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
Final Four
April 8, 2010
Sixty-five gigabytes later I’m home. What a week. As most of the nation watched on television I was wandering the aisles of Lucas Oil Stadium in an attempt to make pictures that both satisfied our client,the NCAA, and myself. What a blast. Cheers.
Spring in the city
March 25, 2010
Colorado is known for it’s assortment of weather in the spring. Here’s one from the 28th floor of the Granite Tower as a snow storm rolls into downtown Denver.
Space between
March 22, 2010
Denny turned thirty on Sunday. We gave him shots of whiskey and he gave us the gift of song. Cheers Denny.
JD
LAX
March 11, 2010
Nothing overly special about lacrosse just the sheer fact that I’ve only managed to photograph it once before. That one time I quickly learned my lesson. Do not even attempt to make pictures behind the goal unless a very large bruise suites your fancy.
JD
