Chris Bolin Photography

Name: Chris Bolin Photography
Address: Calgary, AB, CA
Telephone: +14035125602

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10/05/2026

I am an uncle to one. Got to visit my only niece Grace this weekend who turns 18 tomorrow. Happy Birthday G!

09/11/2026

I got home from Montreal the night before and watched live on CNN as the second plane hit, as events unfolded that day on September 11th.

I called my editor AP Hovasse and told him what was happening. “Pack your s**t, you’re heading back out,” he told me.

I was at Ground Zero by midnight, driving straight down with the legendary Christie Blatchford.

It was one of the defining assignments of my career and of my life. I was young, a photojournalist, a newbie in this former career of ours, trying to document history while standing in the middle of it.

Crazy times #9/11 #

08/14/2026

Always a highlight of summer—spending a day photographing my good friend Nick Szymanis and his very successful Debate Camp Canada at Strathcona-Tweedsmuir.

Kids learning to listen, articulate their ideas and debate with confidence and respect. But on a rainy Friday in August, sometimes you just need to settle things with a good old-fashioned tug-of-war.

08/08/2026

There’s an old saying that the two happiest days in a boat owner’s life are the day he buys the boat and the day he sells it.

I’m not sure Ron entirely agrees. Fishing has been one of his great loves for as long as I’ve known him, and this little boat has carried its share of rods, fish, stories and quiet days on the water.

We listed it for sale today, but before we did, I couldn’t resist making a portrait of the fisherman and my father-in-law with his boat and one of his dad’s old rods,

Some things you sell. The stories you keep. 🎣 https://www.facebook.com/share/1Guf7Z42Zo/?mibextid=wwXIfr

07/10/2026

Still head down to Stampede to take some photos, but now just of my two favourite cowgirls. Our dad and daughter tradition that we all enjoy every July isla 💫 neve

05/08/2026

First bike ride of the season, golden hour in Fish Creek Provincial Park, and Neve already testing the laws of gravity 🌅🚲✨ Swinging into spring one sunset at a time. #

01/28/2026

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

01/22/2026

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. ❄️📷

01/05/2026

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

01/02/2026

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? 👇

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http://www.chrisbolin.ca/

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