We not only take family portraits and photographs of children, we also offer custom framing to enhance the images . Wall collections make wonderful family portrait keepsakes that capture your family history. This series of images was taken during a studio portrait session at Still Frame Gallery in Longmont, Colorado in honor of Jordan's one year birthday.
It was a lot of fun to photograph Jen, (Silver Creek High School) for her high school senior portrait in Longmont. We played with studio portraits using different backgrounds. I tested incorporating the column that is so prominent in the studio and can see it's going to work out great in the future! We worked around the afternoon thunderstorm to photograph in St. Stephen's Plaza, one block from the studio. It has lots of options in the afternoon light. Jen was a delight to photograph with a great smile and playful attitude.
The July ArtWalk brought many people, young and old, into Still Frame Gallery to view the exhibits. This morning I woke up to a photo and write-up about the Teen Photo Project! www.TimesCall.com/news_story.asp
Also a viewer wrote in the gallery guest book with regard to the "Musings on Water" images on metal: These prints are the "best of the city" by far, in a class by themselves. -Pat Coffy. How awesome is that! I love being a photographer and this year I will be celebrating my 35th year as a professional!
Just another beautiful day in Rocky Mountain National Park. We did an easy hike, less than five miles roundtrip, to Gem Lake. The rock formations were intriguing.
The Longmont Criterium in downtown Longmont was so much fun to watch and photograph! I played with my Canon 5D for the first time on rapid fire as the cyclists sped past. They were amazing, especially the pros! I had way too many images but I whittled it down to my favorites and then played in Photoshop with the fresco filter and the Kubota kevX process in the last image since I didn't like the way it looked in fresco.
The Rocky Mountains continue to invigorate my spirit and inspire my creativity. We were up by 5:30 AM, on the road by 6 AM, quick stop for a latte at The Stone Cup in Lyons and on the trail to Lake Haiyaha (pronounced Hi-ya-ha although we like to say "How-high-are-ya" at 10,220 feet) by 7:30 AM. Surprisingly cool and very windy, somewhat refreshing from the heat wave we have been having this past week. I am loving the BlackRapid camera strap that allows me to carry two cameras at my side always ready for snapping. This series was not manipulated in Photoshop except for a bump in contrast.
The copper reflection of Nymph Lake is sadly from the beetle infested pine trees that are devastating the western region. The sky is really that blue. I love what wind on water does to create an abstract in nature. A very ancient limber pine stands at the shores of Lake Haiyaha and is one of the oldest trees in the national park still majestically standing.
We celebrated the arrival of the summer solstice by camping at Moraine Park in Rocky Mountain National Park and taking a hike to Fern Falls. I took well over 200 images along the trail (it's so easy with two cameras at my side in the BlackRapid double camera strap!) and these are some of my favorites that have been slightly "manipulated" in Photoshop with a KevX process combo filter. Back in the film days, you use to have to cross-process the film a certain way to get the special effect but now it's as easy as the click of a button with Kevin Kubota actions. The only photo not enhanced that way is the last photo of Fern Falls which was absolutely raging. Very cool art images!
