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Boulder Colorado Mountain Landscapes: Snow in August!

stevez — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:41:59 +0000

I was heading down to that fashion show and there was a break in the weather. The storm that brought three and a half inches of rain to Boulder also left a blanket of snow on the mountain peaks above 10000 feet. If I was ambitious I could have gone up and gotten some powder turns in mid-August. Well, beyond ambitious I’d have to abandon my job! So I settled for snapping some pictures of the landscape. Enjoy!

Is that a Coors Light between your legs or are you just happy to see me?

stevez — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:01:01 +0000

Da Hood

stevez — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:21:03 +0000

I needed to do some testing of my 28mm 1.8 lens so I took some pictures out at the park by my house. They weren’t very exciting, so I tweaked them out in Adobe Camera Raw. The Buddha was there.

Denver Colorado Environmental Business Portrait Shoot

stevez — Fri, 23 May 2008 05:14:41 +0000

One byproduct of all this crazy Colorado spring weather has been lots of cool clouds to shoot under. Last week I woke up early one morning to notice a cool, moody overcast sky. I was itching to overpower the sun with some of my Strobist gear so I tried rounding up a model at the last minute. I wasn’t successful, but I did convince my fellow photographer Bobby Turner to bust out a business suit and some pomade and head out to the country. Later that day I ironically came across a story in The Onion about Guys With Slicked Back Hair!

By the time we started shooting the clouds were just breaking up, and gave way to beautiful puffy clouds and blue sky. I’m really happy with the wrap around lighting that I used. I think the images have a nice 3-D look to them. If you are interested in more of the details of the shoot and the technical, how-to, Strobist info, you can check out my post on the Boulder Strobist website HERE.

I’m getting more and more requests for cool, edgy, and fun business portraits. It seems a lot of professionals are tired of having their photos taken in front of boring blue studio backgrounds. Which is of course great news for me! I just had a great photo session in Denver yesterday for a paid client, so this type of shoot is becoming more common for me. Thanks for reading and have a great weekend!

I was selected for another Art Gallery Exhibit

stevez — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 23:12:28 +0000

Faithful readers will recall the Geometry show where I had a photograph showing a couple months back. That photo, ‘Draw of the Bridge’, was then selected out of the show to go show somewhere else. I don’t really even know where it is at this point! Which is besides the point, which is that I applied for another show at the same gallery last week and got 2 photos selected. The show is called Landscape From the Outside In. I have no idea what the title even means. I’m going to have to go to the show to find out. Basically, the gallery wanted ‘alternative’ landscapes, something different than the pretty flowers and mountains and fall colors that we see all too much here in Colorado. So I submitted 8 black and white photos of landscapes that are a bit different from normal. I’ll be posting some of the ones that didn’t get picked first. I sent 2 of the airplane shots below. The photo in today’s post came very close to making the final cut of 45 photos (out of over 300), but lost out in the end. I think the show opens two weeks from today at the Flash Gallery in the Belmar area of Lakewood, but I’ll verify the date later.

This photo was taken in Napa over Easter. I noticed this gnarly old vineyard, and it stood out in constrast from the thousands of acres of meticulously manicured vineyards that surround the area. I also like the texture of the uncut, sunlit grass blades.