The Colorado State Capitol Building, located at 200 East Colfax Avenue in Denver, Colorado, is the home of the Colorado General Assembly and the offices of the Governor of Colorado and Lieutenant Governor of Colorado. The building is intentionally reminiscent of the United States Capitol. Designed by Elijah E. Myers, it was constructed in the 1890s from Colorado white granite, and opened for use in November 1894. The distinctive gold dome consists of real gold plate, first added in 1908, commemorating the Colorado Gold Rush.

You can buy this photo, and many more in my online store. This is part of my Denver At Night series of photos.

Despite a couple of false starts due to the unpredictable Spring weather in Colorado, I recently took photos of a friend of mine and her family. After doing some location scouting, I proposed we do the shoot at Willow Farm Park in Longmont, CO. The park itself is relatively new yet has a nice stream going through it which provides some nice big trees as a backdrop and plenty of open space for a variety of different scenes to use as a backdrop.

This was my first family portrait session and I couldn’t have had a better family to start with! Without me giving them any instructions upfront, they brought along a blanket to lay on and several toys and props to use which were perfect for the shoot. Olive was a trooper and lasted almost two hours during the shoot. I was really glad to work with them, and as you can see the results are great! I learned a lot from my time with them and had a blast, and really like how the photos turned-out.

It was hard to choose some favorites to post because there are so many great photos, but here are several that I really liked:

My fiancee and I took a tour of the New Belgium Brewery in Fort Collins, Colorado over the weekend, and I decided to take my camera to capture a few shots while there. Keep in mind these are just casual shots along a tour, nothing I actually did lighting for or had special access to.

The first part of the tour starts off at the bottom floor, under the large tanks which the beer is brewed in. We enjoyed the first of many beer samples, and our tour guide, Dave, gave us some history about the company

We then went upstairs where we could see the tops of the tanks, as well as what they contained. While we were there, they were brewing Ranger, New Belgium’s new IPA.

While upstairs, Dave served us another round of samples. Mmm, tasty!

From there, we headed to the bottling building. There were some good views of the bottling building from the stairs shown here, but the glare from the glass kept me from taking many photos of the bottling area.

On the way out, I got one last photo of my fiancee with the New Belgium Brewery trailer. It was an old-school looking Windstream type trailer, so I decided to process the photo in a way which would accent it.

Every year, the City and County of Denver decorates the City & County Building for the Christmas Holiday Season. This year was the first year which they used LED Lights.

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Aspen trees dot the landscape with vibrant gold and orange leaves in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado

This photo and many more can be purchased in my online store.