good photographs.  

- lots of fantastic old buildings in the downtown core and other older parts of the city (they look great in black & white)

- Glenmore Reservoir (you can get the reservoir in the foreground with the skyline in the background)

- the river

- 8th Avenue

- Devonian Gardens

- Heritage Park

Try to consider 'unusual' or unconventional views of everyday things.  Take the Calgary Tower as an example:  Do you need to find a hill or vantage point to photograph it?  Try shooting it from somewhere along 9th Ave or Centre Street.  Stand right under it.  Try to look at things a little differently.  

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