In Celebration of Dance - a photographic exhibition

I'm fairly thrilled to have been invited to show my dance photography. This is the first time I've put personal work on such a large display and it has been a lot of fun. For this project I worked with dancers from across the US and Canada. The show features Modern, Lyrical, Ballet, Jazz, Hip Hop and Break Dancers.

If you're in Denver, swing by 200 Clayton St in Cherry Creek. The show is free to view, appropriate for all ages and open from 10-6 every day except Sunday when it closes at 4pm.

If you're not in Denver and would like to see the images please call 303-562-5536 to arrange a portfolio. Most of the images are available to license commercially. You can also contact me through my Denver Commercial Photographer website.

Oh, and by the way, yes. he really did that :)

Another look at automobile photography

I'm often asked if I miss the darkroom and frequently surprise people when I answer with an unequivocal "no." I don't miss bad fumes, heaps of paper spent making the perfect guide print and the sharp corner of my darkroom table that never hurt quite enough to round off, but still ate my hip weekly. I DO, however, miss the results. Ilford HP5 on a nice oriental warm tone paper could make for a delightful print. Even more so when it was printed by someone with true skills like Tim at Amaranth Photo lab in Boulder (now closed sadly).

The photo above is one of the first shots we did for the car shoot below. We had a few questionable minutes while nature decided not to rain and security decided whether my credentials were legit. The edits you see took about an hour and I was specifically going for a look reminiscent of the Oriental papers I love.

Before you look at the car photo in it's enlarged state, check this simple monitor calibration chart out. if you can see all of the different bars of gray and black on the chart you're more likely to see all of the shadow and highlight detail in the black and white photo.