Jillian and Mike Flirt With Death at their Pearl Street Engagement Session
September 3, 2008 | Filed Under Engagement Photos | Leave a Comment
Now there is a headline for you eh? Flirting with death? Huh? What? Where? Looks to me like they are just flirting!
I keep telling people that my photo shoots are not successful unless I’ve put my clients in some kind of danger during the shoot. Yeah, I’m a freakin’ marketing genious. Here are Jillian and Mike, all happy and innocent, unaware of the perils that lie ahead.
But safe shots are just so . . . safe. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Thats me falling asleep after too many ‘normal’ photos. Hey I understand everyone needs the safe and smiley shots to give to Grandmammy and Grandpappy Hucklepuss. But let’s have some fun too alright?
Jill and Mike are super cool. They know what’s up! They like rad photos and were willing to go that extra mile . . . “Hey, so uh . . . what do you think about climbing up that fire escape . . . “
Then Mike pulled a Superman Switcheroo and changed into his Class A’s. “Hey, can you just stand on those rocks on the edge of Boulder Creek? Oh, and can you hold Jill as well. What? Torn MCL? OK, we’ll make it REAL quick then!”
“Hey watch out, it’s slippery when wet!” Crap, now I’ve got Bon Jovi stuck in my head again.
Now it was getting dark, and Mike had one more suggestion. He asked to do a down-on-the-knee shot. Hmmm. Sounds a bit normal . . . “Hey, how about you guys stand in the middle of the street and you’ll be backlit by the oncoming car headlights?!?!”
Haha, so, I hope you appreciate all my joking around about danger. I haven’t lost a client yet ;>) But I do really enjoy pushing the limits, and going the extra mile to get the shots that are creative and unusual, with unique compositions and perspectives. Til next time, Steve out.
Nikki and Dave’s Scrumptious Outdoor Wedding at the Pastures of Plenty
August 28, 2008 | Filed Under Wedding Photos | Leave a Comment
I love the Pastures of Pleasure. Oh, wait, I mean Pastures of Plenty! The Pastures are out in North Boulder County, and serve as a great laid-back outdoor venue. I love the pastoral feel and the unique photo opportunities that exist. I could spend days just shooting ring shots, with all the contrast of shiny smooth diamonds on the rough textural farm elements. I usually try to pick one good ring photo to show. Screw it, here are three of 20.
While Nikki likes my detail shots a lot, I told her that I’m obligated to show pictures her as well, since she looks so absolutely stunning.
There was a ceremony too. Some people were touched, some were joyous, and some took advantage of the shuttle to and from town, pre-partied, and brought their own bottle of Knob Creek Whiskey. I have pictures of the guilty, but I’m nicer than that.
Nikki and Dave didn’t mind, their eyes were too googley too see.
Have I ever mentioned that I LOVE cake? Just know if you hire me that I will have to stop shooting for at least 3 minutes to eat a piece of cake. And then another three minutes a half an hour later if there is any left. Cake with real fruit is the bomb.
This may come as a shock, but at the Pastures of Pleasure, we shoot a lot of pictures out in the field. Oh right, you saw it coming didn’t you.
I almost had a moment of crisis at this wedding. The cake cutting was about to happen at the same time as an amazing sunset. Cake. Sunset. Cake. Sunset. Mmmmmm, OK, cake. Luckily there was some sunset left after cake.
Well nothing wraps up a good party like more dancing, partying, and more dancing. I mostly took pictures and lived vicariously through the Knob Creek Drinkers. C U next time!
Innovative Imagemaker’s Roadtrip to the Pearl Street Mall
August 27, 2008 | Filed Under Wedding Photos | 1 Comment
Innovative Imagemakers, or I2, is a group that seeks to train and educate photographers. They hold several ‘Road Trips’ a year to various locations to conduct photo workshops. Well their wedding workshop met at 13th and Walnut, so after a long deliberation, I planned for the epic trek to walk one block from my office to hang out. Really I was there so I had an excuse drink nitro Margs at the Rio on a Monday night, but I got some pretty good shots in the meantime.
Harmony, Stephen, Ravi, and the Flatirons get married
August 23, 2008 | Filed Under Wedding Photos | Leave a Comment
You know how when you live somewhere for a while you tend to take the things you see every day for granted? If you live in Boulder then you know what I mean. Those Flatirons are totally overused in local businesses and advertising, so it’s easy to not be impressed any more. Well at Harmony and Stephen’s intimate little Chautauqua wedding ceremony I was reminded that those are some pretty special hunks of Fountain Formation sandstone.
Team Speliotes just moved to Boulder County from Seattle this summer, so they are still looking at these mountains with that wide-eyes innocence. And when a select flew family and friends flew into town, they were all saying one thing, “Look at that view!” So this photo set has a bit of a one-track focus, but, when in Boulder . . .
We were super fortunate on this day. The forecast was calling for 100+ degrees, but the clouds rolled in and kept things reasonably cool, and the main result was an entire Chautauqua park lawn that was empty on a summer afternoon. Super Fortunate!
With another love story in the books, I say goodbye, til next time.
