{"id":2268,"date":"2013-06-28T23:44:11","date_gmt":"2013-06-29T05:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/?p=2268"},"modified":"2013-06-28T23:44:11","modified_gmt":"2013-06-29T05:44:11","slug":"early-summer-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/2013\/06\/28\/early-summer-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Summer Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"ngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n<p>This year has been a year for starting new ventures and hanging on to some of the old ones I like. My friend and fellow photographer <a href=\"http:\/\/ericbeliveau.com\">Eric<\/a> have started shooting together (<a href=\"http:\/\/threadedstudio.com\">Threaded Studio<\/a>) and teaching photo classes together (<a href=\"http:\/\/stalbertphotoclasses.com\">St. Albert Photo Classes<\/a>). All the while, I&#8217;ve been trying to keep up with my photo jewelry and prints in stores and still get to the odd craft sale (I&#8217;ll be at Edmonton Folk Fest again! Woohoo!). This hasn&#8217;t left much time for soul-soothing wilderness, but a couple weeks ago, Anna and I managed to get out to Crowsnest Pass for a few days. This photo is of Mt Ward, which is on the continental divide. It was taken from near Crowsnest Mountain a little after sunset. I&#8217;ll have a lot more photos from this trip coming in the next few days.<\/p>\n<p>100mm, f7.1, 1\/400 of a second<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year has been a year for starting new ventures and hanging on to some of the old ones I like. My friend and fellow photographer Eric have started shooting together (Threaded Studio) and teaching photo classes together (St. Albert Photo Classes). 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