I photographed this scene on Aug-06-2023. Looking south, the Turner Valley Gas Plant is a few kilometers away, on the other side of the hill. On Jun-18-2025, Rick Bell (rbell@postmedia.com) wrote an opinion piece.
Author: Ken Cooper
Alberta trying to bridge the gap between Vision and Reality…
On May-30-25, Stephanie Taylor (staylor@postmedia.com) wrote an article in the National Post. Here’s the link to her story > https://ca.news.yahoo.com/nova-scotias-wind-west-albertas-100017638.html I’ve pasted a couple paragraphs below – which are located near the end of
Apparently Alberta has some serious assets…
On May 31, 2025, Rick Bell (rbell@postmedia.com) wrote an opinion piece. Here’s the link to his article > https://ca.news.yahoo.com/bell-danielle-smith-alberta-mark-120030703.html I’ve pasted the first few sentences, that are shown below. The headline for this story
My new Studio is in operation
I’m only 12+ postings behind. Figured it was time to post a recent image. Been very busy – shooting hundreds of tabletop setups, for the past 5 months. It’s probably been 20~ years, since
Midwest Pipelines – construction project near Millarville, Alberta
This is a test image – that I got done today. The original Nikon image size was shot at 5,600 x 3,727 pixels. Each unique composition had multiple exposures – which were blended with
In Alberta, sometimes Fall comes after Winter…
Photographed Sun, Oct-23-2022, on a farm near Millarville.
Motorized Tripod Dolly
Got the idea to just move the tripod – with the camera sitting on top. Probably been done a million times before, but for my simple projects, having a nice smooth surface or floor
6 Channel Motor-Mixing Console
Here’s an image of my first camera slider – built in Burnaby BC, back in Feb-2011. Eight roller-blade wheels attached to a small platform, that one could move by hand. This assembly could roll
Modification – Aoyue 9378 Soldering Station
I had the Ungar_9900 soldering station – for several years. This past January – the heating element broke. Finally did find a used replacement pencil on ebay for $65, but there was a $85
Update to the “Cooper Soundboard” v2
This was a mock-up of the original Soundboard. Once the design was worked out, the board was painted and the hardware was attached… The new base v2 – along side the old one v1.