— Field Notes

From inside the work.

How industrial media gets made in construction, energy, rail and agriculture. On-site stories, production notes, and industry observations from the crews who shoot it.

CPKC train passing trees and Calgary's heritage buildings in autumn
Brad Greene · CPKC Calgary · November 2024
Featured
In the Field · Rail & Transportation
An afternoon in Building 7: Brad Greene's profile for CPKC

2 cameras, 3 locations, a framed photograph on the desk. Notes from CPKC's Remembrance Day veteran profile shoot with Brad Greene.

Chris McElwee
November 19, 2024
6 min read
Read the dispatch
— All dispatches
Aerial view of the E3 Lithium site near Olds, Alberta, during early works
In the Field · Energy & Resources

The same marks, 6 times: shooting E3 Lithium's demonstration facility

6 site visits between April and June, every flight to the same waypoints. Notes on documenting a first-of-its-kind facility while it was still becoming one.

July 2, 2026
5 min read
First responders queuing to board the CCPX 911 training tank car at CPKC HazMat Days, Calgary
In the Field · Rail & Transportation

Climbing into CCPX 911: 2 days at CPKC's HazMat Days

A tank car that will never carry product again, trailers full of live fittings, and a queue of bunker gear waiting its turn. Notes from 2 days at CPKC's HazMat Days in Calgary.

May 14, 2026
5 min read
3 CCA Connect attendees watching the wind tunnel, iFLY Calgary
In the Field · Construction

Reflections, and how to lose them: shooting CCA Connect

A glass cylinder, a dark room, and a crowd standing exactly where your reflections live. Notes on covering an association social where we were also one of the sponsors.

March 12, 2026
5 min read
Aerial view over Dundee, Scotland, home of 1 of MI:RNA's 2 laboratories
In the Field · Agriculture

First light, then the lab: shooting MI:RNA's overview film

A 05:30 call on a Scottish farm, an interview in a cattle shed, and an afternoon in a working laboratory. Notes on carrying 2 audiences through 1 film.

October 8, 2025
5 min read
Excavator shear sorting demolition debris at the Oakridge Co-op site in Calgary
In the Field · Construction

Stopping for shoppers: shooting Elan's Oakridge Co-op demolition

4 visits across a summer, beside a store that never closed. Notes on a demolition run for material recovery, and drone work that stopped for passing shoppers.

October 1, 2025
5 min read
Elan Construction logo on a crew member's shirt at the Starfield 4/5 slab pour
In the Field · Construction

A truck every 4 minutes: shooting Elan's Starfield slab pour

4 days, 4 pours, 499 truckloads of concrete. Notes from a multi-day shoot on Elan Construction's Starfield 4/5 slab pour in southeast Calgary.

December 12, 2023
6 min read
— Tell us about your project

Tell us about your project.

Open the conversationWe reply within 1 business day
Email
hello (at) plus15.ca
Direct line
+1 403 671 0007
Studio
Calgary, AB · Canada