City Park Jazz, Denver

I got a chance to go to City Park Jazz in Denver last Sunday. The weekly summer jazz performance next to the lake at City Park attracts some 5,000 Denverites and visitors each week. Barbecue grills and blankets fill the green spaces, children and couples dance next to the stage and the beer and wine flow freely. It looked like we were going to get rained out by one of many recent thunderstorms, but people rode out the brief downpour and the music continued. All that was left was a beautiful sky and when the sun broke through the clouds it reminded me of why, as a photographer, I love this part of the country. There's something qualitatively different about the light here, turning the outdoors into a huge studio, with the studio lights in the sky. 

I was just shooting some personal stuff, taking advantage of the light, when I met Megan Zacher, a graphic designer with ZebraGraphics who donates her services to the City Park Jazz concert series. She asked to use some of my pictures on the City Park Jazz website. I was happy to do it. Not only is it good for the soul to help out others, but sometimes doing non-paid work (in this case it was "work" I was already doing, and City Park Jazz is a free, non-profit event) in exchange for a link to your own website is a good way to increase your web traffic and get more eyes, and potential clients, looking at your photography. See the pictures here, and next time your in Denver in the summer, don't miss this fun, free event.