Even though Sam is an Erie High School grad, we started our session on the main drag in Old Town Lafayette, Colorado. I’ve scouted that area before so I knew there were some old building with some killer textures that would be perfect for a high school portrait session.
I had an absolute blast shooting Anissa’s senior portraits. We wanted to do something really cool that would incorporate traditional portraits with lifestyle portraits. She is a swimmer, so she wanted her album to include pool shots. We pulled out all the stops and hit three locations in two days. It all started in Broomfield, at one of my favorite parks. You can’t beat a place with plush grass, a little pond, and big, gorgeous trees. Plenty of opportunities for all of the looks and poses she wanted.
The love of playing with light to create just the right mood – as a photographer, I’m always looking for the perfect light. If it’s not there, then I bring my own. One perfect thing I had to work with was the sky, but it was getting darker and darker by the second so we had to work quickly. Also, the mosquitoes were in full force, and starting to eat us alive. In less than 20 minutes we turned out a series of images that tells a story of what my daughter loves to do and what she is all about. I will be proud to show off these portraits in our living room as a collage or group of canvases.
I love sports photography at least as much as Aaron loves his sports and it really shows in his portraits.
Recently, I had the opportunity to shoot a sports photo session of one of our Erie home town ball players. We met at one of the local baseball diamonds in Erie, Colorado. I was looking for something a little different with this photo session, something you don’t see in your average baseball portraits. I wanted to be able to show off the dramatic sky, while also making sure my friend was well lit. Most importantly, I wanted him to have fun, be himself, and just forget about the camera. We had a great time, and came up with some nice portraits and killer action shots!
These images are about Larry, his Vega guitar and and his pickup truck named Fred. The evening started out being just about pictures of Fred. Larry had me meet him at his place in Thornton to take a few images of his Vintage Chevy pickup truck. I took the photos that he needed, but I felt like there was still some work to do…
