Wow, I can’t believe I forgot to share these for this long. As you might remember, I did a shoot where I explored the Film Noir Style. If you haven’t seen those yet, click here, read and then come back. Some of these shots were intentional, others… not so much.
Matt and Crystal
A lot of news outlets are creating their top 10 lists for 2011 and I wanted to do the same. However, I figured I would keep my list short and sweet so that I can spend more time with each photo. One other quirk is that I will only pick one picture to be Number 1, all the rest tie for fifth place. The photos that tie for fifth place are presented in no particular order.
It might feel requisite for a wedding photographer to post a wedding photo, but I would not have picked this if I didn’t love it. After most of the guests had left, Carlie, Dan and I had a little bit of time with their venue to get some more pictures. We found a quiet little garden area and ran through a few poses. Since I wanted to get more of a candid feeling, I had them dance a bit to themselves so they would focus on each other. The end result turned out really well, I thought.
Little Dance
This wedding was on the books for a while. I’ve known Carlie for a little while before she hired me, so I was definitely looking forward to capturing her special day with her fiance (and now her husband), Dan.
The ceremony and reception were held at the Wild Basin Lodge. It’s an awesome venue and an excellent staff behind it. The ceremony began at 10:30am, so I was up at the crack of dawn like the rest of the wedding party. Carlie got ready with her bridesmaids at a small rental lodge in Estes Park where I took a few ‘getting-ready’ shots. Once we moved to the Wild Basin Lodge, we set up to do the first look. Carlie and I discussed before that she wanted to do the first look. However, I don’t think Dan knew about this, which made the first look a bit more authentic. After that, Continue reading
This grossly overdue, and I could post a laundry list of excuses on why this post didn’t happen sooner, but I’d rather tell you about Dane and Caitlin’s wedding.
The ceremony and reception were held at the Victorian Event Center at Heritage Square in Golden. Since I spent my college years in Golden, it was special to shoot this momentous day for these two.
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For a while, I’ve been fascinated with the film noir look. The dramatic shadows combine with stern looks for out of the ordinary portrait. I figured out the basics of how to light a model for that film noir look, but I didn’t have the people. So I talked to some friends and stirred up some interest. I asked people to bring a costume of their design that would fit the feel. I organized a Facebook event and a surprising amount of people came. People came with all sorts of props and different costumes. After we got everyone together, we set up in front of a black background and just swapped people in and out. The feeling of each shot was definitely a collaboration of the subject’s costume, personality and my shooting.
Laura
Yesterday, Christina and I met at the studio co-op that I just joined for a new photoshoot. This time, she brought out Alexstrasza The Life-Binder. Alexstrasza is a powerful dragonqueen from the ever-popular game, World of Warcraft. In game, Alexstrasza is the noble leader of the Red Dragon Flight and the Guardian of Life on Azeroth.
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This blog has been a bit neglected lately, but I plan to turn that around with some news and projects I’m working on. First I want to share my Ignite Boulder 14 presentation. The weeks leading up to the presentation were a bit stressful, but everything came out alright. Check out the video below.
Shortly after getting engaged, Laura suggested the idea to do a light painting for our Save the Date. To her knowledge, no one has done anything like this in any of the wedding blogs and forums that she follows.
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Last blog post talked about my recent shoot with Christina and her costume. We did some fun light paintings and then I shared them here on chasehoffman.com. Apparently, someone at Kotaku.com saw my post and decided to share it. What great news! Being smaller operation here at CHP, it’s nice to get some exposure like this. When Christina and I first started talking about this project, this is the kind of thing we were hoping would happen.
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Last summer, I did a modeling shoot for a girl named Christina. It seemed like any normal shoot with a pretty young lady. However, she is a huge nerd. I mean that in the best way possible. She’s avid World of Warcraft player, enjoys a library of video games and other similar hobbies. One hobby in particular is cosplaying. For those of you who might not understand “cosplay”, cosplay is costume play. People create a costume or outfit that replicates a popular character from a video game, anime, or whatever. Almost anyone can participate and share their affection for that particular character.
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