Denver's Union Station
Last week, while I was shooting an event in Denver's
LoDo (lower downtown) district, I had finished the
shoot and was heading back to my car which was parked
near Union Station. I was going to go scout other
locations for some night shots of Denver's skyline.
As I was loading the car with my gear, I looked over
at the station and decided to walk around it and see
if I could come up with some creative shots. As I
moved around the building and looked through my
viewfinder, noting grabbed me. The building's neon,
the street lights, and nearby building's neon
combined to cast orange and red tones on everything -
not the color balance I wanted. But the light/dark
contrast of the lights, shadows, and night told me to
think in black-and-white. As I gazed down this street
at the Station, this shot came together quickly. The
effect I wanted was to make an image that looked like
it might have been taken 50 or 60 years ago when
Union Station was in it's prime. Except for the
modern-day vehicles, I think I came close. Once
again, black and white proves to be timeless.