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When you’re looking for unique Denver Senior Pictures, you want something more than just downtown in the background. Shooting downtown is an artform. It has a rhythm, personality and vibe that makes it more than just a bunch of buildings downtown behind you in the picture. There is life, moods, shadows, alleys, doorways, all of which provide a small story glimpse into what downtown Denver is like.

We were shooting some downtown sports image. We chose a graffiti alley to show off the grunge and grit associated with street ball. There is a story to be told in each sports photo. We could have settle with each player holding a ball against a wall and do what every other senior photography studio in Denver does. But, we wanted to tell a story, create a mood of late night pickup ball, sweating, waiting your turn on the court when the current game finishes. It’s no rules (or just a few) and it’s for the pure love of the game! Showing athleticism in Denver Senior Pictures is only part of the story, showing the emotion, hard work and play that comprised your rise to the top of your high school sport. Valor Christian has one of the top teams this year in Colorado and these are two of their top players. Watch out for Kayle and Jalen over the next few months of 2017. It should be an amazing year.

Follow all the teams this year for basketball at http://chsaanow.com/sports/boys-basketball/. We follow most of our athletes throughout the year and into college. We’ve had the privilege of shooting some of the greatest athletes in Colorado and the world. We love it all, from peewee league up to the professional and olympic ranks.

We had a great year in 2013, we had a chance to work with Elizabeth Holmes to provide her our photos and materials for her feature segment. We were actually called by ABC’s morning show to follow us the day after the article on the main WSJ went live. But, we were going to Disney World with our daughter. You gotta have priorities. Anyway, if you follow the link below, you can see quite a few of our seniors featured on the video. It was fantastic. Josh, one of the seniors featured actually got the WSJ to send him the press plate to frame. Very cool! So check it out…

http://www.wsj.com/video/in-the-age-of-instagram-senior-portraits-go-upscale/6447FFE5-6AD1-4BF7-BC37-C84EB87D095B.html

From time to time, we like to feature recent clients on our blog. We had the great pleasure of helping Caitlyn prepare her portfolio and comp card for an upcoming Model Expo. She was one of only a few people in Colorado selected. With classic looks and a beautiful profile, we think she’ll do great. We’re wishing her the best. We’ve had success getting some of the other models we’ve shot signed at this very same expo in previous years. I have no doubt Caitlyn is on her way. We provided a series of studio and outdoor shots as part of the process. She wanted a mix of lifestyle, editorial and fashion mixed in. Anyway, we’re pulling for you Caitlyn, knock em dead at the expo! Here’s a few ample images from one of her two shoots.

We had a chance to work with Justin Vang from Erie for his senior pictures and model session. Justin is a Pole Vaulter for the Erie track team. We caught up with him at one of the local track camps early in the morning and had a blast trying to catch some unique and compelling images. The B&W track pictures are fast becoming a favorite of mine and sports portraits for seniors is also fast becoming our specialty. Schedule your Senior Picture today!  We’ve shot most of the top athletes in every event and each event presents a unique challenge to understand how to portray the image in a single frame of the camera.  We know all the events and how to show case your pure athleticism and technique.

When our seniors sign up for the Super Model shoot, we can provide a custom modeling comp card. These industry standard cards are 8.5 x 5.5 inches, printed front and back. The front provides a head shot and the model’s name.

The back of the card contains other pictures showing the models other looks and key statistics such as height, size, etc. to leave behind at auditions and interviews. If you book a Super Model shoot, we offer the card creation at $100. We’ll also create an 8×10 head shot along with the comp card in electronic, full resolution format. The great thing about these cards is they are royalty free. You can print as many as you’d like without paying a per print charge. We can help you source print vendors if you need. You are certainly welcome to order through us at our print lab prices.

Let us help kick start your modeling career today!

That’s right, that’s us on the top of the WallStreet Journal. And we have a two page spread in the lifestyle section as well as a segment on the Wall Street Journal Live webcast talking about how Senior Pictures are evolving and all that is involved with creating a great senior picture. With all the cameras, camera phones, more and more people are coming to us to create incredible images. The guy down the street or the friend with a $1000 camera no longer takes images that are anything special. We create art for your walls and memories that you’ll keep forever. We provide the skill, creativity and artistic vision that a “good camera” just can’t provide.

In our Senior model program, we tend to push the limits of creativity to create compelling and interesting images. We do this for two reasons. One, we can show what our staff is capable of, but more importantly we get to push our creativity and many of our looks and styles for the subsequent years come out of our experimental model sessions. Senior Pictures have become so boring and routine at so many studios. Same pose, same set, same bad post processing. We didn’t become photographers to create McDonald’s-like cookie cutter images. Plus, it’s a lot of fun to shoot new styles, new sports. We want to thank ACE – Academy of Circus Elements for training our models and helping us put together these amazing shots!