Had to stop by Christine Klassen gallery tonight for the opening of Steve Speer’s show, Building on the Bow for the Exposure Photography Festival. What a spectacular set of images. A must see. 😍

Cane Sugar Orange

The architecture in East Village was looking pretty sweet today. #studiobell #606

Tonight is the launch of @exposurephotofestival here @contemporarycalgary !!

It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue

Urban Valley series, 2022

Hurryin’ Hard with the Rare Indigo folks in Banff tonight.

Some great workshops coming up Feb and Mar! Introduction to Lightroom-begins Feb. 7 Create(ivity)-begins Feb. 20 Smartphone Photography-begins March 28 Youth Photo/Video Springbreak Camp-begins Mar. 30 For details and registration go to: insightcreativeworkshops.com

Hawaii

Last installation details finished for the, Then & Now: Thirty Years of Calgary Photography @cspace.mardaloop for the @exposurephotofestival curated and produced by @thecamerastore Feb. 4-28 Showcase reception: Feb. 12, 5:30-8:30

Lotus

New York

Mexico

Paris

I’ve half a mind…

Sounds just like Alberta’s UCP playbook. 👎🏻

Australia

Cuba

TRUTH!👇🏻

Red-y for anything.

Talk about hang ups…. Great day today working with the @thecamerastore folks to hang the show, Then & Now: Thirty Years of Calgary Photography @cspace.mardaloop for The Exposure Photography Festival

photographer directing a shadow.

Portrait of me with an idea, 2021

L’homme does Bois. -quarter plate back glass ambrotype.

Dancing Figure

Today @gregphoto403.bsky.social was explaining to me how two birds in the hand is worth four in the bush.

Happen•stance \ |

Got my locks chopped.

Man in window. ✌🏻 Budapest, Hungary. 2017

It’s Saturday morning and the creativity is flowing InSight Creative Workshops ! Jim Slobodian sharing his knowledge with a group as they master camera basics. Head to insightcreativeworkshops.com to see what’s coming in February.

I like to write poems And they’re usually nice But this ain’t one of ‘em #fuckICE

She’s made me laugh ever since I watched her on SCTV. She was a Canadian icon. 😢

Scored this amazing vintage buckskin jacket (with beadwork) from my dear friend, Emily, at House of Couchie !! Check their shop out for some sweet stuff at sweet prices. 👍🏻

Hey! You know what? Ya. Me neither.

The river doesn’t ask Where it should flow. The breeze doesn’t ask Where it should blow. Nor the rising sun, Where it should go. Why seek an answer That you already know.

Our next @icwyyc.bsky.social Lightroom with Jim Slobodian. Learn the skills to organize & edit your digital photos. These classes are all online, so you can join from anywhere on the planet. (or off planet, if you’ve been abducted by aliens) Go to insightcreativeworkshops.com or details and tix

The Boss 👊🏻

Finally finished reading the Richard Avedon biography, “What Becomes A Legend Most” and am now starting this bio of photog Edward Steichen. I love reading biographies as much as I love watching documentaries. 📖📺

Trying out a new editing app called @labbet.app

Along the Old Man River, looking southeast.

From the Lumen series.

Glass has class. 👍🏻

It’s a ‘backlit, corduroy shirt’ kinda day.

Nothing you can know that isn’t known Nothing you can see that isn’t shown There’s nowhere you can be that isn’t where You’re meant to be It’s easy -The Beatles

Tonight’s biopic: Springsteen-Deliver me from Nowhere (via Prime) This movie chronicles the making of Bruce Springsteen’s 1982 “Nebraska” album. The album marked a pivotal time in his life and is considered one of his most enduring works—a raw, haunted acoustic record populated 👍🏻👍🏻

From Canadian cartoonist and illustrator Gary Taxali. Based in Toronto.

Smell good. Run fast. A couple product shots from awhile back.

Twyla

Just finished watching this series (Disney +/Nat Geo). Exceptional. 👍🏻👍🏻 “Chris Hemsworth is on an epic mission to discover how to live better for longer. With the help of experts, family, & friends, he's pushing himself to new limits to try to stop the diseases of old age before they take hold.”