To see more from this project a full gallery is on my website here: http://www.matthewstaver.com/in-the-yards/
Black and White Wedding Photography
Congratulations to Linsdey and Josh! Their wedding was beautiful and I’m honored they selected me to photograph such an important day for them. They were married this August in the Denver Botanic Gardens and the reception followed at The Magnolia Hotel here in Denver, Colorado.
As you may know, I am accepting 5 weddings a year to photograph. My background is in photojournalism and I continue to work regularly as a documentary, editorial photographer. So, I approach each wedding as an authentic wedding photojournalist, all the while understanding and appreciating the importance of capturing beautiful portraits of the couple and their family.
Below are my 6 favorite black and white photographs from the day. Yep, I used a camera set to capture in black and white. I also used traditional high-end digital cameras and even created a few portraits using medium format film.
If you are interested in having me photograph your wedding here in Colorado or abroad, don’t hesitate to give me a call or email. I’d love to chat and see if we’d make a good fit!
New construction photos added
I’m pleased to share this new gallery of construction related photography at my online portfolio: http://www.matthewstaver.com/#/construction/
This is a gallery showcasing some of my recent photography work for construction, developer, hotel and contractor clients. If you are a construction company with projects in Denver, Boulder, Colorado Springs or even into Wyoming, North Dakota or beyond that you wish to document or highlight, take a look. Yep, I own a pair of broken in steel-toe boots, hard hat and other PPE. I understand construction timelines and don’t mind taking off those boots when the project if finished and we head inside to photograph the finished interiors.
(final) new photograph – In The Yards
To see more from this project, a more comprehensive gallery is on my website: http://www.matthewstaver.com/in-the-yards/
In The Yards – new documentary photograph added
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In The Yards – washing
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New photograph In The Yards
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In The Yards (new photography)
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In The Yards
To see more from this project, a more comprehensive gallery is on my website: http://www.matthewstaver.com/in-the-yards/
In The Yards (a new documentary photograph)
To see more from this project, a more comprehensive gallery is on my website: http://www.matthewstaver.com/in-the-yards/
In The Yards
To see more from this project, a more comprehensive gallery is on my website: http://www.matthewstaver.com/in-the-yards/
In The Yards (new) photograph #6
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In The Yards photograph #5
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In The Yards photograph #4
The 110th National Western Stock Show (NWSS) held here in Denver, has concluded for the year. I spent most of the show in the historic yards again, adding to my documentary photography project, “In The Yards”, set there. Last year my focus was portraiture. This year I created reportage style documentary photographs. ©Matthew Staver All rights reserved. Do not copy, download, post or distribute. Photographer: Matthew Staver 303-916-6155 http://www.matthewstaver.com mattstaver@hotmail.com
To see more from this project, a more comprehensive gallery is on my website: http://www.matthewstaver.com/in-the-yards/
In The Yards #2
Below is the second new photograph this year from my documentary photography project, In The Yards.
To see more from this project a full gallery is on my website here: http://www.matthewstaver.com/in-the-yards/
Documentary Photography of Denver’s Stock Show
The 110th National Western Stock Show (NWSS) held here in Denver, has concluded for the year. I spent most of the show in the historic yards again, adding to my documentary photography project set there. Last year my focus was portraiture. This year I created reportage style documentary photographs of “In The Yards”.
I hope to post one photograph from this new collection of photographs every few days. Below is the first, a photograph of Klay leading a bull to get some exercise as the sun sets.
To see more from this project a full gallery is on my website here: http://www.matthewstaver.com/in-the-yards/
6 new OTR landscape photographs from 2 recent assignments
Below are 6 new non-traditional landscape photographs from my ongoing project, On The Road. The photographs are not manipulated, and are an attempt to capture the beauty of the landscape as I pass, usually en-rout to an assignment.
Dramatic sunrise over Lake Estes and an elk
Two photographs from a quick trip up to Estes Park, Colorado this weekend. The sunrise was wonderful, and I found some elk eating and meandering through the outskirts of town.
©2015 Matthew Staver – all rights reserved Estes Park, CO – October 4, 2015
A view a portion of Lake Estes and a portion of Estes Park at sunrise before the Elk Bugling Contest that is part of the 17th annual Elk Fest in Estes Park, Colorado, U.S., on Sunday, October 4, 2015.
Photographer: Matthew Staver
©2015 Matthew Staver all rights reserved Estes Park, CO – October 4, 2015
Elk eat and wander in Estes Park before the Elk Bugling Contest that is part of the 17th annual Elk Fest in Estes Park, Colorado, U.S., on Sunday, October 4, 2015.
Photographer: Matthew Staver
Fall is here in Colorado: new OTR
A few photographs for my ongoing project captured yesterday as I drove home from an assignment in Estes Park, Colorado. Fall is here, folks!
©2015 Matthew Staver
©2015 Matthew Staver
©2015 Matthew Staver
©2015 Matthew Staver
A pioneering backyard farm in Denver
A heavy, cold rain poured down on Debra Neeley as she set-up and opened her pioneering Green Gate Farm Stand Saturday morning, but dampen her spirit, or the enthusiasm of her customers it did not. As the opening hour of 9am passed, her front porch – turned farm stand – was packed with customers snatching up fresh herbs, eggs, greenery and tomato starter plants.
This might conjure a picture of life in a small rural town, or of a time long ago, but Debra Neeley is the proprietor of Green Gate Urban Farm and Gardens, a farm located in the backyard of her home in urban Denver, Colorado. She is a one of the first to take advantage of recently passed “cottage food” legislation to legally produce and sell home-grown produce and homemade foods from her residence.
New OTR photographs from Wyoming road trip
A last minute assignment took me up to Gillette, Wyoming earlier this week. Here are a few of the new OTR photos from the 750+ mile round-trip!
North Dakota (and Montana) in motion
Finishing up another shoot in the Williston, North Dakota + Eastern Montana area (the Bakken) for a client – I decided to take a break this evening and edit some personal photographs from the trip. Below are 8 new additions to my ongoing On The Road project of non-traditional landscape photographs. I passed by many more fantastic scenes on this shoot – but traffic and construction in this part of the country right now make conditions too dangerous for me to work on this alone a large portion of the time.
Abstract Landscape Photographs – OTR by Train in Spain #2
Here is a more abstract set of landscape photographs from Spain + Portugal that move my project a little further. Still, however, attempting to capture the spirit of the landscape I pass in a unique style and always with a real photograph.
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