I saw "The Griz" for the first time a few months ago when I was in line at Tim Horton's and just could not stop thinking about how great it would be to photograph him - unfortunately I was too scared to ask at that point. Fast- forward to a few days ago when I saw him again in the grocery store and I finally had the guts to approach him! He looked pretty much exactly the same as in the photo... but without the gun of coarse!
When I approached Griz I had no idea what to expect. I was pleasantly surprised to find that he is a very nice guy and he was more than happy to allow me to make a few portraits of him! We met in Cochrane on Tuesday evening for the shoot, and boy am I glad we did! Griz was very happy with the few images I showed him on the camera - he said that he has been photographed several times but these images were different than the rest. That's what I like to hear!
I will share more images of "The Griz" over the next few days.
I would like to thank Griz for being so awesome and being so accommodating. I truly appreciate your kindness.
I would also like to thank Jeremy Colow for all his help with the gear... the hill that this tree was on was a little brutal!
Thanks to Dave Brosha for encouraging me to do more personal shooting... his words gave me the courage to approach Griz.
Last but not least, I would like to thank Darwin Wiggett for pointing out this location... it worked out just as I had hoped!
