Denver's Union Station


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.

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