Just How Tough is Underground Mining Photography? This article is about the making of pictures in a formidable environment — when conditions demand resiliency. Diverse images depict the miners, the machines and dark underground tunnels. It’s a story about our perspective as commercial underground mining photographers — and what makes it difficult. In order to...
Commercial Energy Photographer Clean Inexhaustible Energy Xcimer Energy – Laser Fusion Sometimes I just have to pinch myself and step back to appreciate the incredible micro-universes I get to document. Working with Xcimer Energy is one of those times. As a commercial energy photographer, I’ve been fortunate to photograph almost every form of energy production....
A year of diverse commercial and advertising photography Travel Photography – Editorial Photography – Industrial Energy Photography – Romance Photography – Lifestyle Photography – Mining Photography – Health Care & Medical Photography Looking back over the turning years, some were busier but few were better. Packed with an array of diverse commercial and advertising photography...
Land Reclamation & WildlifeAction Worker Portraits Industrial Mining Photography Mining photography is yet another extension of what I like best –– to tell a story in pictures. My path in professional photography was never a straight line. In fact, it meanders with strange twists and unexpected turns. For me, professional photography is a roller coaster...
What was my first professional office headshots photoshoot? That question was asked by a young photography student last week. And I had to tell her I couldn’t remember. A life-long career as a professional photographer tends to blur single events and individual photoshoots. But I do remember a photoshoot on location with Pepsi-Cola from my...
Interior and Architectural Photography Denver Architectural photographers make pictures of human designed structures. They are charged with creating a single image that fulfills a multitude of qualities. The desired effect of each image is to convey an aesthetic essence while depicting an accurate representation of the structure. Commissioned to create a portfolio of commercial images...
After capturing this image, I knew I wanted to write an article entitled Industrial Photographer. But the image needed some work. And as I worked on it, it began to transform into a drawing. I wonder, at what point does a photograph become an illustration? Long stories about the making of photographs are usually boring....
It’s not every day I get to go out shooting at dawn with my favorite Denver Photographer. Levi, Sophia and I had a blast creating these images around Denver. (Wait, if you’re reading this article on a phone and have access to a desktop computer, you’ll enjoy the photography better if you switch. Thanks!) Some...
DENVER BUSINESS PHOTOGRAPHY IN OFFICE LOCATION The first thing I do when I land any business photography assignment for a corporation, a sole proprietorship or a non profit organization, is to scout the location. The direction of light entering through a window can make or break a picture. Just an hour difference in the scheduled...
THE MAKING OF AN ADVERTISING PHOTOSHOOT IN DENVER Before a COVID pandemic forced mask wearing, I was commissioned to manage a Denver commercial photography production for national brands. A Houston based advertising and marketing agency called The Company Of contacted me to bid on an advertising photography project. Although my proposal was higher than many others, I won the bid (thanks...
Denver Industrial Photography – Colorado and the Western US Denver industrial photography, like so many genres, isn’t exactly what I aspired to do as a young photographer. It was, in fact, almost the furthest thing from my radar when I was starting out. The only thing less interesting to me than a Denver industrial photographer was forensic photography....
