Shambhala 2012
Shambhala is a music festival with a population of 10,000 nestled in a valley in southern BC, near the town of Salmo. It’s one my favourite places to keep coming back to and this year I had the honour of shooting on their media staff. There are far too many photos to post all of them on here so I have also included a link to the full FB album.
There was often a fog that blanketed the valley in the early morning hours. This was one my favourite times to shoot.
I had arrived a few days before the festival had officially opened its gates and the normally car-packed fields were eerily quiet.
As the morning sun crept over the distant mountains, everybody is getting their vehicles ready to move from the parking lot line and into the festival.
It’s never a far walk to get away from the craziness of the festival and see some of the amazing beauty of the valley itself.
While Shambhala is primarily a music festival, what makes it so special is the incredible amount of hardwork by some amazingly talented people that goes into the art installations and stages.
If you need a break from the music, there is no shortage of things to do during the day. From morning yoga sessions held near the river to…
…hanging acrobatic classes to…
…writing a wish and placing it in the ‘Wish Tree’
While the nights can sometimes get close to freezing, the days are usually 30 degrees plus. There are always ways to keep cool even if you’re not down by the glacial fed river.
Friday marks the day that the opening ceremonies happen at the ‘Labyrinth’ stage.
Shambhala wouldn’t be Shambhala without the incredibly warm and diverse people that call it home for that one weekend a year.
Not to mention the crazy costumes you see as you make your way through the festival.
What has always made the festival so special to me, are the memories made with new and old friends.
This year even included a wedding; this is the bride and her father.
The father of the bride as he looks up the staircase that led to the alter.
The bride and groom rode off in a vintage red ford fire truck.
While the festival may seem at its peak during the day, it’s at night where it really comes alive. There are 5 different stages to choose from and everything in between to experience.
the pics are damn awesome!! grabs the mood in such an authentic way.
Yes! Thats exactly what i felt.. its like your there, can hear the sounds and feel the warm love. Great Photos!
Adore the first photo- and the rest looks like quite an experience!! Thanks for sharing!
Awesome. Kind of reminds me of ACL fest in Austin. Hairy dudes; crazy outfits, great scenery and stellar music.
Our world is full of amazing people. And you have captured their joy of life! Your artistic abilities remind me of this quote: “If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn’t need to lug around a camera.” – Lewis Hine
That is the PERFECT quote Clanmother. Patrick, I am continually awed by your talent to capture life.
Great set of photos
This is so fabulous, how do you get the great photos? The festival looks like I’d be right at home.
Love this set! Amazing work.
wow!
As close to being there as I can from Utah. Very nice pics Patrick
Amazing!. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for sharing your experience in photos! It looks like there was lots of stuff to do.
Absolutely stunning!!! Well done!!
I love what fog does to a landscape. I love the shot of the night sky, heck they are all amazing photos.
Scary bleeding lady is gonna haunt my dreams tonight. I just know it.
The night shots are beautiful, amazing work!
I can’t always come over but I’m so glad I popped in today.
Hard to believe these photos are just from one weekend. Beautiful scenery, great portraits, and some amazing night sky pictures but my favorite is the very first one. The enormous tree, the VW, and the thick fog… Perfect!
Beautiful!!
Incredible pictures! The Austin City Limits Music Festival just started today, as well. I wish I could be there, but the next time I am, I’m definitely taking my camera.
Absolutely stunning! Thanks for sharing <33
Woooow, now I want to experience this festival for myself! Love your photos!
Amazing pics!
beautiful images….love your stuff…wow
So sharp and brilliant these pictures. Really nice captures.
Thanks for following my blog. Your pictures are amazing (landscapes and others alike). I REALLY want to go to this festival now!!
Beautiful, Beautiful imagery!!! These photos are so evocative, I almost feel like I was there!
Loved them all… the festival, people, acrobatics, the purple sky with rays of light… the mists, the bubbles… and the monochromes are great !
A wonderful post! Thank you.
amazing. great work capturing these moments still in time.
x
- s
Thanks for sharing the festivities. Lots of great captures – The 1st one is my FAVE!
Thoroughly entertained Patrick! I also agree with Rosy the first one is my favorite!!! These photos are so colorful and full of light. Makes me want to look at them again and again.
A whole lot of life in these images.
Wow, beautiful work and amazing talent. Your photos brought this event to life all the way to California! My favorite photo is the fourth to the top, would love to get in some running miles over there. Thanks for sharing. TRACE
These are all amazing. Could spend a whole lot of time enjoying your photos!
oh God, i love all your photos!
Great photos!
Life from all points of view with one common goal, happiness. You capture amazing images. Thank you so much for sharing!
Great photos!
Wow seems so inadequate. I love the sunlight coming through the trees shot and the soap bubble shot.
Wow – how fun to find my daughter in one of your photos – the young pregnant woman doing yoga in the center of the yoga shot. Do you know her? Do we know each other? We are following each others blogs andI have often forwarded your beautiful photos to my other daughter, a photographer as well.
This is probably one of many blogger award nominations for you, but I’ve nominated you for the Very Inspiring Blogger Award. No need to participate, but it’s just a special little way of saying, “hey, I think your blog is cool.”
These photos, somehow, touched my heart. They are all amazing and have different special meaning (and stories) in every photos. Marvelous photos! *I hope I were there too..*
You have a talent for capturing the essence of both landscape and people alike.
Wow, What a collection? It’s really awesome!!!!Great photos!!!!!
Great photos, you captured the spirit of the festival. It shows you enjoyed the event as well.
I just love your photos – looks like an incredible experience and wonderful people!
Amazing. I the love the colours and the life captured in theses pictures.
Wow! I’m blown away by your incredible creative talent! Your photos are very unique!
Love your shots of the festival how long was it? I know what you mean sometimes by there are just so many
Stephen
Your shots are fantastics!!!
the world is a funny place. Asian mindset in the Canadian Wilderness. I really Love the first picture.
Just fantastic. Thanks for sharing!
I love how you see the world. Always a treat to look at your photographs.
Lovely set of photographs! I felt like I was there
Those are STARS? Real STARS?! Gosh, we cityfolk are missing out….
Some very beautiful photographs – and some pretty weird ones too. Interesting stuff – thanks for sharing.
the way you lay down those beautiful photos is almost like music starting out with the mountain pictures the having fun in the middle and ending with night stills i enjoyed that
Wow Patrick!
You are such a big talent!
What a gorgeous pictures! I don’t even have a favorite, because they are all so beautiful!
And the pictures of the yoga and the lady with the red painting on her face!
Love love love it!
X
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You got it! Very very beautiful and damn gorgeous ones…the bloody girl made my heart beats jump up….woo..
I m not a person who gets scared easly, but this particular one was fab…
beautiful photos. thanks for sharing. such purity in all of these pictures.
Home is where the love is!
Beautiful photos!
This is incredible.
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Life and Joy pictured so amazingly! Big WOW and thanks for sharing!
beautiful, beautiful photographs
Great pics Patrick! Always inspiring! Thank you! ..
love the pics. especially the one of the tree in the woods.
I love your photos to bits – but these ones…oh, I just wanted to be there. Thank you so much for sharing the beauty of the world with us
Oh…I do love them….!
Some really amazing photos and people. Looks like a really fun festival!
Amazing photographs – Thanks for sharing!
A stunning series of images here! You manage to capture the essence of the event, not only in the obvious shots, but also in the less immediate ones. Beautiful, and I hope you don’t mind if I reblog? Thanks for sharing!
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I’ve posted some of this blogger’s moutainous images before, but these, too, are simply stunning!
How beautiful! The name, Shambhala, immediately piqued my interest because as I’m sure you know, S Shambhala was the name of a mystical, mythical(?) Tibetan Buddhist kingdom which is, for Buddhists, the equivalent of “Heaven.” I always feel so happy and ‘light’ when I think of this kingdom… Looking at your photos, of an event with the same name, made me feel wonderful, as well. Your art captures much more than the images: It conveys the cosmic energies, as well. Bravo!
Thanks for passing by my blog.
What I have seen of yours up to now is awsome… love your photos!
wonderful pics !
OMG That is one of the most amazing set of photographs I have ever seen. What a festival. What a brilliant photographer! You have an incredibly keen eye. Going to look at them again now. Thanks so much
Wow! Amazing talent, amazing photos, looks like an amazing time too
Patrick, I always enjoy visiting here because you are so talented. The fog photos are definite favourites and I have to ask about the photo with the wooden bridge . . . did you capture a falling star? Amazing eye.
Thanks Patrick. You take us places with your pictures that most of us would never get to see otherwise!
amazing photos!
Sun shining through trees … hard to choose a favorite, but if I had to, that would be it,. Your eye makes me want to put away my camera because I pale in comparison … then again, as a novice, I am inspired to keep working and learning. Thanks! (this festival looks a bit like our FloydFest in Virginia)
Can only agree with all my previous commentators! Was wondering about one thing: first picture – has it been worked at in any way in terms of Photoshop? I find my pictures, taken under these circumstances utterly boring hence haven’t been taking pictures unless the weather is more or less bright and sunny. But others always look amazing ….
Reminds me of Woodstock without the mud and hopefully the drugs…..
Wonderful pictures. You can’t beat the atmosphere of a festival. I have very fond memories of our summer holidays spent at places just like this, including Glastonbury and Cambridge festivals: pure joy!
Great exposure of the night shots.
wow i just found your blog out and your pictures are exquisite! so amazing , keep up the good work
Wow wow wow wow wow! These photographs … I’m speechless! I knew The West (CA and US) is beautiful but… And what you’ve captured of the people, too… That’s it. I’m officially in awe. Thank you do much for sharing! It’s beautiful work!
- best, Meagan at MinnieMoonPress
First photos without the PEOPLE are great. You must have had a blast photographed all the activities/people. What a show, just to watch the people.
Spectacular shots!
Amazing, just simply _amazing_ work! So glad to add you to my reader!!!
What phenomenal human beings… I wish I could know them. What’s the drive from Seattle? haha!
Jeeez…Great photos!!! Congrats! the sky…I have no words…wonderful..
They’re all great but I especially love the first one. It’s like the opening shot to a film and I hold my breath because I’m not sure yet if something good or bad is about to happen.
Some excellent pics here Patrick, and some almost appear as if they could have been taken in the 60′s. Great to see that Love & Peace is alive and well in some parts of the world at least.
Great stuff!
Mark
Very nice pictures. You’re very good at what you are doing…
Brilliant vivid photos! When I viewed the first picture I instantly thought of the book Into the Wild. And did not know what was going to be next; WOW!!! Loved all of the pictures and I especially like the statement on the back of one male, love is the key open some doors! Well said within the pictures!!
You certainly brought the Shambhala to life with your photos. It would be quite the experience to attend/participate.
This did remind me of the days of “Woodstock” but it bares a remarkable resemblance to the annual “Burning Man”
http://www.burningman.com/ . I would be curious if you had heard of it or had ever been to it and had the opportunity to compare.
This video is one of my favourite representations of it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahv_1IS7SiE
Great pictures of happy people!
Always capturing the greatest pics ever!!!
Let me just say for the record that these are just AMAZING photos! I just love the vibe and spirit of the event, and you captured it on film beautifully. Thanks for sharing this, and also for showing an interest in my blogsite as well.
Looking forward to more gorgeous and inspiring pictures, Patrick!
Cheers!
Brent
Looks like a modern day Woodstock. Great photos. I particularly like the black and white ones. The first one got me hooked.
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I just want to share this amazing post to you guys because the photos are just too cool for words. It almost makes you want to be there when it happened. That, and the spirit of the whole thing is just so chill, indie, hippie, DIY–elements that I adhere to with my online fashion business. In any case, I hope you enjoy viewing the inspiring images courtesy of Patrick Latter Photography. Cheers, y’all!
wow, I love it, good times
I’d love to do the hanging acrobatics class. haha! Awesome shots as usual. Love your work!
wonderful work in capturing the essence of the experience
If this doesn’t get freshly pressed then the folks in wordpress don’t know what they’re doing
Love your story telling via pictures, you hardly need to read the description.
I’m a big fan of your work
I felt like I was there:) Fabulous job capturing the moment.. moments in time:)
So much fun!
These were fabulous! Like Burning Man, but with trees instead of architecture. Lots of fun to view. Thank you. Ken
Just amazing! Love your work.
Absolutely incredible!!! <3
These pictures have left me speechless. Your pictures tell a beautiful story. This event looks amazing! Great blog
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Shambhala Music Festival
I saw a lot of really warm genuine smiles. The wish tree “Wish you were here” got me a little choked up.
Extraordinary, to say the least.
Great pictures, thanks for sharing! You took me on a journey and I never left my chair!
Brilliant, magical and so much alive !! thanks amigo !!
Love your blog! It’s very inspiring!
I love every picture that you have
LOVE the pictures. I am speechless and that’s hard for a chatterbox like me. Truly beautiful, I felt myself at the festival. <3
these are amazing. thank you for visually opening my eyes to something I didn’t know.
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Shambhala 2012 outside of Salmo, BC, a few miles from where I grew up in Nelson. Beautiful photography of an amazing festival.
Absolutely STUNNING images!! Glowing with love & life.
Thank you for sharing them. I have always wanted to go to Shambala Music Festival, hope next year will be my time:)
Lovely photos. I especially like the one with sunlight gently streaming through the trees.
Amazing! Just added this to my bucket list! Thanks for sharing! Peace
great work
amazing photos. thank you for sharing.
Ciao, Francina
I love the vibrancy of these shots. It makes me want to go there!
So thoroughly enjoyed viewing photographs of such happy, friendly spirits collectively producing good energy for the planet. The first photograph (fog) is just stunning portrait. Your eyes see much more than mine do. Thank you for sharing your photographs.
Amazing!! A totally new world.
Fascinating. Just fascinating. One part Woodstock. One part circus. Maybe some Burning Man thrown into the mix? Oh I don’t know…but great pics.
WOW! Great stuff!
Awesome! Love how you captured the beauty of the festival… I would love to attend this one day soon.
As usual, you’re many steps ahead of me. I followed you back home from Paper Mouse this time. I enjoy each new series of photographs from wherever you go!
This is so awesome, because I have never been to a festival like this but you made me feel like I was experiencing it somehow! Thank you for that! Beautiful photos as always! xx
This looks like a blast. Fantastic photos!
Hey Patrick
These shots of the festival are stunning. Your work is a real buzz. Go well.
What an amazing experience this must have been! I loved the people shots especially. So many expressions and faces. Wonderful!
You breathe an extra layer of life into your photography that creates a mini story to every shot. Incredibly jealous of your skill, something to aspire to!
Wow–looks like Burning Man before tickets started selling at $5,000 on eBay… Also reminds me of some of the better Goa raves in the late 90′s and perhaps even Ibiza in the next decade. I’m tapping the keyboard to the sounds of FatBoy Slim as I write. This puts me in a very good mood indeed, thank you.
Sadly, because I’m a conspiracy theorist, I will not be able to check out the broader collection on Facebook (never was, never will be on Facebook). But I can now dream for a while and you have opened the door to dreaming, on this particular occasion.
Thank you both for supporting my modest blog and for sharing your transcendental work.
Elettra
Your pictoral essays blow me away. Thank you!
wow, amazing photos.
Great pictures, Especially the night skies.
Jim
Hanging upside down Yoga so interesting. I’ve been thinking of taking up yoga, nice.
Love love love these photos!! Would have been incredible to have been there…
Great photos. Looks like the kind of party my dad told me to stay from.
Typo: “stay from” meant to type, stay away from.
I hate my typos.
Fantastic photos. I do enjoy them!
love your style
I am left speechless over these images. You are a true master.
Wow. It looks like such fun!
We love B.C.! It’s one of favourite places. We hope to return. Great photos!!
LOVE your work
Looks like a heck of a lot of Hippie Fun… I’m so jealous. Great shots!
This looks like an amazing time! Thank you for sharing.
You won’t find this comment… ever, probably… LOL. But if you do, just wanted you to know I appreciate you sharing the lovely pictures…. kinda reminds me of some of the ones a friend took back at Woodstock… years ago… LOL
awesome set!
Awesome shots!!! You must be skilled with a camera! Thumbs up!
What an amazing picture story! Thanks
Really smashing photographs and a brilliant post! (So are all of your other posts!)
Fantastic work!
These are all so awesome!! Looks like a lot of fun but also so beautiful.
BEAUTIFUL captures. thank you so much for sharing.
These are amazing photo’s….makes me want to go to a music festival…you’ve captured all the crazy-beautiful-ness of it.
So cool, Patrick. My husband liked too. K.
stunning photos.
really like the b&w ones.
Gorgeous, gorgeous photos! Really love that set of 3 that starts with that purple sky..Wow..truly blown away!
Lovely, joyful and captivating. The happiness can be felt thru the computer screen. The starry, starry night … breathtaking. Thank you for sharing.
Gorgeous photos sir. My sister lives in Vancouver I have wanted to go to shambhala for a while now, just haven’t had a chance yet but after looking at these photos it might become a necessity.
I love the quality of your photos, they look sharp, clean, great contrast of colors. You are very talented!
You are such a gifted photographer! Amazing work!!
Your photos are absolutely incredible! My faves: the sunrise (I have a particular fondness for sunrises and sunsets), the woman doing the splits, and the night sky shots!
These pictures are breathtaking/stunning, you seem to have captured the essence of the festival and the beauty of the location. Thanks for the post, it is absolutely delightful.
How do you get the great sky shots at night? Would love to know.
Beautiful Photos
I know I’m not saying anything that hasn’t been touched on above, but you are amazingly talented. I really, really enjoy looking at your photos. You are, quite simply, brilliant. Thanks for the wonderful images.
These are fun, gorgeous photos! Thank you for sharinrg!
God did some great lighting for you on this one.
Fun and more fun . . .Fantastic pictures. Love the water one though, it looks so peaceful. Beautiful job i must say.
oh man, I’m just loving these shots! sublime. looks like an awesome party with the really cool people – one day, I shall have to break free and come over to BC and drink it all in for reals.
Awesome. What an experience, and you recorded it so beautifully.
Ah 1 word – WOODSTOCK! Great pics Patrick – Wish I was young enough to get back into that scene!
Dude.
You really have a gift.
great story, you make it real to feel the atmosphere of that place
I read your piece and loved it but could have easily just had the photographs and would have left feeling the same. You have an incredible gift for telling a story, without words.
Hi, Patrick. Thanks for following my blog.
Following yours too now. BRILLIANT WORK!
Wow. Amazing, beautiful photos that really capture the essence.
I have nominated you for The Reality Blog Award http://luccav.wordpress.com/.
Looks like an awesome festival, really different from the usual! AMAZING photos, as always. Can’t get enough.
That looks like a fantastic festival. Everyone looks so happy!! Great pics too.
Dawn x
Reminds me much of Burning Man, but without the nudity and dust. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful captivating photos! What an awesome experience
Fantastic photos! I think you really nailed the feeling festivals have. Great job!
I bet that was one awesome party. Looking at your pics I can almost hear the conversations and feel the dirt between my toes. Bravo!
<3
These photos are amazing. The moments you capture of people are especially beautiful.
Just.. wow!
Dear Patrick,
I have been following your art for a few months and always impressed at both your artistic eye and technical skill. I love taking pictures, but there is a lot I would love to learn. I don’t know what you do outside of taking pictures, but would you consider holding something like a photobootcamp. Not free of course. Like a weekend of both learning technical skills, editing, understanding how to get what you want to get from pictures. If I was to learn from someone, I would prefer it to be someone I think is really good. Thats if you don’t do something like this already. For my own selfish reasons, I really think you should do this. Expensive wedding photographers costs upwards of $7000. You could help about 14 people in one weekend….. What do you think? My pictures are at http://www.lenstherapy.zenfolio.com I need help
Eunice
Pure, authentic joy captured in pictures. Beautiful!
The first image of b/w with the fog is amazing!!
How beautiful!
I feel like hugging someone!! LOL x
Fantastic photos! What kind of music festival was it? My son was a photographer for Electric Forest held in Michigan this year.
wow breathtaking! you’re beyond talented. May I use some of these in my blog? I think I may also use one as my desktop background, its going to be hard too choose just one! Congrats
wow breathtaking! you’re beyond talented. May I use some of these in my blog? I think I may also use one as my desktop background, its going to be hard to choose just one! Congrats:)
Fantastic series!!!
Love this!
beautiful photos
well done….
Simpy stunning and very rock and roll. You must love your job.
Some of the shots (well, nearly all really) on your blog are awesome! Nice work. Thanks for the follow.
Great photos, They make me want to book a flight for next year.
Your photography is stunning! You seem to have the innate ability for capturing the true essence of whatever subject you see through your lens. Thank you for sharing.
Wonderful photos! Good for the soul.
Very nice photography especially top one I love the VW.
the event was captured beautifully through your pics! love the color in each and everyone of them. keep the great pics coming! can’t get enough of them.
It looks incredible and I love ypur photos (very talented) thanks so much for sharing and I wish I had been there
Hello! I’ve enjoyed your blog and I’ve nominated you for a Beautiful Blogger Award. It is your choice to accept this award or not. To find out more please visit my post: (http://deceivemenot.wordpress.com/2012/10/14/a-beautiful-thank-you-for-the-beautiful-blogger-award/) and find directions, as well as a list of other bloggers I’ve nominated.
What an excellent group of photos. It’s is deserving of accolades, but way add to all that you have already received. Excellent work.
hii,………
Ace.
What stunning photos – they capture a beautiful atmosphere that I would just love to experience myself!
Looks like my kinda place, one to add to the bucket list for sure! Wonderful photos as always
You are so good, Patrick. Very, very good eye! Phew…
Maurice Sendak could have done quite a riff on this gathering of the Wild Things.
Let the Wild Rumpus begin!
Fabulous photos.
Thank you for taking me there with you Patrick
Magical.
INCREDIBLE SHOTS! Just beautiful…
Well done. I like it
What fun! Great photographs too!!!
Amazing photo’s, especially the first one with the tree behind the van, I love it.
Amazing, looks like an incredible experience and captured beautifully.
wow. gorgeous images. now I really need to go.
What stunning photographs. Thank you so much. Thank you.
Absolutely jaw dropping my friend. Fantastic work!!
I think my jaw was on the floor the entire time I looked at this post! You captured the free-spirit, the culture, the diversity, and the fun of what I imagine the world to be. This was absolutely remarkable. I applaud you, my friend, with a standing ovation.
Wow! Amazing photos!
SPECTACULAR!!! Brings me back to my old Woodstock days back in 1969. Yes, I’m old!
Patrick you definitely have a gift in capturing events and making them come alive to those viewing your pictures…..blessings!…….Kim
Totally awesome photos!! So expressive and inspiring. Thank you so much for sharing.
Thnk you kindly… My new destination for next summer.
Seriously amazing photos. I felt like I was there. Looks like it was a lot of fun.
These fine images make me feel nostalgic for the years of my youth. Great captures!
I love your photos, almost makes me feel like I was there! Thanks for sharing you’re work
Beautiful pictures! This looks like so much fun.
Hmm, it seems short shorts and waxing are in… good to know. Thanks for the pictures, it looks like a great time.
what an awesome time that must have been! great shots as usual, thanks for sharing
amazing photos, surreal and yet so beautiful….
Your photos always captivate me! These are fantastic!
Amazing!
Superb capturing in words and pics;) Loved ‘being there’. Thanks j
Wow, great pic and view..
Never see like that before!
WOW!!!
These are all outstanding photos. I couldn’t possibly pick from them; although, I do love the guy on the bike with the black slides that look like feet. Also, it looks like he has a bra on. haha The bubbles – Fun … Fun .. Fun …!!!!
I did art festival for 28 years and this was a great reminder of all the good times I had. We camped at the sites or stayed at friends houses and became one. Artists, whether muscians, dancers,yogi, painters, craftsman, etc., have a bond and connection that most common people would not understand.
You’ve presented a well documented portrait of creative souls.
namaste ,,,,,
As usual, beautiful photos! Love, love, love those starry night shots!
Awesome, amazing, thrilling and enjoyable. i can only say , WOW
Eclectic and amazingly fun! Brings on a smile.
Beautiful, candid photography! Breathtaking!
Fantastic! You really captured the variety of a festival.
Breathtaking! I’m in love with your POV!
Amazing shots, and what a fun event : )
Beautiful, stunning, surprising, cool – Would’ve loved to experience it in person, but your photos bring it so close!
wow, very lively, stunning shots, super…
Freakin awesome pics… sharing this with a friend!
I absolutely love these pictures. You are very skilled!
Very nice photographs (especially the astro-photographs) – Thanks for sharing!
All amazing shots, but I prefer your colour photos to the b&w…they seem to have more life to them, which fits with the atmosphere of the festival. Thanks for sharing!
Lots of fun and great quality in these photos! Fantastic moments! Thank you for sharing!
What fabulous photos. You are truly gifted. Thanks for sharing.
These are truly wonderful pictures that convey a lot more than just images. Looking at them have given me inspiration in a time that I really needed some. Thanks, Patrick.
Wow looks like a great time! Thanks for taking the trouble to capture and share them.
Spectacular photos, man!
You take beautiful pictures! I’m impressed(:
Very nice! The first ones are very peaceful.
Is that you on a bike?
Awesome photos. Makes me feel like I was there.
you have some fantastic photos, great eye!
Awesome photos (of course.) Almost as good as being there. Almost.
Wonderful photos!
gorgeous photos. spirit in every single one
Sensational !!!
Simply a brilliant set of images….you are bloody good!
Love the combi in the first photo. Had one just like it surfing in Europe in 1988. Does yours have the stove and water pump right behind the passenger seat?
More importantly, I love how you not only capture the energy, but also live the energy. Thank you.
I am constantly in awe of the places you go and the photos you take. I feel as if I could be standing in the field looking at that VW van. : )
Pics took my breath away…. I need a doctoooooor!
Patrick your works is truly beautiful, every single shot is an art form. You have a very special gift…. x
These photos are amazing.
nice..
.. awesome shots.
Absolutely stunning!
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The Northwest is not such a bad place to meet people. N’est-ce pas? Photographer Patrick Latter truly captures the romantic and fairy tale-like moments of the music festival for his fellow bloggers. I don’t know if I should thank Mr. Latter for making me feel regretful of not knowing about Shambhala sooner. I suppose that is Mr. Latter’s talent inspiring me to seek out more adventures. Thank you Mr. Latter.
Amazing beautiful images of nature and your capture of people.
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This is how you capture a moment of unity.
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This guy.
Wow! Awesome, I’d say!
these post is very very cool – alot of wonderful and pretty people so much to see – could open that every day and find something new great and lovely! thanks
love the way you see the world.
Amazing blog, with absolutely incredible photos! Well done!
such amazing photos!
God you’re so good =D
What great pictures, fantastic work, thank you for sharing. It looks like a fantastic festival, a long way from Dublin, but I’d love to go some day. Until then, your photography paint a super portrait. greetings from Dublin – Arran.
How wonderful! My favorite is the first one, but I also love the friends running towards each other, and the girl with the umbrella.
Great Pictures
Cool stuff
Really enjoyed this, Patrick! Great stuff!
your life is everything i’ve ever wanted for mine to be, i am so completely in love with all of these pictures.
Reminds me of the generation I grew up in.
That looks like the most fun, EVER. I’ve always wanted to go to Canada.
Lots of lovely shots. The top is my favorite.
This one left me speechless… so many beautiful moments captured. Amazing work.
Another beautiful set of pics. They are all pretty amazing, but I really love the 5th one.
Wow fabulous photos and looks like an amazing festival!
Wow! These are great!!!
Woooooooooooow! These are amazing…thank you so very much for giving us the chance to see so much beauty…Congrats!
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Pat..The energy your pics give me is overwhelming.After the last couple of years fighting leukemia and just being stuck in my own world this vision that you offer the human eye is a blessing to me and many others.Thanks buddy.
Excellent. Great b&w mist pic (better than the green laser light pic); right in the action, with some tricky timing, intimate moments and dance/light show in high-def color.
Wow…absolutely beautiful and interesting. I love the yoga series. I’ll have to add this music festival to my bucket list.
I wish the whole world could feel the love that these folks are showing. Gives me hope
I just soaked up these images. I couldn’t help but get lost in them. Simply beautiful. I love the father of the bride’s face as he watches his little girl ascend the staircase. I hope you had a great time. I bet you couldn’t put your camera down!
What awesome photos.
wow! What wonderful pictures! Thanks for sharing these awesome photos
You are an amazing photographer! I especially love the shambhala photos – some of them have a mystical quality to them. Great work!
Your great photos remind me of the things I love about BC. Lived there for about 6 mo in 1969. Went out there with my wife and four teenage kids (CN train and rented minivan) in 1989. The kids saw possibilities of alternative lifestyles they would never have experienced in Ontario.
Wow! What a trip – I feel like I’m there. Great images! Thanks for sharing!
yessss!
Thank you!
I love the photo of the garden and the one of the beach. The sky looks great in that one!
One word….. amazing.
Thanks for the follow and liking my post
Great photos, you’ve captured the vibe of the place well. That is, I’m assuming it was all about love and peace, man….
super colleciton, make a geat book.
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Some amazing photos! Now I really wanna go to this festival!
I ALWAYS love your amazaing pics…i feel like I am apart of your amazing journey each time I view them. Fantastic!
Stunning. A feast for the eyes. The sign with the Roald Dahl quote gave me my inspiration for the day! Beautiful work.
Wow…Well done:-)
It’s crazy how well you can feel the emotion from these photographs, you photographed everything really well and I would love to go visit Shambhala some day!
Truly, a great set of images that showcase your eye.
Spectacular!
This music festival looks so fun! I would definitely take the time to attend if I lived in the area. Pictures are beautiful (but you really don’t need any of us to tell you that!)
These images make me happy! Thank You!
You have been to some amazing places. Love the photographs!
Stunningly amazing! Pictures are amazing! Love them.
They make me happy, too! Groovy, baby. Way. F**king fantastique collection. Holy
these pictures just made me happy to look at. you’ve got great instincts and are well suited for your job. i take pictures with children’s heads half turned and eyes in varying stages of blink…. but you know what you are doing, and it’s amazing when it’s done well.
Fantastic photos, the night sky and stars-wow! But having said that, all your photos are great. Thanks for visiting my blog and for the like
Stunning photos!!
Thanks for taking time to stop by my blog. It gave me the chance to see your incredible photography which is hugely inspiring. A visual treat to kick start my day.
This looks heavenly…:)
Some of these shots I’d love to use in my photocollages- they are great. Love you vision and open approach to your “topics” It’s always a pleasure to visit your blog
Ritva
Great shots. Events are a photographers’ dream. Lucky you. I can’t get over how interesting every single person looks and you’ve captured the moments perfectly. thanks for sharing.
These are absolutely amazing……!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Beautiful and breathtaking. Thank-you so much for sharing this love with us all. I want to go next year. It would be incredible. You are an amazing photographer and inspiration. Keep it up!
Something about these photos made my heart overflow with love. They are simply AMAZING! Thank you for sharing your gift.
Wonderful photography! Thanks for sharing!
This is what blogging is about right here! I will probably never have the chance, nor be brave enough, to see anything like this. Thank you so much for sharing.
This – this is TRUE ART! I wish I could see the world through your eyes! How long have you been a photographer already?
nice photography thanks for sharing
Great shots! Great event!
whoop whoop!
This is fantastic. My head just exploded.
I am speechless. Those are incredibly beautiful. Nice work!
Wonderful photos, I love the way you have the trees, stars and nature featured. The people and Shambhala event were really cool, too. I am sure that your life should be featured on a 60 minutes or something!!
thnx for following… I am amazed by your photos and i really love it… hope you can share some tutorials on how to capture great images… i want to be a photographer too…
After reading this and seeing your photos, I want to go!!!! You are a gifted photographer.
AMAZINGGGG! I wish I could’ve been there! Looks so fun and the people all look so colourful and full of character!
Great pictures. You know how to perfectly catch the moment.
How I wish I was there, with your photos I could feel such love and peace.
Thanks for following us! Absolutely amazing photography, can’t wait to explore your site more!
Peace.
Gorgeous!! So many interesting characters and so much energy!
what an amazing festival – thanks for letting me know it is out there – your photos are truly wonderful – I need to practice more – it’s hard to get such colour here in scotland where grey is the norm!
Great photos, made me feel the love!
You photography–> is a Non- Judgemental BreaTH Of Fresh Air !!
Thank you for that.
p.s. if an intern/help is ever needed.. well that would be an energetic pleasure
A remarkable festival, and very well-documented in beautiful photos!
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reminds me of my Grateful Dead days in California. You are gifted, Patrick. Thx for liking my poetry, but your photography blows me away. The nature vistas are stunning.
This festival is awesome! Love the people in the festival …
Also like the B/W photos!
I wish I can attend such festival
These are beautiful photos. I feel like I’m there.
You are a fabulous artist! Thank you for sharing your work with the rest of us.
Interesting b&w pictures
regards
Robert
you have made shambhala beautiful for me again. thank you so much. namaste.
These photos are absolutely amazing. The portraits, the expressions, the emotion, the colors. Really fantastic work!
Amazing and beautiful! I love how you’ve captured the emotions and beautiful spirits of so many people.
Fascinating!!!!! Wish I could hear the music too. And feel the energy….
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Fabulous, so glad I found your blog.
best shot ever, guy on bike with hat, everything about that shot is AWESOME! and I’m way too old to be using the word awesome! lol
Absolutely beautiful work. Shambala? I need to be there one day! You’d love photographing Somerset here in the UK
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Truly fantastic images. Looks like a lot of fun or was it hard work?
What a fantastic series. Some stunning images in here and a great feeling for a really joyful stretch of time. Wish I was there.
I ADDOREEE this album! I want to belong to it! Thanks for sharing this with the public
i absolutely love the simple joy on everybody’s faces! i think my favorite picture has to be of the guy with the “love is the key, open some doors” quote painted on his back. You take some seriously great photos!
again I was there – and what good vibes – thanks to U, Patrick.
keep enjoying and sharing, your stuff has substance man!!!
gashô
fabulous photos..
Hey Patrick. First of all thanks for the follow and the “likes”. I’m just starting out so it’s good to get some feedback. More importantly. Your photographs are amazing. I think that this is my favorite set of all. Anyway, thanks again. You keep being a rugged adventuring photographer protagonist type of person. That is a very cool type of person.
Your photography has a language of its own and speaks beautifully! I SO want to go Shambhala after seeing your post! Great work!
Beautiful depiction of festival culture. Thanks for being there to experience it. If you enjoyed it, perhaps you’ll consider Burning Man next year…
Thank you. That is the plan! I have wanted to go to burning man for years but next year will be the first time it’s possible for me. Have you been to burning man before?
2012 was my first year. It was, to my surprise, like going home. One of the greatest experiences of my life. As a result of it I changed a LOT – personality traits to priorities. I wouldn’t miss it again for the whole world. If it’s possible to go, and you feel the call, you should listen to it. You never know what could end up in front of your lens.
On another note, are you familiar with the photography of Kyer Wiltshire? He’s done a great job of capturing festival culture also.
And with those excellent nature pictures in this album you drew one more into your fans list, that me
SUPER!
Man you take amazing photos!! I can stare at them for hours!
Great Shots! Loved it all… Thank you very much for sharing!!
Amazing pictures!! Really beautiful, full of joy, happiness and pure love
Beautiful shots, so many outstanding portraits and candids and landscapes…really terrific work!
Ah, so lovely, makes me want to plan a trip to this event for next year. Namaste.
Gorgeous. Quiet and energy both beautifully captured.
Hi, I’m Jessica. Thanks for checking out my blog! What a great and interesting place to take such gorgeous pictures at, I love your work!
Such a stark contrast between night and day! Awesome stuff!
These are beautiful!!
Hey, thanks for your photos, they are AMAZING. I actually just moved to Yellowknife from Nelson, so I know Shambhala well. Your photos made me feel right at home! And they remind me of what a special place the Kootenays is. Thanks for your photos, they are AMAZING. I’m hoping to learn how to take decent photos, but I don’t think I can aspire to this. Thanks too for stopping by my blog, as it lead me to yours!
This made me really happy.
This series of photos made me want to jump in them!-)
(your hiking ones have the same effect, by the way…)
LOVE your photos! I agree with xmk75…wanna jump right into them.
these are magical! made me want to go next year…
Thank you for visiting my blog. Your photos are inspiring and make me feel like I’m behind the lenses. Wow!
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Fabulous photos! What a wonderful adventure you’ve shared with us! Wish I could’ve been there! Love love love this! Well done, my friend! Thanks for taking us along for the ride! xoJulia
Your photos are amazing. Inspires me to travel again.
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I want to go there ! Heard so much of it, and now your photos confirmed me that I do want to go there.
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what’s not to like – awesome photos!
Captured!
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These photographs are truly beautiful.
Had to look at all the photos, they were that good. Thanks for following. Vice-versa is what life’s all about. Like sorted.
These are great photos. Thanks!
Wow this post was amazing! You are an incredible photographer. I have to visit this festival. Thank you for the new addition to my travel list
OMG this just made my day!!!!!! I want to GOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Beautiful pics. WOW!
I started with Wow and I just kept saying it as I moved to each photo. Thank you for the like of my post “Fall Brilliance”.
What a terrific montage of photographs of a carnival atmosphere. I’m glad you liked my sign of Ducks Walking. Thank you for visiting my site. I thought it was kind of funny
Wow, these are fantastic! I’ve never had a chance to go to Shambhala but your coverage makes me want to go. Amazing shots.
You have taken such beautiful and quirky pictures. I think you really conveyed the spirit of the entire place in this post. Shambhala reminds me of a Northern UK festival called The Beat Herder which has a rather alternative chilled community supporting it.
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Fun, Beautiful, looks like a great festival. Inspiring photos.
Lovely, beautiful pictures
Your talent takes my breath.
This is really great! Every photos inspired me!
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Az O.Z.O.R.A. fesztivál kanadai helyettesítő terméke a Shambala. Tízezren gyűlnek össze egy eldugott völgyben Salmo (BC) város mellett,
Nézzétek meg a képeket!
Beautiful photos! This year was my first year attending and it literally changed my life, I will return.
Your photos really capture the spirit and energy of the festival. It was great to reminisce. Thanks.
Very well done, you have an amazing skill.
Images and stunning panoramic views. It shows you are a professional photographer. Congratulations Patrick Latter
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Hi,
you have a great set of photographs here. Just went through some today, really admire your work!
all the best
Jo
It makes me feel like I am back in the ’60s…love & peace.