I just wrapped up a corporate event down in Nashville, TN. It was my first time to Nashville and it couldn't have been more fun. One of the most fun times at this event was when the M.C. opened the second day with a T-Shirt Cannon. He was lobbing T-shirts into the crowd to get them ready for another day of meetings. It looked so cool and what a supprise for the blurry eyed people after a night at the Wild Horse Saloon. Once I wrapped the corporate event I got to do some sight seeing around the Nashville area. Places like the Carter House, the Carnton Plantation and the Hermitage. I also had a great time eating at Monells, Pucket's and Jackson's Bar and Bistro. If you get down there you have to try the fried cookie dough at Jackson's.

Oh man, I can't tell you now excited I am about Spring finally being here! Of course the last snow storm here in Colorado was in April so it was Winter right up to the very end. On that last snow storm I had a car accident with my brand new 2009 car! Aaarrgh! Couldn't belive it. Oh well, no one was hurt and the car is repaired so all in all not too bad. One of the cool things of spring is all the young wildlife running around. We have bird nests everywhere with eggs ready to hatch any day and there was this wonderful family of foxes close to the house that I got to photograph. They didn't seem to mind me hanging out every other night watching them. They got pretty use to me being there so I had a blast photographing these little guys. Happy Spring time everyone.

There is nothing that gets my creative juces flowing more than creating images with black and white film. The grain, tones and the way a fiber print looks after it's been processed... it just sings. There is just something magical about a fiber print that can't be matched. Maybe it's just knowing that it was hand made by a person with emotion and artistry instead of a machine print that makes it really stand out. Even seeing a scan of a print on a computer monitor can't come close. You just have to see one to understand. It could be that I love the traditional process so much because it has nothing to do with a computer. I spend way too much time as it is on a computer so spending time in the dark working with my hands and creating the final image is something magical.

With that said I want to start a little project and see where it goes. I am looking for a family that I can photograph with traditional methods. All of the new coffee table type albums are really cool but what happens to the photos when the album corners get wet, or the pages tear? Remeber those portraits your grandparents or maybe parents had with their image composited inside a wine glass? Who thought that was a good idea? I think a lot of the digital things that are happening today will end up like those wine glass images. Just becasue you can doesn't mean you should. The designer in me wants to make a traditional album with modern design principles. Hopefully that will end up to be classic looking album with a modern sensablity.

If you want to work with me on this give me a call or send an email my way. Let's get working on it.

So, in my earlier post I was saying how it was so cold in Florida. The reason I went was to help cover a corporate event that was down there at the Don Cesar Beach Resort. Nice place! Quite a history and even a few ghosts are supposed to haunt the place. Any way it was fun to cover this event and I always love to get business people in action. It is so rare that a business person gets to get on stage so you never know what's going to happen. Sort of like watching a college football game, they could be amazing or a nervouse wreck, you never know. One of the speakers was Joseph Pine (second image down) Co-Author of The Experience Economy, Work is Theatre and Every Business a Stage. Well just from the title of his book you could tell he was gonig to to fun to watch. He was of course. The funniest part of the whole trip was that there were outdoor activites planed for all of the people at this event. Things like deep sea fishing, golf, and sailing. People tried to get out of their activity of choice but since it was already paid for it was manditory to go. Thankfully I picked sailing. It was cold but at least I didn't come back to the hotel green in the face like the deep sea fishing crowd. 

Well, I went to St. Petersburg Beach Florida for a few days on business. Of course, it had to be the coldest 3 days in the last 2 years! Sheesh. While it was a nice balmy 70 degrees in the Denver area it was in the high 40's with high winds in Florida. "Never give up" they say, and "you have to make your own luck" is something I hear too. So I got up early one morning and braved the cold with camera in hand and got some really nice shots, dispite the cold and wind. It just goes to show that the best photos are usually made in the worst weather or most uncomfortable times of the day. When there is no one around, it's a good bet that there are good photos to be found.

It's 2009 and it seems like the year has gotten off to a really fast start! I did have a great holiday break with the family and even got to see some extended family at Thanksgiving too. It was great food, great company and a beautiful place to stay in Breckenridge at Thanksgiving.We were able to take some nice winter hikes and get out a lot. This shot is of Mike and Amy while we were on a little family walk in the woods. I will have some more to post from the break when I find the time to sort through them all. My shutter finger takes more photos than I can keep up with.

We just got this one in under the wire before the snow started to fly! What a great family to work with and the beauty of Chautauqua park in Boulder was great. Now I get to look forward to shooting some great winter scenes and settings.

You ever have those moments when your drivng along and you say to yourself "STOP THE CAR!" because you see a perfect picture? I do that all the time but I am usually on my way somewhere and can't make the time to stop. Well this time I did. This is the Bobolink openspace in Boulder Colorado. It is a grasslands preservation area and the native grass just pops in the fall. I drive by it several times a week and it is always different when I go by.

It was a beautiful weekend and perfect weather for shooting Mike's senior portraits. He was a great guy and we had a good time hanging out and making photographs.

Well the fall leaves have really come in here in Colorado. I've been haveing a great time shooting mountain aspens and all that. But the most fun I've had in the last few weeks has been photographing families for their holiday cards. Eric, Elizabeth, and their kids were so much fun to shoot. The light was fantastic the they were a blast.