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Group Phot0 – Outdoor & Nature Photography Workshop.    Photo credit: Jenny Symes Hike the Highlands Festival started off its 15th Anniversary by hosting an Outdoor & Nature Photography Workshop with Wally Hayes, a professional photographer, Sept. 13-14, 2018. Wally has been...Read more

Great turn-out for Day 1, Sept. 12, 2014,  of Hike the Highlands Festival.  50 hikers enjoying the first hike of the festival on Broad Cove Mountain trail in the Cape Breton Highlands National Park. Hikers were able to enjoy the great view at the summit – Warren Lake, North Bay, Ingonish...Read more

  It was like a reunion, hikers from past years, returning to say hi and wish us well for our 10th Anniversary of the festival. There were lots of hugs. But there was also many new faces to welcome and to show them the beauty and mystic of the Cape Breton Highlands. Hikers came from […]Read more

Lets face it, most photographers would like to spend more time shooting than editing.  It was clear by their questions and interest, managing your digital library was a very important topic at the Expanding your Horizons – Landscape & Seascape Photography Workshop.  Wally Hayes,...Read more

Here are ten photography tips for hikers from an amateur photographer who enjoys hiking immensely : 1) Carry your photography gear in a daypack with a rain cover. Always carry ziplock bags or dry bags with you to protect your gear inside the pack. Daypacks will get wet even with rain cover usually...Read more

It was a spring day in the Cape Breton highlands, mid April, sunny and 16 degrees. A great day for a morning walk. My wife and I decided to go to same location were we spotted the immature eagle the other day. All the birds were out today…the first bunch we saw were the chicadees. […]Read more

Close to 100 hikers enjoyed the hikes on Day 2 of 2011  Hike the Highlands Festival at White Point and Sugar Loaf . It was a day to enjoy great coastal scenery,  a climb up a steep mountain and to prepare you with some wet weather. White Point hike provided great coastal scenery, the history...Read more

In 2009, a young lassie, Sophia, from England came to Canada for a year to travel and work.  Her first stop was Hike the Highlands Festival…About midway thru the festival she met a lad from PEI who was studing at University of British Columbia. JF was working at Cape Breton Highlands...Read more

Despite overcast skies, and a few rain drops, everything went well on day one of the 2010 Hike the Highlands Festival.  Wally Hayes dazzle us with his amazing knowledge of photography and shared with us some great tips including geotagging your photos, composition, and shooting with macro lens....Read more

Hike the Highlands Festival will offer two Nature & Landscape Photography Workshops by Wally Hayes, professional photographer, on Sept. 10th and Sept. 11th in Ingonish . ……One of Nova Scotia’s top photographer, Wally brings passion and a great love of the outdoors along with...Read more