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Music at McCall Lake. No ticket required. Life can be simple at times, when we make it so.

Darkroom Rental in Boulder

October 13, 2015October 13, 2015Leave a comment

I AM BOULDER BUSINESS | Boulder Photo Center, 4593 Broadway | 303.444.4568

A $10/hour darkroom rental in North Boulder. Because film is forever, and not just for hipsters! (And very few of the digital photos being taken today will last 50 years, like these will.) Don Oberbeck is helping keep the magic of film photography alive here.

Morning Brew and Photographers, Too

October 12, 2015October 12, 20151 Comment

The ASMP (American Society of Media Photographers) holds their monthly meetup the second Monday of the month in Boulder at Que’s Espresso, 4770 Table Mesa Drive in Boulder. Always a good conversation between photographers talking business as well as gear.

Feeling the Bern in Boulder

October 10, 2015October 10, 20151 Comment

The Wise Photo Project

September 23, 2015Leave a comment

I AM BOULDER BUSINESS | The Wise Photo Project | Lyons Colorado | 720.982.9237

I create artful, magazine-style environmental portraits using real black and white or color film, create archival prints, matted, framed and ready for display. Traditional darkroom hand-printing is also available.

These legacy portraits, printed and framed, will last for generations and are experienced on a daily basis in your home, on your walls.

Pixels are good for sharing, but they’re forgotten. Prints are for preservation.

Why film?

It’s a feeling. I suppose, you either feel it or you don’t. I certainly do. There’s a magic in that silver, I tell you. Now there’s a Tri-X negative in a sleeve that exists with that image. And there is a print of each photograph in a frame, to savor those moments.

Because photography wasn’t meant to be for an instant to share, to check out on the back of a camera screen, or to post once on Facebook then bury, and be done with. It was meant to save memories.

Film, printed and framed, does that for me. Unlike anything else available. Surrounding me in my house and office. Changing frames out with different memories. But all real, no electricity needed. Because I intend to make photograph for the ages, not just for today.

Legacy portrait sessions are $325. Prints are available in any size to suit your space. Professional framing and mats in various colors, woods or metals. Shoots are available in Denver, Boulder and throughout the front range and the western slope.Call 720.982.9237

Take One

September 18, 2015September 13, 2015Leave a comment

I AM BOULDER COLORADO

Overheard:
“I can’t really afford one. Sorry.”
“Take one, anyway. It’s for you.”

The Look of Film

September 17, 2015September 17, 2015Leave a comment

I AM BOULDER COLORADO

“Hey, you’re shooting film. That’s old school.”
“I’m shooting film because it makes me take my time and I’m really enjoying it.”
“That’s cool.”
“I just figured out how to develop it and not lose any frames in developing. So, I’m good.”

I teach film photography up in Lyons, Colorado, at the Lyons Photography Art Center, if you are interested in shooting film. If you have an old SLR or other film camera around, here’s an idea. Buy a roll of Tri-X black and white film with 36 exposures from Mike’s Camera. Shoot one photo a month–the roll will last you three years. At the end of three years, get it developed, and you will have a time capsule that will be so fun to see.