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Limited Edition Print: “Eclipsis”

12.15.2011 - By
Categories: Just fun, News
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On December 10th there was a lunar eclipse that I couldn’t resist getting up early to photograph. From that shoot I created the image “Eclipsis”. This image has now been shared on Facebook around the world and has become a favorite. After a few requests I have decided to offer this as a limited edition fine art photographic print. Limited to 50 prints in each size.

Offered in three sizes:
10×20 $175
15×30 $225
20X40 $299

All sizes will be printed on a metallic photographic paper, mounted and finished with a high gloss and linen texture.

Please email or contact the studio at 303.514.0834 to order or get more information.

"Eclipsis" Lunar eclips over rocky mountains

After Dark Cincinnati

05.23.2011 - By
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Kathy and I have had the privilege and honor to be mentors at After Dark Cincinnati. After Dark is a unique concept in photography education focused on helping professional photographers improve there creative vision, photography skills and business practices in a very hands on way. We have the opportunity to share and learn from other professional photographers from all over the country. Many of the After Dark shoots and classes go well into the late night hours. I was out with a group of students and Mark Fitzgibbons who is a mentor from Minnesota at 3am shooting the woman at night below. Cincinnati was a near ghost town at 3 am as we were about to wrap up our session when a TV news truck pulled up and asked it they could interview us. We gladly gave an interview and even used his powerful TV lights with our flashes to make an image of our own.

Cincinnati was a wonderful experience and we are really looking forward to the next After Dark event that will be in Charlotte, North Carolina, September 26-28th. See the After Dark website to learn more.

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We are featured on a new Colorado Professional Wedding Photographer site

04.18.2011 - By
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The bar for quality wedding photography is always being raised by the true professionals nationwide but also here in Denver, Boulder and Colorado.  A new web site Professional Wedding Photographers of Denver has been created to help brides and grooms find the true professional wedding photographers in Denver for weddings on the front range and beyond. We hear so many horror stories about botched weddings shot by good intending but unqualified people that are hired by a bride and groom that are willing to sacrifice a true professional to save a little money. During the wedding planning this might seem like a great plan but afterwards it often leads to much regret and dashed hopes of quality images as a heirloom keepsake.

The Professional Wedding Photographers site is a new creation to spotlight the true professional wedding photographers working in Colorado today. To be featured on this site you have to have the Certified Professional Photographer credential (CPP) that is issued from the Professional Photographic Certification Commission. Those who have earned these certifications have passed a comprehensive written exam measuring their technical expertise, have successfully submitted their work to a panel of judges for review and approval, and abide by a professional code of ethics. A photographer must re-certify through the Professional Photographic Certification Commission to show that they are maintaining a high level of technical and artistic competency, assuring that their clients’ expectation of the standards of excellence are consistently being met.

Kathy and myself have been CPPs for quite a few years. When asked by couples for a referral of another photographer when we have their wedding date already booked.  The first qualifier to finding a competent and professional photographer is making sure they are a Certified Professional Photographer then that the client is drawn to the photographers style and personality. This is key to having successful wedding photography.

Please use the links above to gather more information on hiring a CPP photographer.

Two weeks in Vegas

03.10.2011 - By
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I haven’t really blogged much about our amazing experience teaching all aspects of photography at the After Dark Education photography workshops across the country. So far we have taught in Portland, New Orleans and now Las Vegas and Cincinnati in May. We get to teach aspiring and full time professional photographers from all over the country. To be honest I feel like I have learned as much as I have taught. I walk away from each event totally inspired. Over the last two weeks we took a few days to shoot personal work on the way to and from Las Vegas. Kathy and I then spent four jam packed days teaching and shooting with After Dark all over Las Vegas and the surrounding desert. Then after After Dark we jumped over to the MGM Grand for the next four days at the WPPI convention, One of the largest conventions and trade-shows for photographers in North America. It was great to see many old friends and see what new ideas many of our suppliers had for 2011. After WPPI we took the long way through the Utah desert with a stop in Zion National Park to hike the Angels Landing trail. Then home after two weeks out of the office with lots of catch up to do.

Here are some of my favorite images from this two weeks. I hope you enjoy them!

I taught a magazine style adventure sports class the first day at AD. This was one of my favorites!

I taught a magazine style adventure sports class the first day at AD. This was one of my favorites!

another from the adventure sports class

Another from the adventure sports class.

Outside of the After Dark classes I had the pleasure of doing a bridal shoot in Nelson, NV.

Outside of the After Dark classes I had the pleasure of doing a bridal shoot in Nelson, NV.

More fun with a pretty girl in a big white dress. I love the lines in this one!

More fun with a pretty girl in a big white dress. I love the lines in this one!

A portrait of the great Josh Adams in a mine shaft in the Nevada desert.

A portrait of the great Josh Adams in a mine shaft in the Nevada desert.

I love this environment with great dawn light to create another powerful bridal portrait.

I love this environment with great dawn light to create another powerful bridal portrait.

This is a little closer view. I'd love to photograph more brides in the desert!

This is a little closer view. I'd love to photograph more brides in the desert!

This was fun!

This was fun!

The Las Vegas Parkour club was the main event of my last class I taught. These guys were so talented and fun to work with.

The Las Vegas Parkour club was the main event of my last class I taught. These guys were so talented and fun to work with.

After some time on the roof of the hilton we moved into the studio and I shot this.

After some time on the roof of the Hilton we moved into the studio and I shot this.

Kathys hiking the Angels landing trail.

Kathys hiking the Angels landing trail.

lots of snow in the Boulder Mountains of Utah. This is surrounded by the red rock desert Southern Utah is know for.

Lots of snow in the Boulder Mountains of Utah. This is surrounded by the red rock desert southern Utah is known for.

Peter Self Portrait

This is the best way to break up a long drive across the desert. Dirt hill handstands self portrait.

Ridges to the sky.

Ridges to the sky.

Our last night camping in the desert right outside of Grand junction, CO

Our last night camping in the desert right outside of Grand junction, CO

One Ski Hill Place Breckenridge’s newest wedding venue

10.04.2010 - By
Categories: News, Weddings
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This was such an treat, honor and just great experience. This summer we did a shoot at One Ski Hill Place in Breckenridge for Rock Resorts. This is Rock Resorts largest building project ever and is sure to be a classic Colorado high country wedding venue in no time. One Ski Hill Place needed images to show this grand venue to perspective clients as it was brand new and ready to host weddings of all sizes with a grand Colorado mountain feel.

At this point they had just finished construction and needed images to show perspective Brides and Grooms all the cool options for a One Ski Hill Place wedding, and my job was to create images that captured the feel of a wedding there.  I started in the Ballrooms that had been completely decorated to look just like a wedding day with full linens and table settings topped with gorgeous flowers from Bloom Flower Shop – it was just like a real wedding without all the people.

We then wanted to shoot some images with a Bride and Groom. I had contacted Josh and Alicia one of my favorite wedding couples from 2009 to come up to Breckenridge and help us with this project. They brought their wedding dress and suit and we had a blast shooting fun images in this amazing facility. We even went up on the lifts and rode the Alpine Slide back down. I don’t know too many brides that would consider this in their, dress but Alicia jumped at the chance. I tried not to get run over as they zoomed by me standing on the sides of the track.

This was a great experience and I’d like to sincerely thank Kelly and Cat for the opportunity to create these images for Rock Resorts and One Ski Hill Place. I really look forward to capturing a real wedding at One Ski Hill Place soon.
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