2005 Banff Mountain Photography Competition
Special Mention
Pam Doyle: “Curious Sled Dog, Canmore, Alberta”
“While photographing the action at the 2005 Alberta International Sled Dog Classic on the frozen Spray Lakes above Canmore, Alberta, I noticed this image. It seemed to jump out at me. I was taking a break from lying on top of the vast frozen lake photographing the sled dog teams race on a very cold (-20° Celsius) winter day in February. I took a wander through the ‘barking lot’, where the dogs not involved in a race wait patiently for their turn in their kennels insulated with straw. This intelligent dog was particularly interested in the action on the lake below. It was not barking, but its beautiful blue eyes stared out of its kennel, absorbed with the races. The dogs are well cared for and are only left in their kennels for short periods of time. They have a passion for racing and love to pull their sleds.”
Pam Doyle has been a photographer in western Canada for the past 16 years. Having worked mostly as a news photographer for both daily and weekly newspapers, she also freelances for magazines, sports organizations and corporations and has her own photography business in Canmore, Alberta. Doyle has won numerous awards for her photography and specializes in sports action photos. Her work shooting the action on the swirling Kananaskis River in Alberta’s wild Kananaskis Country has won her many sports photography awards. Doyle’s photographs have appeared on MSNBC.COM, in newspapers including the Washington Post, Toronto Star, Toronto Sun, Calgary Herald, Calgary Sun and Vancouver Sun and in Explore magazine, Manitoba Business Magazine, Maclean’s, and Where Magazine.