Denver, Colorado based Photographer Dave Brown is a Portrait Photographer who specializes in Engagement, Senior Portraits, Commercial, and Fashion Photography.
So I went out to lunch the other day with my buddy Charlie. He’s more of a hipster style guy, typically hanging out in the capitol hill area of Denver. He’s also an avid climber, something I know enough about to not sound like a complete dumb ass, but still no where near the level at which he’s at. He goes climbing all the time. Something that sounds interesting to me, but I’d rather spend my time taking photographs of things that I find interesting.
So I was walking around the colfax area, not getting anything to shoot, and I decided to stroll up one of the side streets. I found this old dodge truck. I don’t know what it is about me lately that has really been digging old trucks, but man I’ve really been digging old trucks. I think it’s my lack of models to shoot. Honestly it’s hilarious. Also I think I’m copying my uncle who has a ton of pictures of old car chrome parts. It’s a cool series. You can see some of the series here.
So I took a walk on colfax ave in Denver, and I was surprised at how little I actually found to photograph. There weren’t really all that many people on the street. The general architecture I found a little boring, and I just couldn’t find much to shoot. I always wonder if that’s a mood based thing. If you’re in a better mood you find more to shoot, or if you’re in a worse mood you find less to shoot. I’ve never been able to figure out if that’s actually true or not. I don’t think I was in a particularly bad mood, but I definitely wasn’t in some bouncing off the walls great mood either.
So I was taking a walk around my neighborhood up in the highlands in Denver, and I saw through the spaces in the houses this old van. It was this great old rusty Chevy van. I walked around the block, and went down the alleyway to get to it. It was just sitting there as it had sat for the last 10 years probably.
After trying and failing to get someone to come model for me, because I built my own ringlight (post coming soon), I decided to go shoot downtown. So as I was driving down speer, annoyed by anyone that wasn’t going at least as fast as I was, I looked over and saw a huge crowd of people. Wondering what it was all about I parked my car and walked over, camera in hand. There were tons of “artsy” folks all walking around, and of course a few drunk yuppies. Not that there is anything wrong with that, plenty of times I’m a drunk yuppie. Anyways, I was keeping my head up looking around, when I realized that everyone else had their heads down. They were all looking at the wonderful street art. And by street art I mean it was real street art.
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Denver Photographer Dave Brown
