Calgary Street Photography. Walking the streets of Calgary always throws up interesting characters as well as interesting juxtapositions, which are the staple of street photographers worldwide. Calgary street photography starts to get more challenging as the end of the year approaches and the first couple of weeks of November has delivered sub zero temperatures as well as a decent amount…
The storyboards of our neighbourhoods. We see them every day, we ignore them every day. We laugh at them and they make us angry, they can make us take action or bring out the rebel inside us. They are so common that we take them for granted, yet they have been around for decades. We read them while we’re waiting…
A chance encounter and conversation with picker Rick Walking in Bridgeland, a neighborhood in Calgary, I spotted this golf bag laying on the ground alongside these large decorative balls. Totally random and amusing at the same time. While I was taking the photo a voice off to my left shouted out “you can have them $10” I looked up and…
Chris Toombes is a Calgary street photographer who’s originally from the UK but has now been a resident in Canada for over 14 years. Three years ago he moved from Ontario and settled in Calgary. Since then, Toombes has been out shooting the streets of Calgary almost every day. In a recent featured interview at streetphotography.com the opening line read…
Nighty nine percent of the time, street photography is a fun past-time and generally devoid of any problems, other than the odd person who refuses to allow me to take their portrait. When people say no, I simply thank them for their time and move on, there’s always another opportunity around the next corner. Sometimes however, on occasion, someone will…
As a Calgary Street Photographer who spends most days walking around the streets of Calgary, I tend to notice things that most people either choose to ignore or just don’t pay any attention to. As a photographer, light is very important to me. Light can make the most mundane corner of a back alley, a building, everyday items or people…