Hartel says is thrilled to show her work to her fellow Grande Prairie residents.

“It was fun to have people come into there and look at the photos, and I was able to speak about my photos and other people’s photos who are also parts of the professional photographers of Canada in Alberta,” she says. “And as I was there, my parents actually showed up to see my images up on the wall, which was very special.”

She says photography shows off the different vision that each photographer brings to their subjects.

“You can photograph the same phot, and come up with a different vison from that photo,” she says. “It’s awesome to take a photo, put it into competition and then see it displayed with all of the other photographers that have all of these amazing shots up there.”

Hartel and the other photographer’s work will be displayed at London Drugs until June 15, with plans for it to move to the Teresa Sargent Hall before going on display at the Calgary Stampede.