We were presented with an opportunity to photograph newly inducted Hall of Fame football player Floyd Little a little over a month ago for the cover of Colorado Avid Golfer magazine. The portraits were made at the City Park Golf Course, a place where Little used to play many years ago.

-Steve

©Steve Nowland/Rich Clarkson and Associates,LLC

©Steve Nowland/Rich Clarkson and Associates,LLC

A couple of months ago my co-worker, Steve Nowland, and I decided to shoot a quick promotional film for a local bike sharing program called B-Cycle here in Denver. We decided to go with the stop motion look and shot over 8,000 frames by the time it was all said and done. Some cameras were mounted to the bike itself while others were hand-held by Steve. We shot this in a day and pieced it together in Final Cut Pro in a couple more days. Have a look.

BCYCLE8-30Vimeo from RCA Creative on Vimeo.

Brian Lanker embraces Rich Clarkson at a surprise party hosted in Eugene, Ore. Magnum photographer David Alan Harvey records the scene. ©Paul Carter

A great look back at Rich Clarkson’s 25 years at the helm of the Topeka Capitol Journal photo department, a period of time where many of today’s finest photojournalists entered into the profession under his tutelage.  NPR covers the unusual gathering in late July that brought together so many from TCJ’s staff for the first formal reunion in over three decades. http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2010/07/21/128674753/topeka

For several years now I’ve had the pleasure of working with the good folks over at the American Transplant Foundation. For the past couple of years they have assembled Team Transplant to ride in the annual Subaru Elephant Rock Ride in Castle Rock, Colorado in order to raise awareness for their cause. They continue to be the largest group in the ride and plan to become larger and larger over time. Creating an audio slideshow is something I’ve done to add a little more character to the still images created from the ride. It’s been fun and eye opening as I learn about many of the donors lives through interviews and talking with them throughout the day. I’d really enjoy spending more time getting to know so many of them and help to get the word out more for organ donation in the future. For now, enjoy the short show I’ve done for them this year. Thanks for having a look.

-Josh

The Denver International Airport is the only major airport to be built in the United States in the last 25 years. They are a relatively new client of ours and have provided us with the amazing opportunity to use our creativity for internal uses which include the publication of an annual calendar as well. DIA opened it’s doors on February 28,1995 and sits on 34,000 acres of land 23 miles northeast of downtown Denver,Colorado. Several appointments throughout the weeks have us heading out and documenting daily life as we see it through the camera. Here is a recent take from a visit. As always thanks for taking a look.

-Jamie

©Jamie Schwaberow/Rich Clarkson and Associates, LLC

©Jamie Schwaberow/Rich Clarkson and Associates, LLC

©Jamie Schwaberow/Rich Clarkson and Associates, LLC

©Jamie Schwaberow/Rich Clarkson and Associates, LLC

©Jamie Schwaberow/Rich Clarkson and Associates, LLC

©Jamie Schwaberow/Rich Clarkson and Associates, LLC

Often portraits, especially those slated for a cover, can be well involved productions with lights, assistants, and location scouting. For the Colorado Rockies first baseman, Jason Giambi, the concept for the August cover was kept relatively simple. One light source, that being the afternoon sun and a reflector to add the fill. The editors at the magazine wanted a final image that had a black and white documentary feel while utilizing the steel beams of Coors Field as a way to describe Giambi’s strength. Keep checking back as there will be a post soon about the more complex shoots described earlier. As always, thanks for looking.

-Ryan

©Ryan McKee/Rich Clarkson and Associates,LLC

©Ryan McKee/Rich Clarkson and Associates,LLC

Tuesday morning meetings are fantastic. Here at Rich Clarkson and Associates one item that often enters the conversation is the need and desire for us to start projects. They can be personal in nature or deal with our existing clients. Whatever the outcome it never seems to matter as long as the project results in the photographer learning something new or the project can be shown to potential clients in order to keep creating for a living. This past weekend I started work on one project I’m hoping will provide numerous learning experiences for all involved. In my opinion, everyone wins in these situations. I feed the beast that is creativity and in return our clients and potential clients get a product and a photographer that is full of energy. Here are a few of the outtake stills I shot during a primarily video style day on Saturday. Thanks to everyone at the 2010 Raw Nationals for being so kind and generous with their time.

-Josh

©Joshua Duplechian/Rich Clarkson and Associates,LLC

©Joshua Duplechian/Rich Clarkson and Associates,LLC

©Joshua Duplechian/Rich Clarkson and Associates,LLC

©Joshua Duplechian/Rich Clarkson and Associates,LLC

©Joshua Duplechian/Rich Clarkson and Associates,LLC

©Joshua Duplechian/Rich Clarkson and Associates,LLC

©Joshua Duplechian/Rich Clarkson and Associates,LLC

Gorgeous light, sunflower seeds, cheers from behind home plate, and to top it all off used peanut shells as a scoreboard. All this packaged with photographer access that would rival the most trusting of subjects describes the Colorado Rockies sponsored Reviving Baseball in Inner City leagues or better know as RBI. There are over 200 of these Major League Baseball funded teams throughout the nation and roughly 525 kids ages 13-18 in Denver alone. This summer league comes at no cost and carries the goal of getting kids out to combat the affects of gangs and drugs within larger cities.

-Josh

©Joshua Duplechian/Rich Clarkson and Associates,LLC

©Joshua Duplechian/Rich Clarkson and Associates,LLC

©Joshua Duplechian/Rich Clarkson and Associates,LLC

©Joshua Duplechian/Rich Clarkson and Associates,LLC

©Joshua Duplechian/Rich Clarkson and Associates,LLC

©Joshua Duplechian/Rich Clarkson and Associates,LLC

©Joshua Duplechian/Rich Clarkson and Associates,LLC

©Joshua Duplechian/Rich Clarkson and Associates,LLC

As the Colorado Rockies season meets its halfway point the light starts to bend and shape just about everything within the gates. Below is a sampling of the light from photographer Jamie Schwaberow during his coverage of the Rockies vs. Red Sox series a couple of weeks ago. Stay tuned because the light is always changing.

-Jamie

©Jamie Schwaberow/Rich Clarkson and Associates,LLC

©Jamie Schwaberow/Rich Clarkson and Associates,LLC

©Jamie Schwaberow/Rich Clarkson and Associates,LLC

©Jamie Schwaberow/Rich Clarkson and Associates,LLC

©Jamie Schwaberow/Rich Clarkson and Associates,LLC

©Jamie Schwaberow/Rich Clarkson and Associates,LLC

©Jamie Schwaberow/Rich Clarkson and Associates,LLC

The annual Rich Clarkson Sports Photography Workshop is currently underway in Colorado Springs,Colorado. Some of the fantastic faculty include Rich Clarkson, Brad Smith, Charlie Arbogast, Dave Black, James Colton, Bill Eppridge, Jeff Jacobsen, Keith Ladzinski, Richard Mackson, Mark Reis, Amy Sancetta, Joey Terrill, and Mark Terrill. A full week of quality instruction and photography is in store for this year’s attendees.

-Josh

©Joshua Duplechian/Rich Clarkson and Associates,LLC

©Joshua Duplechian/Rich Clarkson and Associates,LLC

©Joshua Duplechian/Rich Clarkson and Associates,LLC