When we are at a reception Angie and I are always looking around for the story that wants to be told. I caught this little series of the bride and grooms son, who looks like he is going to be pretty good with the ladies one day. The series just makes you smile and wonder what they are talking about. Getting a shot like this is a lot harder than it looks, a lot of children these days, are very camera aware. Meaning they know exactly where the camera’s are. They usually turn and give you a smile even though you are trying to get a candid moment like this. You may be able to tell this wedding was at the Brown Palace in downtown denver.
We were asked a few weeks ago to speak to the PUG (Pictage User Group) about lighting. The meeting took place at Spruce Mountain Ranch. I can tell you it is a beautiful location to have a wedding. From beautiful views to a staff that is really passionate about weddings. We all got a tour of the facilities and then onto the lighting presentations. We split into two groups and RJ Kern taught one while we taught the other. We spent our time talking about the gear we use to modify our lights. Being able to mold and sculpt light is valuable skill to a wedding photographer who may not always have the light he or she needs. Being able to create it gives you a valuable artistic tool.
Here are a few shots of our wonderful model Katie Van Buren who is also a super talented photographer here in Colorado.
It was freezing out but we managed to get out and show off the lights. This is a garage door and one light.
These photos were taken by Keri Doolittle another good photographer in denver who was at the PUG
This last weekend we had the awesome opportunity to have some of our photography hanging in a gallery! We had taught a Holga Camera Workshop for a local organization here in Denver, Mile High Photographers, a few weeks back and after everyone had the chance to have their film developed and printed we took them over to the gallery. Over the weekend we had an “opening” where all of the artists displayed their Holga photography and invited all of their family and friends to come down. This was such an amazing experience and everything really came together with some awesome people! We wanted to share a few of our images from the workshop and some of the awesome gallery opening! Many of the pieces sold and the money went to a great cause,which I know was a great feeling. Thank you to those of you that bought our work.
As I was about to go pick up our Holga film, I was finishing up some emails and thinking about how excited I am to see our photography on film….actual film! After the Holga class we did for Mile High Photographers last week, we dropped off our film rolls and we have had to patiently wait to see the results until today. Part of the class that day was to decorate our cameras; because the Holga is a less expensive plastic camera it is easy to custom design it with stickers, jewels, lettering and colored tape. It was fun to watch everyone do this and transform their camera into it’s own piece of art. We even had a vote to see whose camera design was the best!
We spent the class in Idaho Springs and thanks to the Tommy Knocker Brewery we had our own private room to hang out in between walking around the town taking pictures. I had to laugh at one point when some of the class ran out of film so they had moved on to their digital cameras and iphones. We had a good group of people that day and we are so excited to see what beautiful images they captured! We are having a gallery opening to display the work of the students in the class next week, which will be a new thing for us and I can’t wait!
All MHP members, family and friends are invited!
Friday, May 21, 2010
7:30 PM
Eliot Street Collective
2460 Eliot Street
Denver, CO 80021 US
Proceeds sold from the images will be donated to “The Advocates for Human Rights” whom is a non-profit dedicated to promoting and protecting human rights both in the US and abroad.
