The Rest of our Ultimate Fandango 2021- Bent’s Old Fort, McClave and Lamar, Colorado, and the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve

From 092821-100421, LeeAndra and I went on a road trip (our first together!) to Bent’s Old Fort, McClave and Lamar, Colorado for a day and night, and then on to Texas to join the Ultimate Fandango 2021, and then back for a night in the Great Sand Dunes National Park to camp in the dunes! 2192 miles over 42 hours in the car, and we just had the best time. LeeAndra had been to Bent’s

Ultimate Fandango 2021, Texas

From 092821-100421, LeeAndra and I went on a road trip (our first together!) to Bent’s Old Fort, McClave and Lamar, Colorado for a day and night, and then on to Texas to join the Ultimate Fandango 2021, and then back for a night in the Great Sand Dunes National Park to camp in the dunes! 2192 miles over 42 hours in the car, and we just had the best time. This set is the Texas

Easter Sunrise Service 2013 at Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, Colorado 031313 by Jason Claypool

What a great event! Over 11,000 turned out to what is normally a 9,000+ capacity facility for this year’s Easter Sunrise Service, and the beauty and grace of Red Rocks Amphitheater gets a bit of the credit for that. The weather was perfect with no breeze, clear moonlit skies, and a steady 30F until the sun came up. We bundled up, but there was plenty of warmth and brotherhood to go around! It was literally

Black Widow and Bees 072212

We woke up to find this Black Widow hanging from a tall bit of grass in front of my porch, and were struck by the crazy bee activity on my biggest Russian Sage plant. I think this weekend I will spend some time in the morning light with a tripod to watch the bees. And no, our little poisonous friend did not live long after these shots. Please contact me about the sizes possible for

Some favorites from Red Rocks Ampitheater, Morrison Colorado

I have a few shots that I have been thinking about lately from the last few years that have not made it onto this site, until now. No matter whether it is attending a concert, an Easter Sunrise Service, watching Scramble Campbell paint, running the stairs with a hundred others on a weekend, or just watching the snow fall, you cannot help but be taken by the beauty, history and wonder of the place. I

Denver Botanic Gardens Portrait and Macro Photography Session 111311 Copyright 2012 Jason Claypool

Denver Botanic Gardens Portrait and Macro Session 111311

I visited the Denver Botanic Gardens in late Fall/early Winter for a Portrait and Macro Photography session. I can’t wait to take a client there for an official portrait session, with the grounds in bloom. Even in November, the gardens were filled with so many stunning little surprises, and of course the greenhouses were such a great backdrop for a shoot like this. Make sure and click below to see all 12 photographs from the

Bumblebee and Wildflowers 080711

Remember the surprise I mentioned on the path at my senior pictures and portrait shoot for Andrew and Catherine? We saw this gigantic bumblebee buzzing around the wildflowers and wild peas during my shoot with Andrew and Catherine on 080711. It was seriously well over an inch long, and you could hear him and his friends buzzing around behind every tree and shrubbery and bend in the path. I am just thrilled how these shots