Ashley and Tim: A 2020 Love Story

I know it may not seem like it lately, but I do on occasion take photos of more than just mountains. Mind you, these photos do also feature mountains, but only as the supporting cast to the starring roles played by Ashley and Tim. These two lovebirds were celebrating their one year wedding anniversary, and figured why not dust off the wedding formals for a tromp around Lake Louise.

I love how these turned out. Having such an idylic backdrop and a beautiful couple as models almost makes me look like I know something about taking pictures. Almost.

Because what could be more 2020 than this?

28 Days Later... YYC Instameets tour of Tool Shed Brewing

I put myself on a 30 day no beer diet, but after 28 long days of abstention, I finally caved as I couldn't turn down an opportunity to tour Tool Shed Brewing in NE Calgary as part of a yycinstameets group meetup. Graham, one of the brewery founders, shared with us entertaining stories behind this operation, while serving up samples of their cream ale, red ale, IPA, and newly added stout, before giving us space to set up a little impromptu portrait shoot. There's no way for me to do justice to the stories he shared, but I can tell you that they so perfectly complemented the craft brews served. Beer geeks definitely need to take a tour of this place.








Graham explains some of the flavour notes to their Red Rage red ale.


Where the magic happens: the brew tanks.


Graham explains the history of the canning line, built by a local company.


The other half of this brewing company, Jeff.












Morgan, the person behind yycinstameets, and the organizer of this great little meetup.

6x6 - The One Roll Series

I started a little project this weekend, where I drew up a variety of sometimes divisive or controversial topics on signs, and asked people to write their short opinions on them. I was really hoping for some more incendiary positions, but the closest I got to conflict was Scott's daughter calling me a clown. Check out what others had to say about my topics in the photos below.


Without the benefit of autocorrect, this was supposed to read "Coffee is... an aphrodisiac"








Small writing, but it says Jesus is... 'A Superstar'






Mr. T describes our Premier as he describes everything, "Notley is... A Fool"


Marriage is... never closing the washroom door






And Tubby demonstrates his disdain at how this entire project interferes with his feeding time.

These were taken yesterday as part of our "6x6 - One Roll Series" project, whereby we agreed to all shoot one roll of 6x6 120 format B&W film over the course of the day. All shot with the Hasselblad 500CM and 80mm Planar on Ilford HP5+ 400, souped in Ilfosol 3, 1+9 at 68 deg. F for 6:30. If you're interested in partaking in some of our film photography shenanigans, get in touch in the comments below.