Here’s another installment; this time it’s Ruta. She’s a lady who lives in a cabin at 11,000 feet and likes to do this kind of thing.
This is Izzy Calligan, a Briton who I’ve known for a few years working in the local wedding industry. The angle for the shot was that she’s a dreamer and a hopeless romantic, so we put her on her bed with a few props and some simple lighting. Kudos to Tyler Hansen, whose design was so cool that I had to include the layout of this one.
Faces of the 2012 Crested Butte Pond Skim Competition! …or contest, exhibition…92 people helped close the ski season with some fun. Check ‘em all out on the facebooks
Phoebe from The Dogwood Cocktail Cabin- mixologist, town council member and crack up. This shot is an outtake from a party I shot at the Cabin.
Legendary country music songwriter and performer Dean Dillon before taking the stage at Kochevar’s during Songwriters in the Rockies.

Aspiring Olympian, local 15 year-old skier Aaron Blunck. I needed to get a portrait of him in late September, when the only snow still around is in the shade at 12,000 feet. The answer? Strong composition and using color in a nod to one of my photo heroes, Pete Turner.
This is Brooke Harless, whose grandfather was a coal miner in Colorado. 