June is here and it’s family portrait season here on the Front Range of Colorado! The Roberts family are the latest gang to be featured here on the blog. I ventured down to Westminster one fine morning to hang out and capture Grace and Luke on their home turf.
When I first saw the family all together I exclaimed, “My aren’t we the blue eyed family!” Lindsay dressed the kids in blue clothes to really make those eyes pop. Good thinkin’ I say.
Look at this little performer; work it Gracey!
And here comes a little terror on four wheels.
Like any 8 month old, there are good moments, and there are not so good moments. Usually they are separated by about 10 seconds. I love capturing the smiles and the tears, because that’s what life is all about, now isn’t it?
Sometimes when there is a meltdown, we need to resort to advanced maneuvers to shake things up and get back on track, much to the amusement of older sisters.
I LOVE THIS SEQUENCE!
If you make a nice face, then Uncle Steve will take your picture making a funny face. And if you’re really good, Uncle Steve will buy you a drum set!
Well, that about wraps up my latest shoot. I’ll leave you with another beautifully imperfect and real moment; a sliver of time when Grace was 2 and Luke was 8 months. Remember how cure they were?
Last week I managed to find a day where it wasn’t raining for long enough to get a portrait shoot in. That was a great thing since Cara and Jared are super chill kids to spend a spring afternoon in the mountains with. We headed up to the luxurious and fashionable town of Ward, Colorado for a change from my usual Boulder scenery.
OK by now you may have detected a facetious tone to my writing. But if you haven’t, I’ll spell it out. We went to Ward to take pictures surrounded by all the wonderful junk in and around this quirky little town. If you follow the Dark Side at all, you know I’m on thisJunk Kick right now.
There were numerous junked cars to play in and around. This old fire truck was pretty funny. It still had helmets and a fire hose in it, and was left as if it was about to be driven the next day . . . and then just forgot about for a few decades.
Here is a great example of rockin’ the tilt shift “The Right Way”
Other than the old cars, there are also some pretty quirky buildings. Jared promised to buy 4 1/2 Utica for Cara someday. It’s pretty much a dream home. *snicker*
Overall it was a fun shoot, although we did get absolutely eaten alive by ravenous mosquitoes! I’m looking forward to more good times at the wedding in Winter Park on Labor Day weekend. See everyone then!
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I realized that I haven’t posted any follow up pics from the party! Sometimes I forget that there is a world outside of facebook. The party was a smash success, and there were something like 100 people who turned up throughout the day and night. Thanks to everyone for coming out and showing your support. Or at least coming out for free food and booze.
The Party Booth was a great success, and I have a slideshow full of just the embarrassing and funny photos that you might hope for. Thanks to Bobbie Turner for picking up my camera and shooting the random party photos.
Slideshow music used by permission of local Boulder rock heroes MENISKUS. Enjoy!
This shoot was something a little different! Schoeller Technologies is a Swiss company specializing in high tech fabrics used in technical clothing and gear. I was commissioned to take photos to be used for advertising their line of coldblack fabrics which is being integrated into police uniforms. Coldblack fabric has unique sun and UV reflecting properties which allows a black uniform to be as cool and reflective as a white one. I’m working on getting some black polo shirts with coldblack in it for my summer weddings as it looks like really promising technology.
The idea of the shoot was to portray a really hot and sunny environment, with cops cool under pressure.
The Lone Tree Police Department contributed personnel and vehicles to the job.
I chose to use very strong lighting to overpower the sun. We shot in numerous different locations, so I wanted to keep my gear light and portable. I was excited to use my DIY 4 strobe bracket on it’s first client shoot. I added another 2 strobe bracket behind the officer pointing toward the front end of the Hummer for a total of 6 Speedlights firing off at full power.
I’d say the chances that the client will use this next shot are slim to none, but I thought it was a really cool shot so I took it anyway!
After posing out in the bright sun, we headed to a location where the offices were allowed to draw their weapons for some action shots. Once again, the theme was cool under pressure, so we simulated some dramatic action going down.
Overall it was a pretty fun day and I had the opportunity to play with some creative posing and lighting. I also was in the bonus entertaining position where I got to tell three officers what to do all day long! Haha! They were really good sports about my bad jokes and fortunately I wasn’t arrested for disorderly conduct.
I’m proud to announce that 21 of my wedding photos have been selected to be published in Wedding Photography – A Guide To Posing by Oliver Cameron Publishing! The book is currently available for pre-order from the publisher, and is expected to become available next month. I’ve seen some previews of the book and it looks like a truly amazing resource. The list of contributors is a who’s-who collection of the current crop of international wedding photography superstars. It’s really an honor to have a contribution amongst some outstanding company!
Here are a couple screen captures of some pages from the book that have some of my images in them, including my signature Kara-Jacob Sport The Dress Ski Shot!
by Steve Z
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