Glass Photography

I had the good fortune of photographing the EnvirOvation event for the city of Fort Collins. In short, companies are honored for being good stewards of the environment as well as business leaders. It was a very cool event.

A company gave out saplings as their promotional item.

The guest speaker.

Group shot of the Silver Partners

I must admit . . . I’m always happy when I see a photo of mine on the cover of a magazine. And it’s even cooler when the picture happens to be of my wife.

If you’re a runner, and live in Colorado . . . I highly recommend Colorado Runner Magazine.

Marcie Glass runs through a snowstorm.

I’m blogging on this a bit late, but the following photo was used in the February issue of Runner’s World. A special thanks goes to Jennifer Lee (left) and Kara Roy (right) for modeling (i.e. running) for me on moments notice in our huge October snowstorm. Thanks again ladies!

~SMG

Jennifer Lee and Kary Roy run in the snow down Mountain Avenue.

On of my favorite people on the planet to collaborate with is Jeremy Monroe of Freshwaters Illustrated. He’s the founder and visionary of Freshwaters Illustrated, a non-profit who’s mission is:

“(1) to educate diverse public audiences about the life, study, and conservation of freshwater ecosystems through illustrative science-based efforts, and (2) to provide illustrative resources and services to scientists, educators, and media specialists”

Their Vision is:

“to create a public that is more conscious of freshwater life, and more sympathetic to freshwater conservation.”

So this was one of those exciting days where Jeremy took me to a river. He explained that we were going to be snorkeling with White Fish that were spawning. He also explained how these fish prefer the areas of the stream where the water is really flowing.  Sure enough the White Fish were in the middle of the highest currents were the other fish (rainbows) hid behind rocks.

This was one of the better images from the day. White Fish spawning with Jeremy in the background rolling video.

A few years later, what you know, it’s on the cover of the American Fisheries Journal, helping to illustrate an article that Jeremy co-authored.

American Fisheries Society Vol 34, No 12.

It’s a great article dealing with why imagery is so important to the future of freshwaters. If you’d like to read it click here.

~SMG

Diana Hermann, owner of Zi Zai,at work on her herbal recipes for skin care. Photographed on October 2, 2009.

I had the excellent fortune of working with Diana Hermann of Zi Zai creating pictures of Chinese herbs. It was SOOOO cool. All this really gnarly textured herbage (is that a word – prolly not) that made an excellent subject. Well then . . . better get a photograph of the legend herself.

I’ll jump at any chance I get to take an environmental portrait. Zi Zai is going to launch in a short bit. When it does, I’ll be sure to let you all know. Until then you can just love the picture of this awesome herbalist.

The dog, Sam, was a major inspiration on why to start Zi Zai her skin care company.

Anginet Page and I had the good fortune of doing a little mini fashion shoot a few weeks back. Our kids played in the grass while we pretended we knew what we were doing. Sarah Johnson who is a fabulous model was our first subject. Sara has a zillion - yes that’s a lot - of looks to give.

The shoot with Sara was thrown together minutes before we began shooting . . . Despite the last minute effort I think we got some great stuff. Our background was unforgiving that day, and I have so many, “I think I’ll use the sky as my background shots” that I had to flirt with the actual background too. Here was my favorite from the day.

Sarah Johnson.

And my wife liked this one . . . so I thought I’d post it too.

Sarah Johnson.

Then there was our darling Tara. The shoot with Tara morphed a bit from our original idea and I don’t think we got what we planned for, but regardless there was one frame that I thought was fabulous. Here it is:

Tara.

To both Sarah and Tara, you ladies were absolutely wonderful to work with and I look forward to working with both of you again.

~SMG

Jennifer Lee and Kara Roy and run down Mountain Avenue during our October snowstorm. Love the dedication ladies.

Gotta love the snow days! I looked out the window late one night and oh my goodness, it was coming down. I emailed a few friends and what you know we had a photo shoot. Both are super athletes . . .

Jenifer Lee and Kara Roy (Olympic Trials Qualifier in the Marathon) met me and Tuscan for a 20 minute shoot.

Kara Roy extraordinaire! She ran in the last Olympic Trials for the Marathon. As you can see she’s dedicated . . .

By the end my fingers were frozen and screaming for warmth, but I think we made it a wrap with a few great frames.

Kara Roy and Jennifer Lee taking a quick breather before resuming their run down Mountain Avenue in a snowstorm.

Next to Starbucks. 1/2 caff Grande Mocha for my wife (she’ll do anything for a Mocha). Pick her up on lunch break and then to a local park.  Oh what’d you know, Tuscan is ready for the snow too . . . . . . . .

Marcie and Tuscan in the snow.

Tuscan hated it. It was really windy, but again a few successful frames. Gotta love the snow. Weeks later my fingers work again and so I’m finally typing this post.

And you always need an ending frame.