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Salida

stevez — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 01:09:05 +0000

I went to Salida to shoot a wedding. At the end of town is a large cone like hill with a big S on it. There is a road called Spiral Drive where you can drive to the top. Once at the top, there is a white, empty building with a view.

Ophir Abandoned Buildings

stevez — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 20:43:01 +0000

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 first building with the wildflowers growing in it is SO COOL!

Randomless lives in Telluride

stevez — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:58:20 +0000

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 90s vintage Klein mountain bike, which was The Shizzle back in the day. I also found Herbert, my new frog statue with a tongue that has been chewed off. I meant to do a portrait of him along the road on the way back, but sadly, I forgot. Next time.

I didn’t really take any tourist pics in Telluride. This is it. I tilted it to make sure it wasn’t too boring. Well, maybe it’s boring to you. To me its awesomesauce the way you can see all the way down the end of the street. Maybe I’ll get bored of this effect someday. Today is not that day.

At La Cocina De Luz you can eat your Mexican food in the safety of an old bank vault. How about that door?!

Bear Creek Trail

stevez — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 21:04:29 +0000

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

stevez — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 05:20:41 +0000

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 an unsung fourth reason to stop. A tilt shift madness photos shoot!

Ouray

stevez — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 05:13:06 +0000

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.

Chapter 5

stevez — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 16:07:37 +0000

Driving along the barren interstate at sunset, we were struck by the beauty of the rolling crop fields in central Washington. The sun was setting, and we were reflecting on a spontaneous journey gone by. It seemed like the perfect setting to take some new Facebook profile pics!

That’s all for Chapter 5. You can check out more photos from the trip on Mel’s blog.

Deep in the Washington Forest

stevez — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 07:52:09 +0000

We camped deep in the forest near Rainier. It was wicked magical.

Great Sand Dunes – Sunset Day 1

stevez — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:12:10 +0000

A really cool thing about the Great Sand Dunes National Park, is that you are allowed to camp out on the dunes! It was really a cool experience to hike out there with just a sleeping bag and just sleep under the stars! It also is a great way to be where you need to be for great sunrise photos. Between the camping gear, photography gear, and snowboarding gear, we had quite a bit of gear arrangement to prepare!

Watching the sun set out on the dunes was incredible. The air was super still (thankfully!), and the nighttime temps were quite balmy.

There aren’t enough abandoned buildings in Boulder

stevez — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 23:13:36 +0000

OK, I really need to post some shots from my trip down to the Great Sand Dunes that now seems like about forever ago! First picture of me taken by Melissa Welsh.

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. Boulder County needs more burned down derelict buildings so that I can have more locations for photo entertainment!

Also remember, there is nothing more entertaining than an afro. OK, maybe a mullet.

Small bits of me and my singlespeed

stevez — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 03:09:09 +0000

Summer Riding Season Is Here!

stevez — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 20:10:00 +0000

I did my first two rides in the high country this weekend! The trails are running sweet in Ned, with the exception of the higher stuff which is still clogged with snow. I got turned around on School Bus by snow drifts. But I did ride the new Re-Root section of Root Canal. It’s pretty sweet and even has a couple rock features.

I was riding solo so I don’t have any action pics. Just a couple tilt shift still life portraits of the Bianchi SS.

Pearl Street Mall

stevez — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:25:59 +0000

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.

Angled Focal Plane

stevez — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:20:24 +0000

I finally found a breakfast burrito downtown that doesn’t have eggs in it. It’s at Two Spoons, which also has cool tables. And I got a free cup of hot chocolate.

It took me a while to get the angle of the focus plane just right. I like the line of focus from one corner to the other. This is with the tilt shift rotated at around 45 degrees. I’m getting better at it, but it takes a while to figure it all out.

It’s still snowing

stevez — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:06:09 +0000

The snow was supposed to have let up by now, but it is still snowing in Boulder. We got a ton of moisture, but the temps were warm enough that a lot of the snow has melted as it has come down. Some of the last leaves of fall are still hanging on.

I blinked, and Winter was here

stevez — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:44:42 +0000

Hangin’ on Io’s Porch

stevez — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:00:25 +0000

I spend some time the last two weekends up in Estes Park. My friend Io lives there so I stopped by. She has a porch. And a dog named Amber. I have an 85mm Perspective Control Lens. And a photography problem. This is what happened.

The Aspen verses The Pine

stevez — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:53:00 +0000

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 take the flowers for sure. In this meadow up in Lost Antler Ranch in Estes Park, the aspens and the pines are living in harmony as far as I can tell.

Hiking in the Boulder Foothills

stevez — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:31:05 +0000

Peace and Love on the Rocks, 40th Anniversary of Woodstock Photos

stevez — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:22:21 +0000

I was invited by my friends from Something Underground to hang out backstage and shoot some photos for Peace and Love on the Rocks. There were a bajilliion musicians there rotating in and out, covering favorite songs from the famous music festival of old. It like rocked and stuff. You can see more photos from the event at the Facebook Gallery HERE.