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 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.
So sue me. I’m still fascinated by the kind of detail and bokeh that I’m getting with my 85mm f1.4. It’s so crystal sharp that sometimes it hurts to see what it pulls out. This shot is of the front headlight of a mini cooper. An old one, one with character. Yes I’m saying that the new ones don’t have as much character. There was this cool looking old mini cooper just hanging out. So I snapped some shots of it. I was half waiting for this real hipster guy to come walking out of some building asking me what the hell I was doing, but it never happened. I was ready for it though. The whole time just imagining someone in a headband, and some goofy looking socks. People are funny sometimes they could care less what you’re taking photographs of, and other times, it’s a BIG deal.
Walking around downtown Denver I stumbled upon this. I totally love this quote, not that I can really apply it to my everyday life, but I still think it’s a great concept to think about. While looking at the quote I noticed something interesting. There was graffiti around it, and on it, but if you look closely someone has deliberately kept this on the side of their store. They painted that great yellow color all around the quote, but not over it, just over the graffiti. Thinking about that was fun. Imagining someone with a roller on a pole, painting the whole side of the building, but leaving this one inspirational quote. Great work to whoever did that.
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Denver Photographer Dave Brown
