Umbrellas

To say it's been rainy in Denver would be an understatement. On Thursday it was sunny and dry with a high in the 80s, Friday cold, rainy and in the 50s. Go figure.

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Bull Riders

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Peace Bats

Yippies take a swing for nonviolence at DNC. You can read the story [ here ]



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Nuns

You can read the story [ here ]

Sister Betty Voss, with the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Sister Voss is one of five nuns active in the order.
Sister Betty Voss laughs at a story told by Father Patrick Dolan, pastor at the Most Precious Blood Church, during the 175th anniversary of the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, an order of nuns who have worked in the state since 1888.

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Soccer

This could have been my best soccer photo ever, good action, player in yellow's hand is hacking at defender's throat and in the next frame, also out of focus, you can see defender's foot planed squarely...well let's just say that this is a PG-13 rated blog.

Waiting for the match to start and watching the grey skies pass. No rain...well some rain but I was editing and transmitting so I stayed dry.

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Again, the Gay Rodeo

This afternoon I have re-posted a new version of my Gay Rodeo story - due to some great advice received from photojournalists (and friends) who are smarter, faster and stronger than I.

I've left the original post up because one, I'm still proud of the work on the first edit, but secondly and most importantly to stress the importance of surrounding yourself with people who will give you an honest critique.

The edits are at times very small, a different crop, a re-tone but some are bigger. Remove this, replace with that, can this one.

One essentially said, "Dude, you can see your shadow in this one. That is busch league."

Gay Rodeo

Earlier this month I found an ad in a local news magazine for the Colorado Gay Rodeo Association and their hosting of the Rocky Mountain Regional Rodeo in Golden, CO. Here is my take on the rodeo.

On a separate note, I just recently discovered that the upgraded version of Soundslides can produce a standard slideshow - without audio - which is great since I dropped my audio recorder while shooting the rodeo. Anyone need a really cool looking paper weight?

shining a light

It's great to see good friend, Javier Manzano, working hard to shine a light on stories like these. In a three part series, launched today, Rocky Mountain News photographer Manzano and writer Laura Frank tackle the issue head-on.

An excerpt from the article:

"The Americans who built the nation's nuclear weapons are still fighting a cold war.

Tens of thousands of sick nuclear arms workers — or their survivors — from every state in the nation have applied for compensation that Congress established for them in 2000. But most have never seen a dime."

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Business Assignments...

...can be fun.

Though it's a depressing story, the downturn in the US economy, it was visual and educational. As the cost of fuel soars so in turn the cost of all materials, including building materials, soar.

My assignment, head up to Boulder - Broomfield, really - to document steel fabricators working in their workshop and put a face on the men who build the skeletons of buildings and serve as the backbone of the construction industry.




You can read the story [ here ]


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Cycling

OK, with a show of hands who is watching the 95th anniversary of the Tour de France...anyone? Not even one stage?

Well, that is not really surprising, though consumption of race headlines and video views are up. Many people feel that the sport of cycling has taken a hit from recent doping scandals, like this year's positive test by Italian rider Riccardo Ricco.

Well, I'm a bike dork and holding off ditching my cable TV until the tour is over...with 8 stages yet to race I've got some time before I hand back the cable box to Comcast. Since moving to Colorado I've picked up road riding, minus the spandex, only now realizing how great it is to ride 20, 30, 40, 50 miles onto the horizon.

With that said, and my point really, is that last August I was assigned by The Sunday Times of London to shoot a story regarding Team Slipstream and their current performance enhancing drug testing policy.

The recent expulsion of current Tour de France riders reminded me of the story - so I figured I'd post some photos.

The two lads sent by the team to represent the new face of American cycling are in their early 20's and great riders - hopefully competing in the 96th tour. The assignment was clear enough, portraits, shots of them training and getting tested.


Ian MacGregor

Timmy Duggan

Not the most exciting photo. So many things wrong with it, for example - it's boring.

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StoryCorps

StoryCorps came to town today and I photographed a women telling her story. Shooting this assignment made me paused for a moment to think about the story I would want to tell...just for a moment though...I was under a tight deadline and under the twitchy push and pull effect that sugar-free Red Bull provides on breakneck days.

No time to think about the past, present or future.

No time for a deep think on days like today...maybe after finishing an edit and a pint.


What is the story that you would want to tell?

Nathan

Wednesday Walk

Colfax Avenue looking West.

White dog.

Cheesman Park Memorial Pavilion.

Cheap whiskey will kill you.


Nathan