It has been awhile since we’ve posted images from Coors Field. Often our images can be seen all over town in street banners,billboards,bus signs and newspapers. Some of them large and some small. Some cropped and some not. This blog provides the opportunity to show work that may not have made it into the mainstream. As always, thanks for looking. In the coming weeks I plan on taking the opportunity to post a more rounded out presentation of the entire season in a more creative fashion. Stay tuned.

-JD

©Joshua Duplechian/Rich Clarkson and Associates

©Jamie Schwaberow/Rich Clarkson and Associates

©Ryan McKee/Rich Clarkson and Associates

©Joshua Duplechian/Rich Clarkson and Associates

©Joshua Duplechian/Rich Clarkson and Associates

©Jamie Schwaberow/Rich Clarkson and Associates

©Joshua Duplechian/Rich Clarkson and Associates

©Ryan McKee/Rich Clarkson and Associates

©Joshua Duplechian/Rich Clarkson and Associates

They say hope springs eternal, especially during spring training. Never has that been more true than this year with the dawning of a brand spanking new facility down in Scottsdale, Arizona. As team photographers, we had an opportunity to spend some time at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick last week. Below is a small sampling of images from my edit.

-Jamie

©Jamie Schwaberow/Rich Clarkson and Associates

©Jamie Schwaberow/Rich Clarkson and Associates

©Jamie Schwaberow/Rich Clarkson and Associates

©Jamie Schwaberow/Rich Clarkson and Associates

©Jamie Schwaberow/Rich Clarkson and Associates

©Jamie Schwaberow/Rich Clarkson and Associates

©Jamie Schwaberow/Rich Clarkson and Associates

©Jamie Schwaberow/Rich Clarkson and Associates

Rich Clarkson and Associates, LLC is proud to announce that their renewed contract with the Colorado Rockies Baseball Club through the 2013 season. The Rockies have employed Clarkson’s photography services since the team’s inception in 1993. As the official photographers for the club, Clarkson’s duties will be to continue to provide original photography, image archive and management, picture content for the Rockies Magazine and all other social media outlets. In addition to their regular photography responsibilities for the club, Clarkson just completed a 175 large format print project to provide the decor for the Rockies new 85,000 sq ft Spring Training facility in Scottsdale, AZ.

-RM

Seasons change. Along with the change the light moves toward different places within Coors Field creating unique backlighting and pockets of light worthy of exploring.

-JD

©Ryan McKee/Rich Clarkson and Associates,LLC

©Ryan McKee/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

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