NYC Emotion

A photography I took while walking through Bryant Park in NYC earlier this year. Part of me wishes I was closer to them, but I love how this feels more like a painting than a photograph.

NYC Sreets

I had the privilege to join my friend Otto in New York City this past weekend. We spent some time walking around with our cameras. Otto had the M9 and I had my 5d with a Zeiss 35mm. We walked, shot, ate some burgers and shot some more. Great times!

NYC is wonderful. No one cares if you stick a camera in their face.

San Francisco Street Photography with the Fuji X100

So I took the Fuji with me on a trip to San Francisco this past week. I did some more street photography with it. It was great to get into a new city that is still, for the most part, unfamiliar to me. The Fuji continues to show itself to be a fun camera, but I plan on bringing Leica M9 next time.

The Intentional and Accidental | Denver Street Photography

One of my favorite street photographers is Matt Stuart. The first frame was captured while thinking about his working. I wanted to make an image that had a lot going on, was bizarre and a bit odd. Trust me, everything about it was 100% intentional. The frame below that however, was purely by accident. The joy of street photography!

Leica M9 Street Photography

My view of photography has definitely shifted from wanting to make a pretty picture to wanting to be able to capture amazing moments. I don't see the world as a pretty picture I see the world through vastly important moments. Even the mundane can be stunning. To document and elevate moments is why I've fallen in love with photography.

Yesterday I had the privilege to shoot the streets with a Leica M9 - the king of digital rangefinders. It's beautiful for it's simplicity and manual nature. As a photographer, you just look at the world different with an M9 in your hand. "Leica Zen" is what Otto Schulze called it. It was a fantastic experience and I'll be looking forward to documenting more life with the M9 in the future...

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This next image is from my Canon 5D Mark II:

Street Photography, Take 2

I have yet to find a better way to start a day. Otto Schulze and I meet for coffee, have some fellowship and then we hit the streets, looking for scenes we can capture. It the BEST exercise a photographer can do - learning how to SEE in new and fresh creative ways. After an hour of walking around and taking pictures, I felt like I had just spent two days at the spa!