Western Cowboy Chronicles

Name: Western Cowboy Chronicles
Address: Hinton, AB, T7V0C1, CA
Telephone: +17808178919

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11/01/2026

The first issue of my newsletter, Behind The Lens, went out this morning from WCC's umbrella brand, .

It’s a look back at my season: ranch rodeo in Edson, slo-pitch in Brule, my first Calgary Stampede, Fernie’s trails, and a few days lying in wet grass in Jasper while two bull elk screamed at each other like neighbours fighting over a fence line. It was the calmest part of my year.

Also in this issue:

• New highlight films from the Yellowhead Ag Society Ranch Rodeo and the Brule August slo-pitch
• A look at my new website (it and the newsletter both came out of my shop)
• Fernie bookings for 2027
• My new vlog, where wildlife photographer Joe Desjardins and I head into the Jasper elk rut
• Photo of the month
• A reader-only code for 20% off event photos, good until December 25

It comes out quarterly, and it’s free. If you’d like the next one in your inbox, sign up here:

https://www.belinahoopermedia.ca/

09/26/2026

Ranch rodeo is just Saturday chores with an audience.

09/17/2026

📸 THEY'RE HERE — ALL 117 OF THEM.

Yellowhead Ag Society Ranch Rodeo, fully edited and ready to go. My eyes have seen things. 🫠

Go have a scroll — and tag your friends so they know they're in here somewhere. Nothing worse than finding out three weeks later that there was a great shot of you and nobody said a word.

HOW TO GET YOURS 👇

🔢 Every photo is numbered 1–117 in the comments. Just note the numbers you want.

💌 DM me or email [email protected] with your numbers and I'll get you sorted.

💵 $25 per photo. Grabbing a few? Tell me which ones and I'll work out a bundle deal for you.

🏢 Using them for your business? Promotional licensing is priced differently — shoot me a message and we'll sort out the right license for what you need.

🤝 Hosting an event? Give me a shout. And if you refer someone who ends up hiring me, there just might be a referral discount in it for you. 😉

One gentle note 🐕 — please don't screenshot these for profile pics. I will come after you... with a friendly bark and mild disappointment. 😅

Editing 117 photos takes real hours, and this is how I make a living. A screenshot is a blurry, cropped, compressed version of something I put a lot of care into anyway — you deserve the good copy, and it's $25.

Hope you love them as much as I do. What a weekend. 🖤

🎬 Western Cowboy Chronicles | Belina Hooper Media

09/15/2026

Thrilled to capture such an awesome weekend 😀 thanks for having me !

09/14/2026

THAT'S A WRAP — YELLOWHEAD AG SOCIETY RANCH RODEO 🤠

A few more photo teasers to finish off the day before the main video drops — I'll be posting the rest of the edits in a few days once I've worked through them, so there's plenty more coming later this week.

A few things worth knowing 👇

📸 Don't see yourself? Reach out. See a friend? Tag em'. I'm posting in batches and there's more to come, but if there's something specific you're after, just ask and I'll go digging. DM me or email [email protected].

🎥 I also have video. If there's a specific ride or moment you're looking for, let me know.

🎬 Highlight video is coming. Keep an eye on the Yellowhead Ag Society page this week — that's where it'll be posted first. That's my main focus over the next couple of days.

Thank you for having me out! What a weekend! Shout out to all the volunteers, sponsors, and organizers -- the event wouldn't happen without you.

Excited to see where you take this one in the years ahead. 🖤

🎬 Western Cowboy Chronicles | Belina Hooper Media | www.belinahoopermedia.ca

09/13/2026

| DAY ONE ✅ — Yellowhead Ag Society Ranch Rodeo 🤠

Warm, sunny, and an event that ran beautifully start to finish — kudos to Jenna Helmer and the rest of the AG Society team & volunteers.

My only complaint? Not a cloud in the sky 😅 Which sounds unhinged to everyone except other videographers & photographers, who are giggling and nodding in agreement right now (if you know, you know).

Small sneak peek from a very full card. Day two coming up! Remember Sunday morning start time is at 11am, NOT 10am.

Priority Items once the last day of the rodeo is complete:

📸 Highlight video is first priority for the AG Society. Individual photos and video clips available for purchase after that.

🎬 Western Cowboy Chronicles | www.belinahoopermedia.ca

09/12/2026

TIME CHANGE SUNDAY START NOW AT 11AM ‼️

09/11/2026

The Yellowhead AG Society is hosting a Ranch Rodeo this weekend 💯

Comment below if you're attending 👇🏻

🎥 I'll be there !

Photos & Video will be available for purchase for those participating 📸

09/10/2026

THE MINUTE BEFORE THE HORN

Everybody photographs the race.

The wagons coming out of the barrels, the dust, the outriders swinging up mid-stride, that whole beautiful mess of noise and speed. It's the shot. It's what the Rangeland Derby is famous for, and there's a reason every camera at Stampede Park is pointed at that turn.

But the frame I keep coming back to from my first Calgary Stampede isn't the race at all.

It's this one. An outrider loading the barrel, one hand up on the reins, head down, waiting. Dusk light coming in soft behind the wagon. The ground still wet. Everything about it is quiet.

There's maybe 20 seconds in there — after the teams are hooked and before the horn — where the whole thing sits completely still. Horses know. You can feel it in them, that wound-up readiness where nothing's moving yet but everything's about to.

And then it goes, and for the next minute and a half it's absolute chaos.

I think that's why I like the before. It's the part that's all preparation and nerves and muscle memory — no crowd noise, no announcer. Just people who've done this their whole lives getting ready to do it again.

Funny how the moment that stuck with me was the smallest one.

🎬 Western Cowboy Chronicles | Belina Hooper Media

08/24/2026

Confession time: I've only been filming rodeo a couple of years, and I've only lived in Alberta for three. So this past July was my very first Calgary Stampede. 🤠

I know. A rodeo videographer, along with many other sports/events now, who'd never been to the Stampede. I've been quietly hoping nobody would do the math on that one 😂

Here's the other thing — I'm really NOT a crowd person. Put me on a ski hill, the hockey rink, a trail, the bush, a court, or anything else alike; I'm the happiest woman alive. Put me in a crowd of a million people and I start looking for the exits. Luckily, a camera in my hands is more or less my safety blanket. Give me something to point it at and suddenly I'm fine. It's a very convenient coping mechanism and I'd recommend it to anyone 🙃

And then there's the part I'm almost embarrassed to admit: I never actually made it to the rodeo. Two days at the stampede and I was too excited to see all the other evnets. Turns out you can't see 200 acres of anything in 48 hours, no matter how fast you walk or how many times you tell yourself "just one more building."

But I saw just about everything else — and the chuckwagons were what got me.

I'd never been up close to wagon racing before. You watch it on TV and you understand it's fast. You do not get it until you're standing near enough to feel it come past you.

Grabbed a few frames I'm proud of — this one's my favourite so far.

🎬 Western Cowboy Chronicles | Belina Hooper Media
www.belinahoopermedia.ca

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