I was finally able to photograph Annie at The Denver Puppet Theater the other day. She is always amazingly busy, I found. That makes sense because Annie is not only a wonderful puppeteer putting on a variety of fantastic shows. She also creates all of the puppets, is a kind human being and provides a wonderful service to all of the children who attend. I believe that her method of helping people think creatively and open their mind is treasure to all those who attend.
September 13, 2016 | Categories: Business Photography, Entrepreneurship, Uncategorized | Tags: artisanal photography, artisanal puppetry, Artist Portrait, Business Photographer, Business Photography, Colorado, colorado photographer, Colorado photography, Craftsman Photography, Denver, Denver Treasure, digital photography, documentary photography, Editorial Photography, Editorial Portrait, Entrepreneur, good documentary photography, good photography, magazine photographer, photography, Picture Story, portrait photographer, Portrait Photography, Puppet Theater, small business | Leave a comment
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!
September 9, 2016 | Categories: Black and White, Wedding Photography | Tags: available light photography, Black and White Wedding Photography, Colorado, Colorado Black and White Wedding Photographer, colorado photographer, Colorado photography, Colorado Wedding Photographer, Colorado Wedding Photojournalist, Denver, Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver Documentary Wedding Photographer, Denver Wedding Photographer, Denver Wedding Photojournalist, digital photography, documentary photography, Documentary Wedding Photographer, good photography, photography, photojournalism, Wedding Photographer, Wedding Photography | Leave a comment
My first assignment for The Washington Post Magazine went well. I photographed Senator Bennet and his family as he was in Colorado for the long holiday. We did some reportage and one family portrait. Here is the result: (there are some reportage photographs in the magazine as well, I just don’t have a paper copy yet of my own to photograph and share)
June 22, 2016 | Categories: Black and White, Editorial, Magazine, Uncategorized | Tags: Colorado, colorado photographer, digital photography, documentary photography, Double Truck, Editorial Photography, Environmental Portrait, Family photo, Family photograph, good photography, Leadville, magazine photographer, On Assignment, photography, photojournalism, Portrait, portrait photographer | Leave a comment
Many thanks to the editors at Fokus, Sweden’s weekly news magazine, for this amazing display of my photographs created recently on assignment for them. I spent 2 days documenting the business of cannabis here in Colorado.
April 28, 2016 | Categories: Documentary Photography, Editorial, Magazine, Uncategorized | Tags: cannabis, Colorado, colorado photographer, Colorado photography, Denver, Denver Photographer, digital photography, documentary photography, Double Truck, Editorial Photography, Fokus, Fokus Magazine, good photography, Green Rush, magazine photographer, Magazine spread, marijuana, photography, Picture Story, X100s | Leave a comment
To see more from this project, a more comprehensive gallery is on my website: http://www.matthewstaver.com/in-the-yards/
March 22, 2016 | Categories: In The Yards, Uncategorized | Tags: available light photography, Cattle, Colorado, colorado photographer, Colorado photography, Cowboy, Denver, digital photography, documentary photography, Editorial Photography, good documentary photography, good photography, In The Yards, photography, photojournalism, Picture Story, reportage, Stock Show, X100s, Yard Life | Leave a comment
To see more from this project, a more comprehensive gallery is on my website: http://www.matthewstaver.com/in-the-yards/
March 21, 2016 | Categories: In The Yards, Uncategorized | Tags: available light photography, Beef, Colorado, colorado photographer, Colorado photography, cow, Denver, digital photography, documentary photography, Editorial Photography, good documentary photography, good photography, In The Yards, Photo essay, photography, photojournalism, Picture Story, reportage, Yard Life | Leave a comment
To see more from this project, a more comprehensive gallery is on my website: http://www.matthewstaver.com/in-the-yards/
March 17, 2016 | Categories: In The Yards, Uncategorized | Tags: available light photography, Cattle, Colorado, colorado photographer, Colorado photography, cow, Denver, digital photography, documentary photography, Editorial Photography, good documentary photography, good photography, In The Yards, NWSS, Orange, Photo essay, photography, photojournalism, Picture Story, reportage, Stock Show, X100s, Yard Life | Leave a comment
To see more from this project, a more comprehensive gallery is on my website: http://www.matthewstaver.com/in-the-yards/
March 16, 2016 | Categories: In The Yards, Uncategorized | Tags: available light photography, Beef, Cattle, Colorado, colorado photographer, Colorado photography, Cowboy, Denver, digital photography, documentary photography, Editorial Photography, good documentary photography, good photography, Photo essay, photography, photojournalism, Picture Story, X100s | Leave a comment
To see more from this project, a more comprehensive gallery is on my website: http://www.matthewstaver.com/in-the-yards/
March 15, 2016 | Categories: In The Yards, Uncategorized | Tags: available light photography, BBQ, Beef, Burgers, Colorado, colorado photographer, Colorado photography, Cowboy, Denver, digital photography, documentary photography, Editorial Photography, good documentary photography, good photography, NWSS, NWSS2016, photography, photojournalism, Picture Story | Leave a comment
To see more from this project, a more comprehensive gallery is on my website: http://www.matthewstaver.com/in-the-yards/
March 14, 2016 | Categories: Documentary Photography, In The Yards, Uncategorized | Tags: available light photography, Colorado, colorado photographer, Colorado photography, Denver, digital photography, documentary photographer, documentary photography, Editorial Photography, Fuji X100s, Fujifilm x100s, good documentary photography, good photography, Lasso, magazine photographer, NWSS, NWSS2016, Photographer in Denver, photography, photojournalism, Picture Story, X100s | Leave a comment
To see more from this project, a more comprehensive gallery is on my website: http://www.matthewstaver.com/in-the-yards/
March 9, 2016 | Categories: In The Yards, Uncategorized | Tags: agricultural, available light photography, Beef, Colorado, colorado photographer, Colorado photography, Cowboy, cowboy hat, Denver, digital photography, documentary photography, Editorial Photography, good documentary photography, good photography, photography, photojournalism, Picture Story, scale | Leave a comment
To see more from this project, a more comprehensive gallery is on my website: http://www.matthewstaver.com/in-the-yards/
March 8, 2016 | Categories: Animal photography, In The Yards, Uncategorized | Tags: ag, agricultural, available light photography, Beef, Cattle, Colorado, colorado photographer, Colorado photography, Cowboy, Denver, digital photography, documentary photography, Editorial Photography, good documentary photography, good photography, NWSS, NWSS2016, Photo essay, photography, photojournalism, Picture Story, Stock Show | Leave a comment
To see more from this project, a more comprehensive gallery is on my website: http://www.matthewstaver.com/in-the-yards/
March 7, 2016 | Categories: Animal photography, In The Yards, Uncategorized | Tags: agricultural, available light photography, Beef, Colorado, colorado photographer, Colorado photography, Denver, digital photography, documentary photography, Editorial Photography, good documentary photography, good photography, NWSS, NWSS2016, photography, photojournalism, Picture Story, Pink, Portrait, Yard Life | Leave a comment
To see more from this project, a more comprehensive gallery is on my website: http://www.matthewstaver.com/in-the-yards/
March 4, 2016 | Categories: Animal photography, Documentary Photography, In The Yards, Uncategorized | Tags: available light photography, Beef, Cattle, Colorado, colorado photographer, Colorado photography, Denver, digital photography, documentary photography, Editorial Photography, good documentary photography, good photography, Lowline, NWSS, NWSS2016, photography, photojournalism, Picture Story, Stock Show, Yard Life | Leave a comment
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/
March 3, 2016 | Categories: In The Yards, Uncategorized | Tags: available light photography, Beef, Colorado, colorado photographer, Colorado photography, cow, Cowboy, Denver, digital photography, documentary photography, Editorial Photography, good documentary photography, good photography, Green, Hereford, NWSS, NWSS2016, photography, photojournalism, Picture Story | Leave a comment
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To see more from this project a full gallery is on my website here: http://www.matthewstaver.com/in-the-yards/
March 2, 2016 | Categories: Animal photography, Documentary Photography, In The Yards | Tags: available light photography, Colorado, colorado photographer, Denver, digital photography, documentary photography, Editorial Photography, good documentary photography, NWSS, NWSS2016, photography, photojournalism, Picture Story | Leave a comment
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/
March 1, 2016 | Categories: Documentary Photography, Yard Life | Tags: agricultural, available light photography, Beef, Colorado, colorado photographer, Denver, digital photography, documentary photography, Editorial Photography, good photography, NWSS, NWSS2016, photography, photojournalism, Picture Story | Leave a comment
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/
February 29, 2016 | Categories: Animal photography, Documentary Photography, Yard Life | Tags: available light photography, Beef, Colorado, colorado photographer, Denver, digital photography, documentary photography, Editorial Photography, good documentary photography, NWSS, NWSS2016, photography, photojournalism, reportage, Yard Life | Leave a comment
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.
May 11, 2015 | Categories: Documentary Photography | Tags: agricultural, available light photography, Colorado, colorado photographer, Colorado photography, Cottage Food, Denver, digital photography, documentary photography, Editorial Photography, Farm, good documentary photography, good photography, photography, photojournalism, Picture Story, Urban Farm | 2 Comments
August 6, 2014 | Categories: Landscape, On The Road | Tags: agricultural, available light photography, Colorado, colorado landscape photography, colorado photographer, Colorado photography, digital photography, documentary photography, Dreamy, good photography, landscape, landscape photography, moody landscape, moody photography, Photograph, photography, Rural | Leave a comment
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.
May 28, 2014 | Categories: On The Road | Tags: available light photography, colorado photographer, digital photography, documentary photography, Dreamy, Editorial Photography, good photography, landscape, landscape photography, photography, X100s | Leave a comment
Below is another addition to my ongoing project, On The Road; a series of non-manipulated photographs capturing the essence of a landscape in a very non-traditional way. Often my work takes me to remote or rural locations that require hours of driving to reach. The spaces and places in between offer their beauty as the miles roll by. With these photographs I hope to capture a bit of the soul of the land I pass and a glimpse into the lives lived upon it.
March 10, 2014 | Categories: Landscape, On The Road | Tags: agricultural, available light photography, colorado photographer, digital photography, documentary photography, Dreamy, Editorial Photography, good documentary photography, good photography, landscape, landscape photography, moody, photography | Leave a comment
It is always a treat for me to meet and photograph a skilled entrepreneur, farmer or artist as they work to create something that has the potential to elevate an industry, transform sentiment or upturn convention. Recently I had such an opportunity, making photographs inside a Good Meds medical cannabis cultivation facility here in Denver. Growing Cannabis (marijuana) in Colorado isn’t new, but with the rapid approach of legal recreational marijuana being available to those so inclined (and over 21) from shops in Denver on Jan. 1st, attention on the subject has greatly increased.
Farming indoors is a feat I used to associate with survival in a post-apocalyptic movie. But over the last few years I have witnessed substantial crops being raised in warehouses across Denver. The photographs below are a few from an indoor Good Meds cultivation facility. The combination of entrepreneurship, agricultural skills and craftsmanship on display there was wonderful to experience. While complying with complex regulation they successfully grow a variety of strains and create a truly artisanal product.
December 18, 2013 | Categories: Documentary Photography, Editorial, Entrepreneurship | Tags: agricultural, cannabis, Colorado, colorado photographer, Colorado photography, Denver, digital photography, documentary photography, Editorial Photography, Farm, good documentary photography, good photography, grow house, marijuana, marijuana photography, medical marijuana, photography, photojournalism, reportage photography | Leave a comment
I find myself back up in the Oil Boom country (the Bakken region) working on assignment. The crazy weather (snow + -20 + wind) makes for challenging photographic situations. But the weather and logistics create a wonderful atmosphere for another installment of On The Road. This project consists of photographs I create while driving to/from an assignment, usually on deadline, that hopefully captures the spirit of the landscape and place while utilizing photography in a novel way.
November 21, 2013 | Categories: Documentary Photography, On The Road | Tags: agricultural, available light photography, digital photography, documentary photography, Editorial Photography, landscape, landscape photography, photography | Leave a comment
matthew staver 