tracy cook {NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY} www.cherryblissphotography.ca

I do miss the big skies of Alberta, the beautiful mountains, the scenery....

This is taken near Pincher Creek.

tracy cook {NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY} www.cherryblissphotography.ca

If you're looking for me when I retire....

This is where you will find me.

Every time I'm there, I have a sense of

 "THIS is where I belong".

We took our little man for his first EVER visit earlier this month.

Where do you belong?

Calgary Sunset

I hope you don't mind me sharing more then just my client photography.

This series is titled....

A city girl who loves cows

 Cows who were following me along the fence line as I took scenery photos.... I think they thought I was a weirdo.

I love her

My husband said if I loaded her up in the back of the truck i'd have a big issue when we got home, and attempted to unload a cow into our backyard.

Spoiled sport !

Photographing Alberta - part four

Rowley Alberta

Just literally steps away from the main street you'll find these beautiful grain elevators.  

I guess they were sold to the town by the Alberta Wheat Pool for $1.00.

If you know anything about grain elevators, you know they are imposing figures in the praries, are no longer used, and not often found.  These are in really good condition, and again are going to be preserved by the community for tourism.

 The elevators as seen from a disused train nearby.

Definitely a place I'd like to explore more.  We were short on time, and were given the opportunity by one of the locals to go inside buildings which I would have loved to do, but time didn't allow.

I do have to say it's a weird feeling to be there- we were pretty much the only ones there, and all of the locals knew it.

I totally felt like an intruder although they are a welcoming community.

Photographing Alberta - part three

Big Alberta Skies and Abandoned barns and houses were easy to find on this trip.

I've really become interested in old things in disrepair.  

Buildings included.

I always wonder what the story is.

Who lived there?

Where did they go?

Why did they leave?

 I thought it was pretty unique to see a house/shed painted this colour on the very green praries.

This one was really beautiful.  Awesome wood- still solid, but obviously no longer home to anyone but birds.

We took the barbed wire as a nice photo op rather than a warning to stay out

This place was literally in the middle of 

N.O.       W.H.E.R.E

 Another barbed wire fence....and yet another disused house.

Perhaps it's my imagination, but the door hanging off it's hinges makes me think they left in a hurry.

(probably just an over active imagination)

 Now there is a story to this place.  

Rowley.

Population 8.

Classified as a ghost town.

It didn't look like a ghost town to me.

But my husband explained that the local town "folk" are trying to re-brand the town and make it a tourist spot.

So it is a ghost town.

With mowed lawns

And re-purposed buildings.

Like the funeral home that is no longer used as a funeral home.

And when you peek in the windows...

looks like it was last used as a pool hall.

It's future?

 The lovely old fashioned train station.

Photographing Alberta part four- more about Rowley.

tracy cook {FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHY} www.cherryblissphotography.ca

While in Calgary I was invited out to this family's home for the photo shoot.  They live a bit out of town on a beautiful golf course with sweeping views.  The weather was beautiful on the day of our shoot- but sometimes the bright sun works against a photographer, so the best view wasn't able to be captured as well as we would have liked.  But you work with what you've got, and I think we managed to capture some nice images of this very sweet family.  I hope you enjoy your photo preview !

sweet sweet little boys

Such a nice family

 the littlest guy had the BEST smile here, so what better way to highlight it, and show how small and sweet he is?

 Brotherly love

Mom and her boys

The dog I wanted to steal

haha

Hope you like your images.

tracy

Photographing Alberta - part two

Not too far away from Drumheller is a little place called Dorothy. It's one of those places, as the saying goes, if you blink you'll miss it.

 There is a beautiful grain elevator (which was tough to photograph) and two churches near each other that are no longer used, but are being refurbished by the community.  They are still very old looking, and have tons of character.

My Boy.

2  1/2 yrs old.

Love him.

Photographing Alberta - part one

My husband and I were recently on vacation in Alberta- which is where we are from.  We are both into photography, and with the benefit of grandparents to watch our little guy, we went out one day in search of cool images that represented Alberta.

Part One

Drumheller Area

 As far as the eye can see....

Disused bridge....

The last of its kind in Canada.

but don't ask me what kind, because I'm not sure.  :)