Chris Bolin Photography

Pilot episode in the can ✅🎥

Today my Term 5 crew took over the Production Hub at Bow Valley College and pulled off our very first student podcast shoot — with half a day to shoot, a boatload of talent, and this was their very first live-production experience. So any people stepped up to make this possible. Thank you to each of you.

No rehearsals. Minimal prep. And the students showed up and made it happen: built the set and propped the scene, ran a 4-camera Blackmagic kit, handled audio + lighting, live switching, managed talent, and delivered a full interview.

Massive shoutout to Nikki (student host — first time on camera!) and our guest , a longtime local producer who brought incredible energy and support as our guest.
Crew call at 9, rolling after lunch… and somehow it all came together. Set clear by 4.

Next week we hit the dailies room to edit, tighten, polish, and deliver Episode 1

Quick camera test with the Fuji GX680III — an absolute beast of a 1990s studio camera.

I ran a roll of Fuji Acros II through it during that deep frost a few weeks back, and it reminded me why I love shooting slow: on 120, you only get nine frames… so every image is a decision.

Cold hands, slow pace, big negatives. ❄️📷

An old cottonwood wrapped in rime ice, reaching into a big Alberta-blue sky today in Fish Creek Park. Happy New Year

New year, new little museum corner in my office. 📷✨

I finally re-styled this corner space to celebrate the tools that have carried me through over three decades of chasing light, moments, and stories—cameras I’ve actually shot with, plus a few I’ve tracked down again over the years as a tribute to the path. All of them a classic.

Hanging above it is one of the most meaningful reminders: a photograph I made on one of these cameras that went on to earn a National Picture of the Year award more than 20 years ago—captured during the Pope’s visit to Toronto in 2002.

This corner isn’t about gear… it’s about the journey. The miles, the lessons, the mistakes, the wins, and the quiet obsession with telling stories one frame at a time. I started with a Canon EF in the late 1980s in Jr. high school.

What’s one object you keep around that instantly reminds you why you started? 👇

Everyone’s chasing the 6-7 craze… meanwhile and I are over here shooting 6x8 like it’s 1998. First test roll through this minty Fuji GX680III—classic 90s studio beast, 9 giant frames a roll. Can’t wait to see these negatives. 📷✨

First test roll with on this used but minty Fuji GX680III. Classic 90s studio beast shooting 120 in a 6x8 frame—just 9 giant frames per roll. Can’t wait to see what comes out of the tank. 📷✨

Long days, short daylight… but every once in a while you get a little moment like this—tree and shadow stretching across the brick as I drop my kid off and watch her disappear into another busy day of high school before Xmas break. Holding onto these quiet mornings before winter really settles in. ❄️

First light on a quiet farm near Sooke, BC on Vancouver Island.
Hasselblad 501C • Portra 400 🌾📷

Morning light in October always finds this photograph on my wall. I shot this almost twenty years ago in Nassau, Bahamas — a woman standing outside after church, clutching her Bible with quiet strength and grace. It now graces the walls of my home, and the light still lands on her the same way.

More road side portraits from Vancouver Island this past summer. Shot on my Hasselblad 501c with the 80mm on some expired Fuji Portra 400 shot at 320. Process and Scans by

Fall in Fish Creek Park, Calgary, Alberta

A classic camper can parks down by the water’s edge in Fish Creek Park next to the Bow River as falls takes shape in early October in Calgary.