Welcome Back…
Thanks for sticking around for another month of this very work in progress newsletter. February is a short month, but is so often filled with a flurry of activity once we all get back into the groove after the holidays.
The big update is I will be back at Market Collective this spring! The Christmas market where I got to meet so many of you was an absolute blast, and I’m super stoked to join them April 10-12 at Contemporary Calgary for their Spring market. There will be some new photos making their way to my table, so stay tuned to see what’s coming and I really hope to see you there!
I know you’re all here because of the photos, but a huge part of my day to day life right now is training for my first marathon. It’s been a real grind, but also so much fun pushing myself in a new way. I’ve been posting weekly updates over on Instagram that I’m sure aren’t the most exciting things, but if you’re one of the people watching, commenting, or sharing, thank you so much. The good vibes go so far into helping keep me on pace.
March is looking like a fun month. There are a few photo and video related jobs lined up, the weather is hopefully going to start giving us some green on the trees, and the hockey season comes to an end. That means way more time to focus on exploring some new creative challenges. My hope for this year is to create a few photography related projects that have been brewing for the last number of months, and to get back in the director’s chair for a short film in hopes we can land funding for a feature film that has been in the works for the better part of 5 years.
Thank you all for your support, and taking the time to read up on my life.
Hope to see you in April,
Ben
PHOTOS OF THE MONTH
February has two photos of the month. “Walk on the Beach” and “Bird’s Eye of the Beach” - really creative names, I know. Both of these photos were made somewhere between Lisbon and Porto in Portugal. I wish I had a better description, but unfortunately I stumbled across this beach while driving, and have no idea where I actually was. The parking lot was packed, and people were parking on the side of the road, so we figured it’d be worth checking out. We got to the ridge overlooking beach with these massive rock formations jutting out of the water, and had to check it out. We didn’t see any marked or obvious path down, so we made our own route that only required some minor rock climbing and a 10 foot drop into the sand with no idea how we’d get back up, just kind of assumed we’d figure it out like everyone else.
The water was a beautiful blue-green, and the warm sand added such a great contrast. These are photos that are hung in my living room as a set because they just look so darn nice together.
Both photos were taken on my trusty Fujifilm X-T3. I’ve been using this camera for eight years, and have such a massive emotional connection to it at this point. It’s been with me to over 15 countries, I shot multiple weddings with it, and it’s been my day to day camera for the better part of a decade. It’s recently been usurped as my daily shooter, but that’ll be a story for next time after I’ve had enough time to really dig into the new one.
Now for the important part. These two photos are going to be on sale until the end of March, or until I run out. Use the promo code POTM at checkout to get 15% off both of these prints in 8x12 or 6x8! If you’re in Calgary, send me a message and I can make those shipping fees disappear as well.