Banff 1

Well I've been in Banff for three whole days now, I think. The weather's been so hot but I'm told it's not always like this. I guess I'm glad. I miss the rain.

I've been working in the studio when I'm not out on shoots - it's run by a Swiss woman called Gabriela and there's a girl called Lindsay who does all the proofing, and they are fun. I've been packaging and filing so far, but it's not bad.

I did my first wedding today, with Andrew. He's used to working on his own so I mainly helped him with the lights (they use a big portable flash unit) and in the rest of the time I could take photos using the second camera. I'll try and get the files of the ones I took, because I think they turned out pretty well. I suppose it's not suprising because the scenery does half the work for you around here. This wedding was a pretty good one I guess because the couple didn't want that many group shots so we could be creative, and the sun was out. We went to the Vermillion Lakes, which are shallow and surrounded by mountains.

So, tomorrow, I'm planning to go to a garage sale and find a cheap bike, if I can, then go to yoga at the Living Room and hopefully meet some people. Last night I went to the Living Room but it was closed so I found a free Jazz club at the Banff Centre. It wasn't great but I kind of enjoyed it. On the way up I passed by a few metres from three elk in someone's front garden.

I haven't taken any pictures with my camera since I've been here. I think that is strange. Banff is pretty but they're digging up the main road at the minute so it's congested, and there are so many tourists. I just haven't seen any shots yet. I'm thinking of doing some kind of photojournalistic project on the smaller businesses around town, because there's an issue at the minute about chain stores taking over.

I'll get some illustrations in here soon. I might take a picture of Jesse (the cat) who likes sitting on people and miaows quite a lot. Like a cat.