Puddles and Puppies and Planting

Ahh... It feels good to finally get some film developed. Always a treat to see the negatives and prints for the first time. These images were taken with my Flexaret.

I'm doing a little summer retrospective here, but why not look back on the sunny days as winter closes in?

Joel

Camping between contracts on the way to Keremeos, B.C.

Peanut

Chilling on a bridge over-looking a frothy foamy fast-flowing river.

All those flattened boxes were full of seedlings at the beginning of the day. During this one day, tens of thousands of trees were planted by the crew on this block. We were planting under and around the burnt remains of yesteryear's forest fires.

We don't usually use quads to transport trees, but this block was unique. We had about an hour walk in (and out) due to deactivated roads. Without quads it would have been a heli show and our wages would have dropped dramatically to compensate—one more reason why our company rocks. 

Keremeos, B.C.

After some crazy hot and dry days we finally got a serious thunderstorm to ring in the end of the contract. We took the brilliant rainbow as a sign and got out of there as fast as we could. Who wants to sleep in a hotel when you can sleep in the wilderness anyway? We figured there was no moisture left in the sky since the potential there had been for rain had ended up on the pavement. 

Thanks for getting your feet wet Joel! 

And in honour of Joel and his blog, I'm going to end with a quote:

You've gotta live young to die old. 

(If it isn't a quote yet, it is now)

Photographing a Wednesday on a Monday

I met Wednesday at a friend's wedding this summer. After chatting briefly, I found out that she was passionate about music and also a dedicated musician.  We decided to meet the next day for this shoot.

We stopped to photograph our first shots against a wall of an old building in Fernie, B.C. and stumbled across some good fortune. The building was empty and rundown—either about to be torn down or being prepped for a major renovation.

 When we took our first shots in front of the back door I noticed there was a lock but it was not closed. We cracked the door open and stealthily snuck inside. It was a perfect space to work with. I wish I had access to a building like this every day!

Thanks to Wednesday for being keen for the shoot and an easy subject to work with. She wasn't afraid to get dirty; believe me that floor was dirty. No rats though, not that we saw.