Here we are with my final Telluride post. I’m going to have to find some local fun to keep this blog going over the next month! River and I took a little drive out of town to the micro-town of Ophir. I was quite excited to find some trashed out buildings to play in. The...
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Randomless lives in Telluride
Telluride is full of all sorts of marvlicious randomness. And you know how I love to take photos of randomness! About a block from the gondola in town is a house, with a fence made of skis, and a pile of random junk lying in the yard. And amongst the random junk is a mid...
Bear Creek Trail
After my wedding on Wednesday I got out for a quick hike from the town of Telluride. The weather was unbelievably schizophrenic, and it would change from sun to rain about every 3 minutes. I walked with only my 45mm Tilt Shift Lens, always looking to tie together compositional elements. Steve-Z.com = perspective misalignment!
Vintage Used Car Lot
On the drive to Telluride, we passed through the town of Delta, Colorado. Just another ambiguous small town on the Western Slope, there are only three reasons for a passer-though to stop: Food, gas, or possibly some crystal meth. When I saw this lot full of rusted out vintage cars, I realized that there is...
Ouray
If you drive to Ouray, there is an overlook over town, where you can take the same photo that 8 million other people have already taken. 7,999,999 of them do not have the focal plane aligned with Main Street, however.
Ridgeway Colorado has Uberfantastish Sunsets
Aw. A sunset. Isn’t that special? Well, it was pretty schweet. I took these photos from the deck of a shirtless tattooed dude. He offered us snow peas that were growing on the deck along with a lot of tomatoes. He showed us the shelves where he started them in March. He says that he...
Great Sand Dunes – The Final Chapter!
Here we are at the grand finale of Steve and Mel’s Great Sand Dunes adventure! In case you haven’t been following along, so far we’ve seen: Chapter 1 – Sunrise Landscapes Chapter 2 – Afternoon Planning Chapter 3 – Dune Camping & Night Shots Having checked out the appetizers, let’s dive into the main course;...
Great Sand Dunes – Afternoon Day 1
After shooting the sunrise photos, Melissa and I headed up to the dunes for some hiking and sandboarding. What is sand boarding you ask?!? Well, the dunes are steep enough to actually ride down on skis or a snowboard. I chose an old snowboard, since there doesn’t seem to be anything fun about hiking up...
Great Sand Dunes – Sunrise Day 1
We drove into the Great Sand Dunes National Park after nightfall. I didn’t really know what to expect, exactly. I did know that the dunes were only going to photograph well at sunrise and sunset. On the first morning my internal clock woke me up at first light. I found out that it was going...
National Trails Day: Betasso Preserve, Boulder Colorado
June 5th was National Trails Day, and I lent some photographing skills to help promote the creation and maintenance of our local trail network. Boulder Mountain Bike Alliance hosted a big trail building day at Betasso Preserve. In case you didn’t know, Betasso is getting a brand new loop, called the Benjamin Trail, that will...
Space Goats
I believe that mountain goats are actually from another planet. True story.
Road Trip!
I set out on a good old fashioned road trip last week. It was part of a staycation that was the result of a visit from an out of the country friend. We headed down to the Great Sand Dunes in southern Colorado. The dunes are one of those places that I’ve been meaning to...
Indian Peaks Wilderness in Fall
Well there hasn’t been too much blogging around here lately! I’ve been busy shooting a lot of fall and holiday portraits, and generally wrapping up 2009. I’m looking forward to a big trip down to Mexico in two weeks. So while the main goal will be rest and relaxation, you know I’ll have some pictures...
So it begins…
Here I am on the ski lift at Copper Mountain for Opening Day 2009! I think this is my first Colorado opening day, as I’m not usually a fan of battling the crowds on the Ribbon of Death! But, my friend Doug from Elevation Outdoors scored us some tickets, so I thought it would be...
Pearl Street Mall
And today is a gorgeous sunny day in Boulder. A great day to be outside . . . unfortunately I’ve got a SUPER busy week. I did step out for lunch and take a quick shot outside the office.
Meniskus at the Brick House
I took a quick break from editing madness on a Saturday night to go check out Meniskus at the Lazy Dog AKA Brick House. I was playing with my new Nikon 35mm f/1.8G in super low light scenario. It was DARK in there! So rather than try to hide my low-ISO noise, I decided to...
Shooting Elk in Rocky Mountain National Park
No, not shooting to kill, shooting to blog! I can’t believe it has already been two weeks since I shot these pictures. Time is just flyin’ on by. I usually don’t like taking touristy pictures, but these beasts are just so big and cool I couldn’t help myself. This first shot is in Moraine Park....
The Aspen verses The Pine
I love aspen groves. We have a lot of pine forests in the Front Range, and they just aren’t as pretty. If an aspen tree and a pine tree got in a fight, the pine tree would probably win. Aspen trees are lovers, not fighters. In a Miss Perennial Woody Plant competition, the aspen would...
Skull
I found this skeleton hanging on the fence at Lost Antler Ranch. I’m not sure what animal it is . . . I’m guessing that it’s an elk?
