Bike Share
August 30, 2010
A couple of months ago my co-worker, Steve Nowland, and I decided to shoot a quick promotional film for a local bike sharing program called B-Cycle here in Denver. We decided to go with the stop motion look and shot over 8,000 frames by the time it was all said and done. Some cameras were mounted to the bike itself while others were hand-held by Steve. We shot this in a day and pieced it together in Final Cut Pro in a couple more days. Have a look.
BCYCLE8-30Vimeo from RCA Creative on Vimeo.
Raw Nationals
August 6, 2010
A couple of frames that I’ve been meaning to post up on my personal blog from a future project I’m working on with some folks over at Rich Clarkson and Associates,LLC. This was the 2010 Raw Nationals weightlifting championships held here in Denver recently. For now, here are a few photo leftovers from the event. Thanks for taking a look.
-Josh
No Credential Required
July 15, 2010
Gorgeous light, sunflower seeds, cheers from behind home plate, and to top it all off used peanut shells as a scoreboard. All this packaged with photographer access that would rival the most trusting of subjects describes the Colorado Rockies sponsored Reviving Baseball in Inner City leagues or better know as RBI. There are over 200 of these Major League Baseball funded teams throughout the nation and roughly 525 kids ages 13-18 in Denver alone. This summer league comes at no cost and carries the goal of getting kids out to combat the affects of gangs and drugs within larger cities.
-Josh
Rockies
June 15, 2010
Had the opportunity to make pictures in slightly off-season type weather this weekend at Coors Field. I should be posting more regularly but things have been hectic. Also, I’m managing our blog over at Rich Clarkson and Associates,LLC as well. Go to the site and have a look there too.
Letting people be people…
June 3, 2010
I’ve never been one to make images of subjects performing for the camera but last night had me thinking while out at the weekly cruiser ride in downtown Denver. I started to think about camera awareness in relation to the given subject. Many of the folks like to get in my field of view and perform for the camera usually I let them do their thing and politely move on and observe from a distance until they forget about my being there. I started to look at several of these images with the mindset that these kids are just being themselves regardless of them looking into my camera or not. In a way every subject alters their behavior when a camera is present sometimes we just fail to notice so. The ideal situation of true personality often shines through after continually documenting one subject for a prolonged period of time. This is trust. As photojournalists we live for this. People letting us into their lives. For now enjoy some canned moments alongside of some visual observations. Cheers.
JD
Outdoor Track
May 19, 2010
Track is fantastic. As a photographer I feel there are more opportunities to make different images with this sport. It becomes visual overload and my job is to sort through it all and make sense of the entire event. Different moments,angles,and lighting play a large role in the final outcome of the images.
JD
SanFran
May 11, 2010
I managed to fit in a day being a tourist while on assignment in San Francisco,California last weekend. Here are a few less than sweet frames. I’m currently down on my own work while reading Stanley Greene’s “Black Passport.” Inspiring and humbling.
JD
Nicaragua
May 4, 2010
We had the fantastic opportunity to catch a glimpse of a small portion of southern Nicaragua last week with great friends. Vacationing in a third world country is always humbling and encouraging. Humbling, because it makes us all realize that we have so much in our own country. Maybe it’s too much at times. Encouraging, because it forces me to learn another culture and a very fragmented portion of their language. It’s amazing to see how many know our language when all I know of theirs is enough to greet them politely and ask for cerveza. I’m still working on the second half. Here are just a few of the images made throughout our adventure. Cheers.
JD
