One Last Blast

I thought maybe the peak of the storm season had passed but every couple days we get something new popping its head out from the NW of town.

Tonight was no exception. My wife and I were on our way back from the inlaws place in Airdrie when we spotted this beasty making it's way from a pounding in Didsbury. A few backroads later we stopped to take this photograph near RR 290 and 795 (mountainview County). Maybe we are not done yet.

Test Peice

Mark and I decided to take a quick rip up a local peak in the Bow Valley. Both of us had been up Door Jamb Mountain (6,805')in the past but we had just enough time to make it to the summit of Loder (6,878') and get back down.
This is a fantastic ridge exposure just above the Graymont Plant near Exshaw, Alberta. 70 minutes up is not a bad time for something this elevation. Blue Bird day to go with it. Nice!

Real Characters

Well I was west of Carstairs today to shoot a client and her horses. I have to say, these guys (horses) were hilarious. I had no idea horses could be so funny. I just had to post this shot. My clients are so fun!

Mountain Top Wedding

I have to say, today was one of my funnest weddings to date. It is so easy to work with clients (friends?) when they have a lot of their own energy and are naturally just fun. Not too mention the JP was a riot, it was easy to see he loves his job.

We flew out of Alpine Helicopters in Canmore early this morning only to be greeted on top of the East end of Grotto mountain by a nasty storm. It was looking like we would have 5 minutes to get the money shot so of course the pressure was on. We did get a little wet but the storm blew over and as overcast and windy as it was, everyone was having a good time.

Our JP was an ex-National Parks Warden named Rick Kunelius who is based in Banff. Great guy, Rick is very safety conscious and loads of fun while trying to keep the ceremony the way the clients want it. Rick works well with Alpine Helicopter, and I highly recommend anyone who is planning a Helli-wedding or taking a tour through the Bow-Valley check them both out.

Dez and Remi where awesome to work with. Dez couldn't keep her eyes off Remi (the only hard part about the portraits) and the both of them made the day more fun than just a session. The classic military couple though as Remi leaves soon for a tour in Afghanistan. I wish them all the best in their new life together!

Session In The Country

Found this nice little town that has buildings from around 100 years ago, the place is amazing. Tonight we took Shay out for a quick Grad session. The conditions and light were awesome and I am just loving the simple one-light.

Live Airport Runway

Last night I took an old client out to a local airstrip for a new lifestyle session. We left Crossfield around 7pm and on the way we got hit by rain and it looked like the session was done for.

You see I had originally asked this local airport if I could get on (a few weeks back) and when I called them this week there was no answer at their office. I drove around on Sunday afternoon looking for a plan-B but I just couldn't get this vision of the runway out of my head.

Well we arrived around 8pm and found out we had our access so we pulled out onto the runway just as the storm was moving past to the east. It was amazing and great timing, wet pavement and the sun setting directly to the west of us. A few lights from the east and we had it.

Magic!

Happy Canada Day

Last night I had both P.O.'s out for the second half of our web assets shoot. Here are Jeff and Sheleigh after a long day of handing out driving violations on the 1A.

Taking off for a few days for Canada Day weekend. Have a great one!