Armed with a pair of cameras and an RV, embarked on a 30-day cross-country road trip with his girlfriend on a mission to capture 150 images to celebrate Canadaâs sesquicentennial.
âItâs more diverse and thereâs more to offer than I really expected,â the photographer said of our country after returning to his Toronto home in May.
âYou know, youâve seen photos before, but itâs really different experiencing [Canada] yourself.â
The spring trip, which was sponsored by a Toronto-based photo printing company, saw Baranowski visit all 10 provinces, snapping some 15,000 photos along the way.
âWeâre just working on narrowing that down,â Baranowski said with a laugh. âBut photos really donât do it much justice -- you really have to see it for yourself.â
While you can view a spectacular array of Baranowskiâs work at , the photographer shared his five favourite places and photos with CTVNews.ca.
ALBERTAâS ROCKY MOUNTAINS
âThe Rocky Mountains were amazing,â Baranowski said. While in Jasper National Park, the photographer happened upon a herd of grazing caribou. Army-crawling to within six metres of the animals, Baranowski snapped this photo.
âIt kind of encompassed everything there was with Jasper -- the mountain range in the background and youâve got the wildlife and it really shouts âCanadaâ for me.â
THE RAINFORESTS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
âThe rainforest region of British Columbia was very interesting,â Baranowski said.
Located just a little more than 50 kilometres east of Vancouver, the provinceâs lush Golden Ears Provincial Park was a particular favourite for the photographer, who shot this photo of his girlfriend gazing up wistfully at the parkâs towering, moss-covered trees in the heart of whatâs known as the Pacific temperate rainforests ecoregion.
SASKATCHEWANâS BADLANDS
âSaskatchewan really took me by surprise because I didnât realize it had so much of the badlands that were in Alberta,â Baranowski said. Castle Butte, in south-central Saskatchewan, is where this photo of grazing cattle was taken.
âIt took a little bit of work to find this spot, there were no signs leading to it, and little civilization around to point us in the right direction,â Baranowski said. âWe climbed to the top and were welcomed with panoramic views of the landscape around us.â
THE BAY OF FUNDY
Straddling the provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, the Bay of Fundy is one of the worldâs natural wonders, with a tidal range that can change by more than 16 metres in a day
âThe Bay of Fundy was very, very interesting,â Baranowski said. âWe went to a couple places twice just to see them in the different tidesâ
NEWFOUNDLANDâS ICEBERG ALLEY
In Newfoundlandâs east, the town of Bonavista is in the heart of whatâs known as Iceberg Alley, where icebergs can be seen drifting south from the arctic in the spring and early summer.
âOn one of our last nights in Newfoundland, we made our way up to Bonavista and we there just in time for a really beautiful sunset,â Baranowski said of this photo. âThere was an iceberg right off the coast from us, and there were waves crashing up against it and there were very beautiful colours from the sunset on the ice.â