Downtown Edmonton, Alberta: Part 1

After a week of driving through Alberta's Rockies, I ended my road trip with a night in Edmonton. I booked myself a suite at the downtown Westin, which I thought would be a nice reward after all of the long days I'd spent hiking. The location also meant that I'd be able to explore downtown Edmonton and get in some last minute photo journaling. 

In addition to exploring the Alberta Legislature and the Muttart Conservatory, I walked most of downtown from Churchill Square to MacEwan University to the Legislature Grounds. There's no better way to get an immediate feel for a place than simply wandering through it. Needless to say, I was pretty exhausted after all of that. Here's a bit of what I captured in the city centre.
 

Around Alberta Promo (2014)

In the last 5 months I've added thousands of images to my Around Alberta photo series, featuring everything from the Rockies to the Badlands and so much in between. The growth has been incredible, and so with the development of this page I also wanted to put together a simple promo to showcase the collection. Stay tuned, there's so much more to come!

Old Hillside Cemetery: Part 2

One of the earliest photo sets I shot of Medicine Hat was of the Old Hillside Cemetery. It's one of the city's first graveyards, and has been maintained as a park since 1945. What this means is that all of the gravestones found here are at least 70 years old now, with many of them dating back to the late 1800s when Medicine Hat was founded.

I wanted to return to the site to capture the graveyard in greater detail with the autumn colours as a backdrop. Despite this being the final resting place for some of the Hat's earliest residents, it's actually far more beautiful than it is creepy. I love the textures of the old rusting gates, the bold fonts on the gravestones, and the overall scattered layout and spacing of the cemetery. It's a really fascinating place to explore and ironically it brings the history of the area to life.