Denver, Colorado based Photographer Dave Brown is a Portrait Photographer who specializes in Engagement, Senior Portraits, Commercial, and Fashion Photography.
Well if you guys can’t tell, I’m really into my fashion photography lately. I’ve been putting a ton of effort into both learning and growing as an artist. For those of you who don’t know, when I got into photography this was what I aspired to do. And while it probably won’t ever pay the bills, it will remain to be a part of my artistic being. I can’t tell you how giddy and excited I get by this style of portrait work.
I took this shot while I was doing my wedding shoot with Dave and Julia. I was actually just trying to figure out what kind of lighting I wanted to use for the couple walking down this alleyway into their reception. As you can see this is not the exposure I ended up with because it would have been overly dark. But just as I was playing with exposure and figuring all this stuff out, and this waitress walked passed me.
First off if you’re looking for a professional Denver Photographer please take a look at my portfolio.
I know really this is a photography blog, and should really be showcasing my photography work, but I just can’t seem to get enough of this whole digital painting thing. Honestly this is some of the most fun I’ve had creating artwork in a really long time. I don’t know what it is about doing this form of painting that has me so entranced. It seems like every day I come home with a new “project” of something else to paint. It’s really been a lot of fun.
So I recently bought one of those Wacom pen tablets. I really wish I would have done it sooner. It has been so much fun playing with this thing! I love how I can make really awesome looking brush strokes on a digital canvas. It’s totally wild. Now I do have the advantage of using photoshop CS5′s new Mixer brushes, and I have to say I’m totally amazed by how great they look. Honestly it’s like painting with a real brush in your hand. It does take a little getting use to with the whole hand eye coordination of making strokes on something below the screen while watching it happen on your monitor. Sadly I’ve been too busy playing with digital painting to try my hand at some really cool dodging and burning. Using pressure sensitivity on a pen to simulate exposure up and down is going to be really cool, I just don’t have any shots in my library that I really want to do that with.
It’s so rare that I shoot nature photography. I never seem to be able to find something that I like enough, or is abstract enough, or has enough character to shoot. I find people so much more interesting to photograph. So much character. Human emotions are something interesting all by themselves and capturing that is so much fun. But I’m always looking for ways that I can branch out a little bit, and expand my photography. Now I don’t think I’m going to get into the business of selling nature photographs anytime soon, but nature photography has its own challenges. For me my main problem is deciding on a subject. A flower is a perfect example. It’s obvious what the subject is. My problem is finding that subject in an interesting setting. something that makes that subject stand out. I find myself taking pictures of dead flowers a lot more than living ones. Somehow a dead flower tells a story. I can’t always say that for living things.
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Denver Photographer Dave Brown
