Archive for June, 2009
Ascaris in Westword
Saturday, June 27th, 2009
I had the opportunity to shoot the metal band Ascaris recently… Considering the drummer is one of my best friends the job was easy to get…
Congrats to them for getting a full page write up in the Westword, an alternative weekly here in Denver just like the Village Voice in nyc… So they obviously needed a photo to go with the story, and they used one that I took for them on our last shoot together…
Look for more pics to come as I’m going to their cd release show tonight at the Larimer Lounge… Check it out!
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Walks
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
I’ve started a little creative exercise for myself… Basically I just walk around with a camera and shoot whatever catches my eye… I don’t look at the back of the camera, in fact lately I’ve been shooting film… A kind of getting back to what excited me about photography before I went to school… Just the act of walking around and recording what is interesting to me and hopefully being pleasantly surprised when I see the results…
The whole digital/computer world has been annoying me recently… I’m not sure why. The countless hours sitting in front of the computer, the constant checking the lcd on the camera to make sure everything is ok, the inconsistent digital prints, and the incessant bombardment of new products… The latter is great sure, but by the time I procure new equipment, it’s already outdated…
Whaaa! Poor me… Enough with the whining. Basically, I’m kinda in a rut these days and I’m working to dig out… I’ll make it eventually. I love photography.
So, with that said, check out a couple images from one of my recent ‘walks’ -
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Denver Headshots
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
Shot another actor recently… Emerson called and needed some headshots as he was about to embark on a big audition for colleges! Hopefully a shiny new headshot will help 
Check it out -
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Inspiration
Sunday, June 14th, 2009
Sometimes inspiration just presents itself and you can’t help but be affected… I’ve seen and read two things this weekend that both made sense to me in different but complimenting ways. So a journey must be embarked upon, not physically but spiritually intellectually.
I feel that although I’ve been shooting a decent amount lately, none of it has made me really excited… There have been a couple of great shots, but on a whole I’ve been stagnant and maybe borrowing (styles) more than I should.
That’s not to say that I haven’t been enjoying photography, my headshots are getting better and every job has been shot with the utmost care and joy… It’s just the photography for myself and ‘portfolio’ shoots are a little uninspired… Thus the title of this post.
The cliche creative block.
So I’m going to shoot b&w film and hand process and print! Ha!
Take that block! Going back to the roots where you can touch and hold and smell your results… It’s tangible… For no matter how much I really do love technology, I’m getting sick of the damn computer! This might be cliche as well, but I’ve got to try something.
So in the near future look for some nice grainy, contrasty b&w images… I’ll scan the prints and post on the blog and facebook.
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