We met for four hours and only just scratched the surface. From it, you could write volumes.

So the question became how do you capture it all in this little piece? Quite simply, I concluded, you can't. It's all too enthralling; all worthy of attention and so much fun to hear.

The adage is true; a picture is worthy of a thousand words.

Patrick Price knows it and lives it.

The renown Cochrane photographer has been telling stories through his lenses that have circled the globe in news publications, magazines and books. Tonight, Oct. 26, just a taste of what he's captured will be on display and for sale at the opening of a long overdue show, amply titled "It's About Time Photo Exhibit." The show opens at 6 p.m. in the Just Imagin Art Gallery and Studio, 320-1st St. W.

The stories are as diverse as the places and situations he has covered for daily national newspapers and newswire services before serving with both the Cochrane Times and Cochrane Eagle.

He's captured British royalty in the only time he has admitted to briefly wearing a tux.

As a relative newbie in the news world, he was there when Wayne Gretzky lifted the Stanley Cup for the first time and patiently stuck around the dressing room long enough to get some exclusive photos afterward. He has photographed some of the greats and not so greats in the Canadian sports scene and they've appeared in publications across North America.

Price was there when Eddie the Eagle flew at the Calgary Olympics and his imagines of those monumental games equally fly off the pages of a photography book dedicated to the landmark event.

For years, there wasn't a prime minister or political dignitary that visited Alberta he didn't photograph. There's a story for pretty much everyone. Price particularly likes to tells of how he enjoyed the playfulness and sincerity of Jean Chretien that was contrasted by the arrogance of Brian Mulroney.

No news photographer has brought as much attention to the iconic scenery of the Cochrane area as Price. His photos our this area's proud rural heritage have graced the front and inside pages of national and international newspapers.

In one case, he held back a photograph he wanted to make the front cover of the first edition of the National Post in 1998. It didn't. Instead, Canada's new national newspaper ran, as Price likes to say, "a photo of that great Canadian John Glenn" (Glenn was an American astronaut /politician). The photograph taken in a local farmer's field did, however, make the f Globe and Mail.

Likewise, his rodeo photography has caught the attention of those in places in the world where the sport is an anomaly... and in points east in Canada.

Price has been a movie extra on occasion as, what else, a news photographers. One of those starred Cybill Shepherd who demanded all cameras be checked to make sure no one had loaded film. Price compiled and they found no film in his camera. Afterwards he snuck a role of film into the camera and grab a few frames. One appeared in a Calgary newspaper the next day. That photo is among the hundreds in his show.

Price has a particular fascination with the moon and it will be interesting to see what images he offers for sale. Likewise, you won't find a finer collection of photos of osprey and other fine-feathered friends we're so fortunate to have grace our area.

And then there's an unbelievably well-timed image of a hot air balloon/moose moment, the showing of a movie on the side of a grain elevator and the toppling of grain elevators long gone.

Price's patience and forethought have paid off in finding that perfect moment to trigger the shutter, truly making photography an art form.

So, yes, it's about time Patrick Price had a show. 

A selection of photographs spanning 37 years of his career will be available for sale at a very reasonable price. Larger framed photographs are selling for a mere $70 and smaller unframed prints will be available for $20. Act quick, or lose out.

His hardcover photography book "Range Life" will also be available for purchase.

Come enjoy the show, and maybe you'll get a chance to chat with him about the stories behind the photos. 

Unfortunately, this will be the last show at Just Imagin before it closes its doors on Nov. 3.