Painting with Light

Back in July, Jed and I flew to San Francisco to join his sister and her husband on a backpacking trip on the Lost Coast. We took our time getting up to the King Range and stopped to check out the redwoods on the way. I had so much fun playing with light that peeked through these giants trees!

Mel

Need a haircut? Check out the second floor of the Jet Hotel on Wazee and 16th in Denver. Melanie Ahlf (a long time friend of mine) is styling at the Rita B salon. Her talents in the business compliment her personality and I can't think of a more fabulous person to recomend befriending!

The Backyard

According to my iTouch it is 57 degrees in Englewood. I don't believe that! It is so nice out! I have the macro lens with me so I stepped outside for a quick backyard photo shoot. Jed and I are working our way up to owning a dog of our own one day. Right now we are simply trying to keep "Pluto" (our Venus Fly Trap) alive. We feed the dogs next door prosciutto ham and we are now housing a robin named "Bill". I'm highly entertained!

Canyons, Colors, Churches and Children

This morning I picked up a free magazine that came in the mail yesterday and turned to an article on Copper Canyon, Mexico. It inspired me to revisit the road trip that I took 16 months ago. Scott and Brad invited me to join them for a three week trip through the series of canyons in the Sierra Madre Occidental region. The canyons were amazing, but even more incredible were the colors, churches and children.

Turbo Lovin' Lovin'

When I moved to Denver I reconnected with one of my friends from junior high, Melanie Ahlf. She is a hairstylist at the Rita B Salon in the Jet Hotel. We decided to collaborate on a photo project and Melanie knew the perfect person to join in the fun... Kristi Reineke is president of Turbo Lovin'. She is the master mind behind the fabulous clothing in these photos. Our photo shoot started out at Mel's apartment and moved to City Park. The models were all friends of Mel and Kristi and I absolutely adored all of them. A big thanks to Alex, Randy, Evan, Zack, and Kim!!!!








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Life and Death on the Platte

I ventured out on the Platte River in Denver the other day to see what there might be to see. A bike path runs along the Platte and I am able to access it not far from our house near the Broken Tee Golf Course. On one side of the path grew factories and massive churches while the river flows consistently on the other. A cross mourning a homeless man caught my eye. I took a few shots and continued on my way. I found an other memorial. The stump of a cottonwood tree posed as a gravestone for a woman named Liz. Further down the path a man pulled up next to me while I photographed graffiti bordering the river. He told me that slightly of the path some flagstone pieces formed a shrine for homeless people that have lived and died along the Platte. Tears filled his eyes as he mentioned Old Man Shaky who had Parkinson's and how someone found Liz behind Invesco Field. "This is really sad, though," he said while he wiped his eyes, "they found Jane Doe under the bridge. Just a skeleton and rotting clothes. No one knew who she was... But I guess the homeless do have feelings if someone is willing to build something like this for them. I always thought it would make a good picture." I thanked him for sharing and he hopped back on his bike and rode away.