http://www.steve-z.com a Denver/Boulder based Freelance Photographer Sun, 11 May 2008 07:38:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last weekend I got together with a small group of local Boulder photographers for a photography practice session. We are starting a local community that shoots using small off-camera flashes, in the style of the Strobist Website. John Heisel got the idea to start a blog about it. ... http://www.steve-z.com/2008/05/11/introducing-the-boulder-strobist-blogspot/ I've been going through some of my old files and I found some photos from Key West that I never processed. I can't believe I forgot about Dominique and his flying housecats! Dominique, also known as The Catman, has been putting on sunset shows at the pier in Key West ... http://www.steve-z.com/2008/05/08/key-west-photos-of-the-catman-dominique-and-his-flying-housecats/ I'm imagining that I'm sitting on the beach, squishing the warm sand in between my toes. Mmmmmmmm. http://www.steve-z.com/2008/05/07/warm-sand-between-your-toes/ Spring has finally sprung here in Boulder and I'm enjoying riding my bike to the studio in shorts for a change. Spring also means that it's graduation time, and time to shoot some senior portrait photography.  Brett just graduated from CU and was looking for just a headshot for his ... http://www.steve-z.com/2008/05/06/boulder-senior-portrait-photographer-steve-z-photography/ I was just sitting in my office today trying to get some work done like a good boy when I got the call. Barnow and I have been talking about going flying for a year now. I considered declining . . . but I figured that I shouldn't ... http://www.steve-z.com/2008/05/05/i-flew-a-plane-today/ Happy Cinco de Mayo! Welcome to Part 2 of the Crystal Fashion Shoot. Chronicalogically this was Part 1, but never mind that! Crystal needed a photo to run in her local La Junta newspaper in an ad for Cinco de Mayo festivities. I could have taken ... http://www.steve-z.com/2008/05/05/feliz-cinco-de-mayo-mexican-fashion-photography-in-boulder/ I have been on the lookout for interesting locations to shoot in Boulder.  I keep whining that Boulder doesn't have much interesting architecture to shoot in front of.  It seems that everywhere you turn there are more brick buildings.  I was determined to find somewhere urban and edgy to shoot ... http://www.steve-z.com/2008/05/01/model-fashion-photos-in-downtown-boulder-colorado-with-crystal/ Last week I went on my first Cruiser Ride of the year. We met up at our new start location at Salzburg Park ready for the first warm Thursday of the year.  Unfortunately it turned cold and windy right before the start! Oh well, we had a great ... http://www.steve-z.com/2008/04/28/chopper-swing-bike-at-speed/ After the SkiJam I was out for the count for a couple days with a head cold. Usually what happens when I get sick is that at first I sleep a lot. Then after a day or two of not exercising and resting, I have trouble sleeping because I'm ... http://www.steve-z.com/2008/04/24/insomnia-photos/ Wadda Ta my Dillies?!? This past Saturday I awoke with a fairly significant sore throat. Bummer. It's Ski Jam Day! So what's a guy to do? Well, if you are me then you suck it up, put on The Cosby Sweater, drown the scratchiness with adult beverages, and keep ... http://www.steve-z.com/2008/04/22/boulder-cruiser-skijam-4-at-abasin/ Last week The T-Bar presented “Touch These!!!”; a breast self examination awareness fashion show at Bacaro. The $5 collected at the door went to the Susan G. Komen foundation. Some local kids were out there strutin’ their stuff in the latest lingerie from The T-Bar. I showed up with ... http://www.steve-z.com/2008/04/18/fashion-show-photos-charity-event-to-raise-awareness-for-breast-self-exams/ It was 82 degrees in Boulder yesterday, and it was glorious! It was the perfect day to get out on the cuiser bike and roll around town. It was also a perfect day to ramp up the mountain biking vibe. The Boulder Mountain Bike Alliance (BMA) held a meeting ... http://www.steve-z.com/2008/04/16/boulder-mountain-bike-alliance-trail-crew-kickoff-party/ http://www.steve-z.com/2008/04/13/silence/ With all this winter weather still going on in Colorado it has been tough to get my engagement photo shoots going. Last weekend was sunny and warm and I was able to squeeze in a shoot before the next snowstorm rolled in. I've been getting a little bored of shooting ... http://www.steve-z.com/2008/04/12/denver-engagement-portrait-photography-shoot-with-shauna-and-bryan/ It's been quite a crazy busy week for me. It's taken me almost a whole work week to even get some measly cell phone pictures off the phone and onto the blog. The boys and I took out our first Walker Ranch mountain bike ride of the year ... http://www.steve-z.com/2008/04/11/walker-ranch-cross-processed-cell-phone-pics/ Last week I was hired to photograph a corporate event outside of Denver in Golden; the opening of a new high-tech mineralogy research lab at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden. The project was largely made possible through a partnership with the Australian based Intellection Corp. There were all ... http://www.steve-z.com/2008/04/09/corporate-event-photography-coverage-intellection-and-colorado-school-of-mines-open-the-advanced-mineralogy-research-center-amrc/ OK lets see how many people I can get to post something.  Timmy O'neill is back in town for a spell, and called me up to go on a ride this weekend.  We heading up to Betasso for my first loop of the year.  Timmy always likes to go hard, ... http://www.steve-z.com/2008/04/07/caption-contest-for-the-steve-z-beating-timmy-oneill-photo/ It is always important to bring extra clothes when you go skiing in the mountains. You never can be 100% sure that you are going to make it back when you think you will. Monday started out normally enough, and Davidson, Byron and I headed up to Vail ... http://www.steve-z.com/2008/04/01/the-trapped-in-vail-adventure/ I had a recent photo shoot at a local Denver bar. Photos from that shoot are coming soon. While I was there I had some fun with the 50mm f1.4 lens. http://www.steve-z.com/2008/03/30/champagne-and-whiskey/ While I was in Vegas I shared a room with another photographer from San Fransisco, Jarda Brych. On the second day of the convention he planned a shoot at the Neon Museum Boneyard.  The Boneyard is a graveyard of hundreds of historic old casino signs, and a pretty cool place ... http://www.steve-z.com/2008/03/28/weddingfashion-shoot-at-the-neon-museum-boneyard-in-las-vegas/