We are near Canmore this weekend to shoot an awesome wedding. I grabbed these while scouting locations early in the AM!

More photos from our road trip back home this last week. I am constantly amazed at how small towns do not really change over time, there may be a new store here and there or more likely the change is the name of the store. To explain I find it really funny that all the change i could find in E-town and in Westlock was that all the businesses i knew are no longer there but they are replaced with a nearly identical retailer with a different name. Examples are the bargain shop is replaced with another bargain shop type business with a different name or logo. Clothing shops on Whyte Ave are still clothing shops but they are selling under a different name. Or the rotating restaurant/bar that is always in the same location and in fact reopens with a new name but with no other renovations :)

While it has been a while since I have been able to hang out in E-town I have been wanting to check out the new art gallery. I was leaving Alberta right around the time that they were looking at the art gallery replacement candidates. I recall looking at the little mock up designs of possible new art galleries at one of our trips to the old art gallery. Neat to see the gallery completed and open.

One thing I do miss from Alberta is wide open fields even if I am feeling quite homesick for Vancouver! Taken of me by Miranda during an awesome photoshoot we did this afternoon!

Crashing at the Awesome Unit in cow-town tonight, and I can not begin to explain how i am super excited to hit the highway early in the morning. I miss my cats and my home.

Yup I am in Ralph Country, Or Pil Country, also known as Creston Beer country, and the land of ice and snow! I have been for nearly a week and I am home sick. Never in my life have I been home sick before, & trust me I managed to be a bit of a vagabond for many years. It’s funny because some one asked me if I was headed home for thanksgiving, and after some thought I have to say that Vancouver is officially my home now. I am only visiting Alberta & I simply can’t wait to head home! Especially now that we have a home that is ours (I say ours but really for the next 25 years it belongs to the bank) We are moving in at the end of November (the 28th to be exact) and while I am prepared to move all by myself I am offering beer & pizza to any would be box haulers out there :). The plan is to have our pro-photog party and our house warming that following weekend so keep your calendars free for November 28th and December 5th!! Thus forcing us to unpack and organize quickly. That is the idea anyway! anyhow I ave to run and shoot a wedding now. Just dropping a note.

….of photos called My Xterra In Random Places!

Yup because I have a lot of them:)
This is the Xterra On a community lawn in Fort Saskatchewan. It was OK because we followed other tracks in right :)

Here we are at The Grizzly House in Banff having the worlds (well Alberta’s anyway) best fondue. I ordered a pint of trad and they seem to have some sort of measurement issue because this is not a pint it is a bucket. Mmmmmmm…. Fondue.

So because I didn’t gain enough weight this Xmas holiday season, I am
currently standing and waiting for my jumbo donair from Charles Smart
Donair in Etown. Mmmmmmm. Queen donair was closed so we are resorting
to the second best donair place I know.

iPhone blooging about things that people want to have/be doing but
can’t because of location/jorbs is awesome. I am not sure if there Is
any way to be more effective of a jerk really. We are off to banff now
and Lake Louise awesomeness tomorrow. :)

Yuppers it is Xmas morning.  A time where people are happily opening presents and having breakfast etc.  Basically Christmas is a perfect time to be out and about taking photos of stuff hassle free. :) I am thinking that I am going to make this Christmas photo wander a Jerk tradition for there is no one out and about other then me and no one to yell at me for taking photos Tonnes of fun!  This morning I braved the -31C temperatures to collect some awesome photos

Camera: Canon 1Ds Mark II Aperture: 1.4 Shutter: 1/1000 Lens Canon EF 24mm f/1.4L USM ISO: 50 Date Taken: Dec.25.2008

Camera: Canon 1Ds Mark II Aperture: 1.4 Shutter: 1/1600 Lens Canon EF 24mm f/1.4L USM ISO: 50 Date Taken: Dec.25.2008

Camera: Canon 1Ds Mark II Aperture: 1.2 Shutter: 1/2500 Lens Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM ISO: 50 Date Taken: Dec.25.2008