What an evening at the 2015 DOPE Industry Awards! Industry peers voted me the 2015 Photographer of the Year and Western Cultured won Best Producer.
The DOPE Industry Awards took place at the Showbox SODO. i502 producers, processors and retailers wore their red carpet best for this special night. DOPE left lots of swag for attendees and live music enhanced the already impeccable ambiance. Kitty Kitty Bang Bang hosted the show (loved her green dress!) and the Cannabus came to dish out dabs.
It’s the final countdown and I’m celebrating with a Western Cultured Christmas! Whether you’ve been naughty or nice, light up your season with craft flower.
Attending an ugly sweater party or have a ganja loving grandpa? Western Cultured flower, wax and pre-rolls make great gifts for family and friends (although I’d be wary giving it to your boss).
Part one of Western Cultured’s winter editorial is here, so bundle up, grab a pre-roll and light up your season. We’re celebrating the holidays i502 style!
This Thanksgiving marks my first working in i502. Enjoy my photos from last weekend's Friendsgiving hosted by the lovely Zach and Nicole Brennan, as I reflect on everything I'm grateful for.
Fifty pairs of boots, thirty vintage jackets, eight half-gram joints, four models, two outfits each and one northwest bridge went into last Friday’s photo adventure. Western Cultured collaborated with Fauxy Furr Vintage to shoot its first ever editorial at Vance Creek Bridge.
Fauxy Furr Vintage specializes in boots, furs and wool jackets. The company started in 2005 as a resale booth at local markets and expanded nationwide thanks to Etsy. Chrysta Colebourn, founder, describes Fauxy Furr Vintage as, “boho meets glam.”
La Push, Wash. is so remote, we went three days without cell reception. This allowed for long talks, late nights, afternoon hikes, sunset surfs and smoking a ton of Western Cultured pre-rolls. When you're off the grid, you get to know people.
We spent our days lounging at Second Beach and Third Beach. Large driftwood warmed by the sun was perfect for naps. When the guys weren't catching waves, they were catching fish, which fed our crew both nights. We built a massive bonfire, danced, watched the stars and felt appreciative for moments like these.
While most people recover after Independence Day, I hit the trail to hike Lake Blanca. This blue beauty has been on my bucket list and nothing, not even a patriotic hangover, could hold me back.
I arrived at the trailhead around 9 AM and temperatures already topped the 80's. The 3300-foot incline felt like forever. Sweat dripped into my eyes. I pushed onward, encouraged others and eventually made trail friends with some equally hungover hikers.
Foggy forests, serene streams and Western Cultured cannabis — these are a few of our favorite things. Liz and I elevated our holiday weekend with a hike to Lake Olallie in the Cascade Mountains.
One of our favorite things is to hike in the rain. You see the forest the way it’s meant to be – lush. No need to pack an umbrella. The trees provide a canopy to keep hikers dry.