Can you name a single photographer, alive or dead other than Ansel Adams? That is a question I ask my photography students. Often they can name one or two because they are studying photography, but if I posed that question to the general public, I wonder how many could name a photographer. I wonder how[more…]
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Portraits in Alma, Colorado These are a few sample images from a portrait session I did near Montgomery Reservoir above Alma, Colorado. Alma is probably best known as the location where the Comedy Central show, South Park, is loosely based on. We did the portrait session at the west side of the reservoir around[more…]
What makes one photographer different from another? To be sure, a large part of it is our imagery, but there is more to it than that. Successful businesses excel at being able to get the message out to consumers what it is that makes their brand different. Professional photographers tend to be very bad at[more…]
Happy two year anniversary to Yvonne and Craig. This was an incredibly fun wedding to photograph. The wedding itself was at Craig’s parents home in the hills above Monterey, California. The next day, I accompanied Yvonne and Craig to the beach at Big Sur for photos in the gorgeous sunset. Craig is an F-16[more…]
Today is Jess and David’s one year anniversary. Congratulations to a great couple who were tremendous fun to photograph. All the best on many more years to come.
Imagine you are photographing a wedding ceremony, and right as the bride begins to walk down the aisle, your camera breaks. It becomes completely non functional to the point where you can’t even turn it off. What do you do? Do you panic? Do you ask to stop the ceremony? Do you pull out your[more…]
The Breckenridge Ice Castles are an amazing venue to photograph in. Every year as soon as it gets cold, they start adding water a little at a time, and allowing it to freeze into beautiful formations. This year they also added colored LED lights inside the ice itself to further add to the surreal beauty of the place. When this model contacted me about doing a winter photo shoot in Breckenridge, I knew this had to be the place.
Sometimes people wonder how important the photos are of everyone getting ready for a wedding. To me, they are one of the most important parts of the day for two reasons. First, compared to the ceremony and reception, almost no one will be snapping photos while you are getting ready. Second, they are one of[more…]
Location: Breckenridge, Colorado Venue: Sapphire Point Mark and Kristen had an exciting and intimate ceremony at Sapphire Point near Breckenridge, Colorado. High winds and cold weather did not deter from the beautiful ceremony with many family and friends in attendance. After there ceremony, the three of us went down to Breckenridge for some wedding photos[more…]
Location: Breckenridge, Colorado Venue: The Breckenridge Ice Castles I had the pleasure of photographing this beautiful model, Maggie, at the Breckenridge Ice Castles a few weeks ago. A pretty heavy snow started falling in the middle of our shoot which resulted in some pretty dramatic photographs and one very cold model.