On February 28th the Beer Parlour Project team visited the Barley Pub, in the Dominion Hotel, in Carstairs, Alberta. This time around it was Chris and myself and two guest photographers. Byron Robb and David Clarke also joined us on this outing.
I started out the day with a brief return to the Rockyview Hotel in Cochrane. This was not really out of my way, as I was staying in Cochrane. The winter storm had passed, the sun was out, the sky was blue, and the temperature had risen to about -8C. After I took a couple of photographs there with the view camera, I headed north to Carstairs. When I got there, I did the same thing, and took a couple of exterior shots of the hotel.
A short time later Chris and David arrived and we packed all of our gear into the hotel, and made our introductions. Byron joined us a short time later. We stayed from about 3:30 in the afternoon, until around 10:00PM.
When we first arrived there was a pool tournament wrapping up. This establishment has a full kitchen and restaurant, so by late afternoon the supper crowd started to roll in. Later in the evening, as the dinner guests began leaving, the Saturday night crowd started to arrive. We were kept busy visiting with everyone, conducting interviews, and taking photographs. This particular establishment had no windows, and the light was limited at best. But I managed to shoot around a dozen sheets of 4" x 5" film with the big camera, plus some 35mm stuff as well.
It was another great outing, but by the time the evening was winding down, I was pretty exhausted. Just being wound up and meeting everyone and taking photographs and touring the premises is very tiring, in a good sort of way. But after two nights in a row, I was drained and so just headed back to the suite in Cochrane, unwound for a little, and then crashed.
I'm not sure exactly when we might get out for more Beer Parlour Project outings. We have a trip to Saskatchewan planned in April. It seems unlikely we will get out before then, but you never know.
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