Anatomy of a Composition - The Long View (Panorama)

For now, you can see more images in person at Banded Oak Brewing, in downtown Denver. Banded Oak is one of Denver’s finest micro-breweries. They have earned Gold at the Great American Beer Festival and they are most known for their barrel-age technique. They have renovated the brewing area to accommodate for more seating, and the ample wall space offers great natural light for viewing the different pieces of art. The tap-house is open 7-days a week, and is located at: 470 North Broadway, Denver CO

Anatomy of a Composition - San Luis Corner (Panorama)

For now, you can see more images in person at Banded Oak Brewing, in downtown Denver. Banded Oak is one of Denver’s finest micro-breweries. They have earned Gold at the Great American Beer Festival and they are most known for their barrel-age technique. They have renovated the brewing area to accommodate for more seating, and the ample wall space offers great natural light for viewing the different pieces of art. The tap-house is open 7-days a week, and is located at: 470 North Broadway, Denver CO

Anatomy of a Composition - April Awakens

For now, you can see more images in person at Banded Oak Brewing, in downtown Denver. Banded Oak is one of Denver’s finest micro-breweries. They have earned Gold at the Great American Beer Festival and they are most known for their barrel-age technique. They have renovated the brewing area to accommodate for more seating, and the ample wall space offers great natural light for viewing the different pieces of art. The tap-house is open 7-days a week, and is located at: 470 North Broadway, Denver CO

Anatomy of a Composition - Pikes Peak Winter (Panorama)

This year’s calendar is still available for sale! I features a collection of shots taken each month from around Colorado to share the unique beauty of the state throughout the entire year. You can preview a Web Gallery for all of the images inside this year’s calendar.

Anatomy of a Composition - Lookout Mountain Sunrise (Time Lapse)

Just as a reminder, this year’s calendar is now available and they are ready to ship! It features a collection of shots taken each month from around Colorado to share the unique beauty of the state throughout the entire year. You can preview a Web Gallery for all of the images inside this year’s calendar.

Anatomy of a Composition - Mt. Wilson Sunrise (Panorama)

This year’s calendar is now available for sale! I features a collection of shots taken each month from around Colorado to share the unique beauty of the state throughout the entire year. You can preview a Web Gallery for all of the images inside this year’s calendar.

Anatomy of a Composition - the benefits of freedom

For now, I was able to put up more images at Banded Oak Brewing, in downtown Denver. Banded Oak is one of Denver’s finest micro-breweries. They have earned Gold at the Great American Beer Festival and they are most known for their barrel-age technique. They have renovated the brewing area to accommodate for more seating, and the ample wall space offers great natural light for viewing the different pieces of art. The tap-house is open 7-days a week, and is located at: 470 North Broadway, Denver CO

Follow the Banded Oak Web-Gallery link to view the work that is on display, and even though this image is not hanging at the gallery, I would be happy to create a large, custom print for you.

Anatomy of a Composition - the benefits of solitaire

For now, I was able to put up more images at Banded Oak Brewing, in downtown Denver. Banded Oak is one of Denver’s finest micro-breweries. They have earned Gold at the Great American Beer Festival and they are most known for their barrel-age technique. They have renovated the brewing area to accommodate for more seating, and the ample wall space offers great natural light for viewing the different pieces of art. The tap-house is open 7-days a week, and is located at: 470 North Broadway, Denver CO

Anatomy of a Composition - Rabbit Ears Winter Night

Getting to the western side of the Pass I found this composition - a large snow field, surrounded by pine trees, with the top of a high ridge off in the distance, but best of all, the North Star was clearly visible high in the sky above the whole setting. The challenge was that this spot is right along the road, with no real shoulder to safely park in. This would mean parking a distance away, and then standing next to the camera while it recorded the scene, 500 frames in total, or leaving the camera setting by itself on a cold winter night, along the highway, a lone witness to the traversing night sky.

Anatomy of a Composition - Revisits

One of the interesting aspects of revisiting a site is seeing the change that takes place year in and year out. Somewhere in the past two years what was a twin Cottonwood now stands alone, it’s partner having lost its battle to time and the elements.

Anatomy of a Composition - Revisits ISO 100 | f/11 | 1/160 sec.

Colorado, Winter, LandscapeMatthew LandonMarch 7, 2021Steamboat Springs, sonyalpha, sunset, Sleeping Giant, Rocky Mountains, Colorado, Sony, gmaster, 16-35GM, WinterComment

Anatomy of a Composition - Reset

Colorado, Winter, Landscape, Black & WhiteMatthew LandonFebruary 28, 2021Steamboat Springs, winterscapes, Elk River, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, Winter, Sony, sonya, bealphaComment

February Fog - 2021

Landscape, Colorado, time-lapseMatthew LandonFebruary 21, 2021time-lapse, Colorado, Sony, Rocky Mountains, Denver, inversion, sunrise Comments

A Year of Milky Way - 2020

astrophotography, Colorado, time-lapseMatthew LandonFebruary 15, 2021astrophotography, time-lapse, nightscape, milky way, NEOWISE, Sony, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, sonyalpha, bealphaComment

Anatomy of a Composition - A Mystic Dawn

Landscape, Colorado, Rocky MountainsMatthew LandonFebruary 4, 2021Continental Divide, Mt. Princeton, Collegiate Peaks, sunrise, Buena Vista, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, Winter, Sony, sonyalpha, 24-105GComment

Anatomy of a Composition - Fenced, and Wild

A bright and beautiful blue afternoon in the Wet Mountain Valley, with winter snow dressing the Sangre de Cristo peaks, afforded the perfect opportunity to slow down, set up the tripod, and capture the multiple images necessary for a set of grand panoramas. The evening gave way to high, fast moving cirrus clouds, and the ragged old fence line balanced perfectly with the South Colony peaks. The finishing touch was the finally rays of the sun of the day.

Anatomy of a Composition - Oh, they Slumber

Landscape, Black & White, Colorado, WinterMatthew LandonJanuary 28, 2021aspens, winterscapes, landscape, Colorado, gore range, gmaster, Rocky Mountains, snow, 135GM, Sony, sonyalphaComment

Anatomy of a Composition - A Gore Range Testament

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Anatomy of a Composition - January 3rd

This is also the day that I marked my 33rd year living in Colorado - I had just driven across the country, through the middle of a cold January night, with my brother Steve when I woke up to my first Rocky Mountain Morning. I’d never been west of the Mississippi yet made the rash decision to take some time off from college and see what else there was to do. I thought I’d spend a few months, then continue on further west, both Portland and Seattle had strong appeal to me at the time. But over the course of the first few months something changed - to this day I really don’t know what, but something did.

Now, I’ve spent my entire adulthood, raised a family, had a career, and wondering what will unfold in this next half of life?

Anatomy of a Year - 2020

With so many ups and downs, as with everyone, 2020 is a really difficult year to reconcile with. Photography continued to provide an outlet and a challenge, with so many incredible moments, it’s nearly impossible to distill them in to a single much less a few favorite images. As always to quest to be more aware of opportunities and to be more in tune to my surroundings helped me to make the most of the images that were presented.

Landscape, Black & White, ColoradoMatthew LandonJanuary 1, 2021Buena Vista, Salida, Aspen Ridge, black & white, snow, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, Sony, gmaster, sonyalpha, 135GMComment

Anatomy of a Composition - Autumnal

Sitting in the trough between inspirational moments, and feeling the constraints of current events has certainly felt like a seasonal change. In this case, Autumn is the season of ending, usually in a glorious display glowing red, orange and yellow.

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