The little plant that could, in Downtown Denver. Click for Hi-Res Image
In case you haven’t been following my Tweets and Facebook posts, I’ve been pretty excited about this project at WorldwideMoment.org for quite a while. It’s a project where thousands of photographers from all over the world take a photo at the exact same moment – a moment meant to inspire peace.
Today was my day to take the photo, and love it or hate it, this is what I thought best represented the concept.
To me it represents finding happiness in unusual places. It’s about starting small and dreaming big (I like to think the flower is hoping to be as tall as the skyscrapers around it). It’s about thriving out of your element.
It’s also just a darned plant in the middle of a crosswalk – so think of it what you will.
I will say that taking this photo was fun. My initial concept involved a pile of dirt in the middle of the road with the flower in it. However, laying down in the middle of a busy street seemed risky enough without trying to plant a flower at the same time. Trying to focus a 50mm 1.4 accurately while lying on your back and hearing the oncoming traffic coming up behind you is definitely an exercise in stupidity.
Funniest part of the whole exercise was hearing a lady on the street corner say to her walking buddy, “That idiot is trying to take a picture of a flower in the middle of the street, and I thought I was crazy…”
But it was fun, and I liked the image, so there. Enjoy!
Having been in storage all winter, I’ve been wanting to snap a few shots of my 1955 Chevy Coupe lately. I took some time out of my day on Wednesday to do just that. Armed with my Canon 5D and a relatively empty parking garage, I spent about 10 minutes with the car trying to find an angle that does it’s lines justice. I think I succeeded, although more neutral lighting would have helped.
My 1955 Chevy 210
The shadow on the back of the car and the blown highlights still bug me. I want to do a proper shoot with the car, but I just haven’t had a lot of spare time. I’m thinking something at Red Rocks might just do the trick. Maybe I’ll drive it to my next engagement shoot there.
I’m driving it to my Twitter class today at the 9 News Building, so if you want to drop by and take a cruise, I down.
Here’s my take on a soft and lazy Sunday afternoon listening to some good vinyl. We shot this at a friends house in Boulder, CO entirely by natural light using a Canon 5D and a 50mm 1.4 lens.
Oui's set Soft Rythm as shot by Allen Klosowski
Oui's set Soft Rythm as shot by Allen Klosowski
Oui's set Soft Rythm as shot by Allen Klosowski
Oui's set Soft Rythm as shot by Allen Klosowski
Denver’s hottest funk band US Pipe invited Selena and I, through our photography company K2 Photo Studio, to shoot their show when they opened for George Clinton at The Fillmore in Denver on January 10th, 2009. The show was amazing, and so were the shots. This month we are lucky enough to have our photographs grace the cover of the Colorado Music Buzz magazine. Check it out, all the performer images you see below were shot by us.
The Feb. 2009 cover of the Colorado Music Buzz was shot by Selena and Allen Klosowski.
Colorado Music Buzz is high on the Pipe.
Despite the un-Funk of Disco and the whitewash of its derivatives, you can’t deny the pure Funk, and it’s oozing all over the place with the help of one of Denver’s brightest and most promising Funk-flavored outfits, U.S. Pipe.
Read the whole article here.
The show was shot with a mixture of the Canon MkIII 1D, a Canon 5D, Canon 16-35 2.8 L, Sigma 50mm 1.4, and Canon 70-200 2.8 L IS lenses and bodies using ISO 1600-3200 as appropriate.
We want to thank US Pipe and Colorado Music Buzz for having us out to the show. It was a great time and we can’t wait for the next one.
Oh, and pics of George Clinton and the PFunk will be coming soon!
Our favorite bass playing Twitteratti Mark Perez (@faceofbass) asked me to come shoot their band Ransom show at the Gothic Theater on January 23rd. It was a hell of a time, and it created some great images! Here are a few for your enjoyment, especially if you want to see Mark doing what he does best.
Mark Perez (@faceofbass) doing what he does best.
Ransom's metal fury brought the house down!
Even Metal has to have the groove.
Playing metal guitar is a contact sport. (Shutter speed slowed for effect)
Metal drummer's always have the best kits.
Shredding is an artform.
These images really show what can be done in low light with a Canon Mk III 1D and a Sigma 50mm 1.4 lens on ISO 3200.
We’re going to be writing a full review of the show on the Colorado Music Board soon, so I’ll let everybody know when that’s ready.
Thanks to Ransom and Mark for having me us out to the show!
