Last Sunday, a fresh blanket of snow covered Denver and the temperature dipped below the zero mark. We rose to grey skies and a city silent under eight inches of powdery white fluff. It was Super Bowl Sunday, but we had more on our minds that watching two teams collide for a treasured trophy and bragging rights. Over the last …
Pin-Up #2
This is the second shoot of a little project that I have been working on for the last year. Every couple of months I look for new models who are willing to participate in my Pin-Up project. We set the date for a Sunday afternoon and rendezvoused at a secret location in Highlands Ranch. It is secret simply because nobody …
Episode #10 – Brady Kappius
Every year I shoot thousands of bike racers. Some race mountain bikes. Others are die hard roadies. Some like to mix it up a little and dabble in a mountain bike race here and a road race there. And then, there are the Cross racers. Outside of the Northwest, Boulder seems to have the most died-in-the-wool, true-blue, hard-core cross racers …
Episode #9 – Angela des Cognets
It seems that every year there is an up-and-coming rider who puts a serious hurt on the field. In fact, I have featured a few of these riders and they seem to just take off after their first year. The next racer has been competitive athlete all of her life. Gymnastics was her sport of choice for a long time, …
Changing of the Season
This week a chilly nip crept into the air. At night, the city finally cooled down and the long-sleeve shirt or the sweater wasn’t out of the question. Fall, or Autumn (as my British buddy Jon, likes to call it) is the most enchanting of seasons. Life takes a decidedly slower pace, the light gets softer and the leaves begin …
Episode #8 – Ingrid Alongi
I have been fortunate to see quite a bit of bike racing in my career as a photographer. There are always new people to meet and new disciplines to experience. In the biking world, all genres seem completely different and unique. Each has it’s own lingo, it’s own special gear, and it’s own funny sayings and snobbish eccentricities. The downhillers have …
Racing is Black and White
There isn’t a single person who hasn’t seen the old images from the Tour de France and thought “man, those are some cool shots”. Race photography comes at us these days with such hyper-real clarity, and amazing color that, at times, it can be a little overwhelming. And this is coming from a photographer that LOVES to make life look …
Episode #7- Chris Winn
The Hugo Road Race is one of the classic races in the Denver area that ALWAYS comes with a story. This year brought temperatures that scorched every single rider and winds that steadily howled. It seemed to be a day that was destined to last for ever. The sun beat down every single racer. The skin of each rider was …
When it Rains…..
Last week I was sitting in the car waiting for a client to show up. All week it had been sunny and the early morning light was perfect for a shooting. Today however, as I sat in my car, the clouds opened up, the fog rolled in like a lumbering old man and a steady drizzle threatened to end the …
Out In the Oil Fields
Growing up in Wyoming, the lights from the glowing oil derrik seemed to be the western version of the Northern Lights. They were untouchable and mysterious. They represented a world I knew nothing about. I remember driving through the vast empty space between Green River and Laramie, lost in thought. Pondering what life must be like on a rig. After …
Another Day at the Office
One of the areas that I have been totally getting into this year is….making movies from still photography. This type of work is blowing up right now. And, there is not set form or structure. These shorts are on the internet all over the place. Most recently photographers are being nabbed up by companies such as At&t and major insurance …
Monday Night Lights
Sitting in the first corner, I try to get myself as small as possible (eternally a challenge) so that the cyclists don’t clip me as they race by. Bike racing is always a challenging sport to shoot. It’s not like you can simply stand in front of the competitors and ask “hey can you hold that pose for just a …
Cleaning out the Closet
Every so often I sit down at the computer and start wandering back through old photos. I used to do this when I was in grade school. In fact, I used to do it in high school, and college too. The old memories return, flooding my mind with emotion and seemingly lost events. I find it refreshing to reflect on …
All Terrain Shoes – A.T.S’s
I am drawn to cool short movies that are shot using “Stop Motion” techniques and/or by shooting with high-speed shutter option of still cameras. One of the coolest videos that has caught my eye is by a German photographer/producer, Roman Kuhn. He produced a five minute short that tells the tale of the new Mercedes Mclaren and a sneaking paparazzo. …
Celebrations in Denver
In 1965 Rachel B. Noel was elected to the Denver Public Schools Board of Education. This successful election made Mrs. Noel the first African American Woman elected to public office in the State of Colorado. In 2008 Mrs. Noel passed away leaving a living legacy of hope, tolerance, and inspiration that thousands of people benefit from today. A month ago …
Riding In the High Desert
Almost 5 months ago, my long-time buddy, Phil McIntosh and I headed back to the small town in Southwestern Wyoming where we grew up. We both had a bunch of work to finish up so we didn’t begin our six hour trip until early evening. But, in our heads that was perfect. It was the first time in a LONG …
Urban Assault
Earlier this week my friend Paige Eden and I took a short trip east of town in search of an abandoned airfield. We had heard about many different airfields but most of them no longer exist. Paige turned me on to this cool photography site that explores urban ruins. These folks have it down, they check out old asylums, empty …
Wandering 2/7/10
It’s 9am Sunday morning and the city feels sleepy under the lightly falling snow. The silence is strange since it is Super Bowl Sunday. People should be hustling from one place to another. But they’re not. The snow has made everyone a little sluggish, a little slow. This morning inspired me to wander through my neighborhood. I wanted to talk …
Pin-Ups
I love photographing people. A couple of months ago, I was talking with a good friend of mine and she happened to mention how she thought 1950’s style pin-ups were some of the coolest images of women ever made. She pulled out some old Betty Paige calendars, that her father had given her, and we wasted the better part of …
Chile – A Catharsis
2009 was a DOOZY. When I think over the past year, I can’t count the number of people that feel the same way. Personally it was one for the record books. I am a firm believer in marking significant events. Keeping them in mind. Honoring them. Our recent trip to Santiago, Chile was such a marker. It designated an end …
Episode#5-Alison Powers
About two years ago, I met Alison while working at a local bike shop. At the time I had no idea she was such and incredible racer. What struck me was how kind and genuine she was. Well to tell you the truth, I was really taken by her awesome curly hair and her amazing smile…..who isn’t? I soon changed …
Episode#4 – Eszter Horanyi
Eszter Horanyi, what can I say……..THIS GIRL FEELS NO PAIN. Any person that can win a 24 hour race is someone to reckoned with. Not to mention, she won it all alone! I was fortunate enough to meet Eszter a couple of weeks ago while on a shoot for an article posted on MTB Race News. We spent the morning around …
Episode #3-Jon Pulley
Episode three takes us across the ocean to “The Mother Land”. This short story starts out some years ago in England….I am not sure where in England it started, but I am sure it all started in England. Fast forward some 40 odd years, move from England to the thriving suburb of Westminster and you are now up to speed …
Episode #2 – Susannah Gordon
One of the first people I met in the cycling world of Colorado is still one of my favorites. I bumped into (literally) Susannah Gordon 3 years ago at a coffee shop on Pennsylvania Street during the ColoBikeLaw beginning of the year mixer. At that time she was just one of the ladies in the mix. Now, fast-forward three years. …
CAF Cruiser Criterium
What a race!!!! So, in the midst of two tornados, hail, torrential down pour and some very upset road cyclists, the CAF Cruiser Criterium of 2009 was a smashing success. All of the volunteers made the silent auction run as smoothly as possible during the rain storm and ensured that the items for sale stayed dry and safely tucked inside the …
Fishing In Fall
As the leaves turned to a golden hue, the stream was as clear as the Colorado sky and just about perfect for fly fishing. I look forward to this season as it signals a slowing down of the life cycle, a resting time for all things. It certainly is a time to reunite with friends and spend some quality time …
At The Hangar
This last week I had the opportunity to visit my buddy Steve at his office. It just so happens that his office is an airplane hanger that houses two pretty awesome jets. Steve was looking for a creative corporate portrait that he could use to document the last few years of work. So, I met him for a 7am photo …
In the FootHills
Today we were fortunate enough to have one of those classic Colorado days, crystal blue skies and about 70 degrees. Mike Mauro (www.mauromedia.com), Dirk Ruge, Kari White, Mike’s nephew Kolton, and I all headed into the foothills to shoot images around the theme of “trail running”. It was quite a day, Kari soared back and forth over a ravine, giving …