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Snowshoeing is my favorite winter activity. Well, other than laying on the couch with Cec, next to a warm fire, reading a book, while puffy white snowflakes are falling outside. Anyhoo, I digress. Over Martin Luther King weekend we rented a house up in Breckenridge with a group of friends. Breckenridge a favorite winter spot of ours. It’s not too far of a drive from Colorado Springs/Denver and there’s a lot to do which is great when your spending the weekend with 16 people.
This shot was taken on the Lily Pad Lake Trail, which technically isn’t in Breckenridge, it’s closer to Silverthorne. Great trail, the dogs loved it!
Jan 20, 2010 | Categories: Friends, My Life, Photos, Travel | Tags: Active, Breckenridge, Colorado, Hiking, Lily Pad Lake Trail, Photography, Silverthorne, Snowshoe, Snowshoeing, Travel, Winter | Leave A Comment »
My new business cards just arrived via UPS. YAY! I’m very excited! If you haven’t stopped by the blog in a while, you’ll notice that it looks completely different along with my portfolio site. Big thanks to Kelly Faigin and Sam Mobley! Also, Lettracraft printing, great to work with.
A couple more things to do and I’ll be all set to start my marketing blitz. I’ve been working with consultant Amanda Sosa Stone for the last several months and everything is coming together. I’m both excited and nervous! Having spent so many years as the in house photographer for a travel publisher, I never really thought too much about marketing myself. Since taking that leap to go out on my own it seems like I’ve spent more time marketing than shooting lately. Here’s hoping the hard work of starting to build a brand will pay off!
Jan 14, 2010 | Categories: Latest, Marketing | Tags: Branding, Business Card Design, Marketing | 1 Comment »
Last Thursday I had the opportunity to check out some local Colorado Springs music at the Black Sheep while shooting for the Denver Post Reverb. I’m far from a music critic, but if you live in the Springs you should definitely go check all these guys out, they put on a great show. If you like folk/acoustic rock, you won’t be disappointed.
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Dec 21, 2009 | Categories: Latest, Music, Photos | Tags: Colorado, Colorado Photographer, Colorado Springs, Concert Photography, Denver Reverb, Jeremy Facknitz, Leftmore, Live Music, Mark's Midnight Carnival Show, The Charlie Milo Trio | 2 Comments »
I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect going into the Fox Theatre. Flyleaf is a Christian rock band and I am an agnostic lesbian. My experience living in Colorado Springs for over 17 years is that those two wouldn’t seem to mix very well, so I felt a little uneasy walking through the doors of the Fox. The moment Flyleaf hit the stage all that disappeared and I was completely taken in by their killer, passionate performance. The majority of the songs were from their upcoming album, “Momento Mori,” which drops tomorrow. They sprinkled in quite a few of their older songs, “All Around Me” being the hit of the night. My only wish was that lead singer Lacey Mosley’s vocals were louder.
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Dec 11, 2009 | Categories: Events, Latest, Music, Photos | Tags: Boulder, Colorado, Colorado Photographer, Flyleaf, Fox Theater, Lacy Mosley, Live Music | 2 Comments »
Wednesday was another great night of live music at the Black Sheep in Colorado Springs.
I was extremely happy to be shooting State Radio for the Denver Post Reverb Music Blog. First, because State Radio is awesome and I was so happy they decided to make Colorado Springs a stop on their current tour. If you’re not familiar with State Radio they are a band out of Boston, MA who are extremely dedicated to helping bring about social change by promoting human rights and they encourage their fans to do the same. Currently they are partnering with Oxfam America to help end violence towards against women. To learn more about their activism and see how you can help change the lives of others, check out the Calling All Crows website.
The second best thing about the night was Elephant Revival..FANTASTIC! They are an experimental folk band based up in Nederland, CO. I absolutely fell in love with this band. Lovely blend of vocals and instrumentals. Can’t wait until they come back down to the Springs.
Here are a few photos from night:
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Oct 23, 2009 | Categories: Events, Latest, Music, Photos | Tags: Colorado Photographer, Colorado Springs, Elephant Revival, Live Music, State Radio, The Black Sheep | Leave A Comment »
I don’t have the opportunity shoot a lot of baby/family portraiture due to the fact that my travel schedule can sometimes be unpredictable. However, I was recently fortunate to schedule a few hours for a good friend. I think I may have to carve out more time for it, I quite enjoy photographing kids.
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Oct 01, 2009 | Categories: Latest, Photos, Portraits | Tags: Babies, Children, Colorado Photographer, Colorado Springs, Denver, Family, Kids, Portraiture | 2 Comments »
One of the things I decided to do this summer was to take some of the thinking out of my photography, just to give myself a little break and have a little fun. So I thought I give the Fuji Instax a try. I love the camera! And there just something magical about watching your image develop. These are a few shots from a recent road trip I took with Cecilia to Kansas City.
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Sep 21, 2009 | Categories: Latest, Photos, Travel | Tags: Colorado Photographer, Colorado Springs Photographer, Fuji Instant, Kansas City, Road Trip, Snapshots, Travel Photographer | 1 Comment »
Just a quick update on the goings on since my last post, which was forever ago. Most of my time has been spent editing, laying out, and printing out my forthcoming updated portfolio. I’ll have two new and improved books, one Travel and one Lifestyle. Also be on the lookout for a re-designed website and logo. My plan is to launch the new look late-September so stay tuned!
As for the art of making pictures, I’ve been continuing my trend of shooting live music. Below are a few highlights from the last few months. If you feel so inclined, you can see more shots from each of these shows either at Denver Reverb or on my Flickr site.
Israel Nebeker and bassist Luke Ydstie of Blind Pilot at the Hi-Dive in Denver Colorado
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Sep 02, 2009 | Categories: Events, Latest, Music, Photos | Tags: Alkaline Trio, Ben Gibbard, Blind Pilot, Caroline Polachek, Chairlift, Colorado, Colorado Photographer, Colorado Springs Photographer, Concert Photography, Death Cab For Cutie, Denver, Hi-Dive, Israel Nebeker, Kate Cooper, Live Music, Luke Ydstie, Music Photographer, Music Photography, Photography, Speakeasy Tiger, The Epilogues, The Offspring, Ukulele Loki and the Gadabout Orchestra, Upright Bass | Leave A Comment »
This was my first South by Southwest experience. I was fortunate enough to shoot for my long time friends over at the Austin Convention and Visitor’s Bureau. Wow, what a fun and exhausting time. I’ll spare you what would undoubtedly be a very poorly written narrative and just stick with what I know, photos. So, here are a few standouts from my 4 days at SXSW:
St. Vincent at the Central Presbyterian Church. Not my favorite venue but St. Vincent was lovely.
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Mar 28, 2009 | Categories: Events, Latest, Music, Photos | Tags: 3oh!3, An Horse, Antone's, Concert Photography, Echo and The Bunnymen, Friends Bar, Heartless Bastards, Live Music, Music Photography, Photography, Shiny Toy Guns, Silversun Pickups, South by Southwest, St. Vincent, Stubbs, SXSW, SXSW09, Tori Amos, White Lies | 2 Comments »
Last week I had the pleasure of photographing the Joshua Radin set at the Black Sheep for Reverb. Opening for him, were Meiko and Jesse Harris. I am soooo glad I went early enough to catch Jesse Harris. His music is absolutely beautiful. And Bill Dobrow on percussion was fabulous. Oh and I loved his hat!
Everyone was great that night. But I absolutely fell in love with Jesse.
Check out the rest of the shots from the night on Reverb or my Flickr page.
Mar 06, 2009 | Categories: Events, Latest, Music, Photos | Tags: Bill Dobrow, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Concert Photography, Denve Reverb, Jesse Harris, Joshua Radin, Live Music, Meiko, The Black Sheep | Leave A Comment »
