Holga Shots from Summer...

I'm sorry that these are so long overdue! I finally got around to scanning the negatives from my trips to California and Oregon/Washington this summer. Enjoy!

How Many Ways Can You Shoot a Sandwich?

The answer...more than you think. I'll spare you from having to look at them all.

Over the past few months I was the photo intern at 5280 Magazine in Denver, where I got all the food photography practice I could have ever dreamed of. Here are a few of my favorites...


Scallop Carpaccio at Colt and Gray, Denver


The Cherokee at Parsley and Bailey, Denver


Espresso Semifreddo at Lala's Wine Bar + Pizzeria, Denver


Cantaloupe Gazpacho at Mel's Bar and Grill, Denver

Demolition Derby

What better way to spend your Saturday night than to go watch cars smash the you-know-what out of each other? I know the folks in Longmont sure would agree that Demolition Derby at the Boulder County Fair is not an event to be missed. With the grand stands packed, drivers and pit crews alike prepped their cars by pre-beating them with sledge hammers to get the metal away from the wheels... anything to keep that car moving. In my opinion, the volume of the event exceeded the suspense and action of the cars demolishing each other by far, but I was entertained none the less.

The 120mm Film Experiment

Over the past couple of weeks I have decided to start my own collection of vintage cameras. First, I bought an Agfa Shur Shot, which are supposedly made sometime in the 1930s. This little box camera I stumbled upon at a sidewalk sale in Denver. Well, actually I first stumbled upon an extremely old enlarger, then after asking about it, the sidewalk-sale man disclosed to me that he had a vintage camera collection. Even though he wasn't planning on it, I talked him into selling me one...then he graciously gave me one of his two Brownie cameras because "everybody needs one in their collection."

About a week later, I decided to accompany my roomate on a road trip down to the southeast corner our U. S. of A. (Good ol' Athens, Georgia). The Agfa came along for its first real photo adventure, visiting the St. Louis Arch, a Braves game in Atlanta, and numerous places around Athens. While in Athens, the Agfa picked up a new friend... the Sears Tower camera, found at a lovely store in downtown Athens, the name of which I unfortunately can't remember. Not sure if the Tower was actually functioning, I gave it a try, and to my glad surprise, after having the film developed, beautiful little images made their homes on the negatives...very exciting.

As a photographer, I find myself needing to experiment from time to time. It keeps my creativity and excitement flowing about snapping pictures. Not only that, but I still really miss working with film. I found that I loved the mystery of not really knowing what type of photos these old cameras would produce. What would the colors look like? What imperfections would I find with the camera?

With the Agfa, I found out that the viewfinder does not exactly match the angle of the lens. Therefore, most of the photos taken with this camera are weighted heavily to the bottom of the frame although I composed the photo much higher. This I find interesting in some pictures and pretty irritating in others. I guess that is the fun of shooting with vintage cameras though...not really knowing what you're going to get.

I had one of the rolls of film cross processed for fun to see what would happen, hence the funky colors in a couple of these. For a few of those, I altered them in photoshop but the rest are untouched. Let me know if you have any old cameras sitting around that you would like to have taken off your hands!

Clear Creek Kayaking

I took a trip to Golden, Colo. today to shoot some things for 5280 Magazine and while I was walking along Clear Creek I stumbled across a few guys kayaking in the rapids. I ran back to my car to get my long lens and hung out with them for a little while. I had never shot kayaking before and found it to be pretty entertaining. They were doing front and back flips into the rapid and spinning all crazy-like..Thankfully they stayed on the same wave the whole time, so I didn't have to jog up and down the creek.

Homeschool Reunion

My friend Aubrea was a homeschool child. Well, a homeschool child, adolescent, and teenager. She didn't go to "real" school until college. This year would have been her 10-year High School reunion, but since she graduated from home, there was no reunion planning committee. In honor of her home-based education, we decided to throw a "Homeschool Reunion" just for her. This isn't exactly newsworthy, but I liked some of the characters that showed up, so I though I would share one of them.

Just For Fun

The sun set incredibly behind the mountains tonight...so I was distracted from the soccer game I was shooting (during half-time, don't worry)and enjoyed it for a few minutes. Played with photoshop a little when I got back, thus creating this...