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Ellie And Chris are Engaged!

Brandon — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 06:16:09 +0000

This past weekend I had the opportunity to photograph my long time friend (we’re talking over 14 years!) Ellie and her fiancé Chris for their engagement photos! This shoot had been a long time in the making and it was one we were both looking forward to for quite some time.

We headed up to Lily Lake, near Estes Park, to capture Ellie and Chris among some great Fall colors. We really weren’t sure what the colors would be like but it was the time that we could both do the shoot. Luckily once we made it to Lily Lake the Fall colors were in full swing! Check out a few photos from the shoot below.

Tory, Charity and Jerod

Brandon — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 03:30:17 +0000

This past weekend I met-up with my sister and her family to take some late Summer portraits. After a bit of research we ended-up going to one of my favorite Denver parks that I used to visit at least once a week, Berkeley Park. I don’t normally do a lot of portraiture so I was pretty happy with the way that these turned-out!

2011 Creede Balloon Festival

Brandon — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 22:35:50 +0000

I recently spent the Labor Day Weekend in Creede, CO. While there, I attended the first annual Creede Hot Air Balloon Festival and took a few photos while there. This was my first time around Hot Air Balloons and I was very impressed!

Flames emit from a hot air balloon basket as they prepare to attach the balloon at the Creede Balloon Festival.

Hot air balloons prepare to launch at the Creede Balloon Festival

Great Sand Dunes National Park

Brandon — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 02:18:12 +0000

I’m in the middle of a trip to visit my parents for the long Labor Day weekend, and I had the opportunity to time my arrival at the Great Sand Dunes National Park (near Mosca and Alamosa Clorado) when the sunlight would be perfect! Unfortunately I didn’t have enough time to trek out into them, but I still think I captured some good photos of the dunes. I think these are some of my best photos ever, but at the same time, is it possible to take a bad photo of sand dunes?

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Denver Sunflower Field Photos

Brandon — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 01:22:45 +0000

I’ve often heard about Sunflower fields existing around the Denver area, and decided that this was the year that I would finally track one down and take photos of it. It took me a couple of days to find one, but it was totally worth it once I did! Here are a few of the photos I took while there:

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Photos Of Coors Field In Denver

Brandon — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 07:12:06 +0000

In an attempt to continue to add more Denver area photography to my image collection, I took a walk around Lower Downtown in Denver (Lodo) this past Friday, camera in hand. One place I didn’t really have any photos of was Coors Field, so I snapped a few while I was there. I’ve looked around for good Coors Field photos and haven’t seen many, so if you are looking for unique Coors Field Photography, you can purchase these images from my Denver collection.

The Last Day Of The Westminster Mall

Brandon — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 07:45:47 +0000

Although I didn’t visit the Westminster Mall until 1997, I do have some fond memories of the place. In it’s current dilapidated state, it became pretty obvious within the past few years it was only a matter of time until it was razed and replaced with something else. That something else is the Westminster Center.

June 22nd was officially the last day the Mall was still standing– demolition is to start today, July 23rd 2011, on the former Macy’s and Mervyn’s anchor stores. It seemed like this process happened quite quickly once Westminster got serious about replacing it with a new development. Apparently they closed off the interior of the mall around July 1st, which is kind of a bummer because I would have loved to take photos of what was left of the interior.

Hearing that it was to be demolished today, I figured I’d swing by and document what remains of the mall. Two major sections of the mall have been completely fenced off, so I was only able to take photos of a few areas.

Although it’s not much to look at, I do have mixed feelings about it’s demolition. It does probably need to go, but it opened only one year before I was born, and I’d like to think I’ve still got a lot of good years left unlike the mall.

Landscape Photo of Invesco Field – Denver Architectural Photographer

Brandon — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:26:23 +0000

I’ve been trying some experiments with my photography lately just to try something new. The below image was shot at 4 PM on a Friday evening, and was not touched at all with Photoshop. Notice anything interesting?

Tulum Beach Cabanas – Mexico Travel Photographer

Brandon — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 12:47:14 +0000

I recently took a trip to the white sandy beaches of Tulum Mexico to photograph some cabanas at the wonderful Nueva Vida de Ramiro resort. If you’re unfamiliar with Tulum, it’s about an hour South of Cancun and all of the resorts in it’s beach front hotel zone are eco-friendly.

As far as I’m concerned Nueva Vida de Ramiro is one of the best resorts in Tulum and is ran by a great family. I really enjoyed getting to know Trini and the staff at NVR and greatly appreciated all of the help they provided me with the shoot.

Here are a few images from the beach and cabanas at Nueva de Ramiro:

Global RallyX at PPIR

Brandon — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 02:54:02 +0000

Yesterday I took the trek from Denver down to Fountain Colorado to watch the Last Chance stage of the 2011 Global Rallycross Championship at Pikes Peak International Raceway. Here are a few selected images from the event.

Also, I was able to capture a series of photos of Tanner Fousts accident during the event.

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