Nathan's Pictures

Update

2007-02-24T22:52:00.000-07:00

Wow, it's February which means I haven't posted anything new in a couple months. Unfortunately that's because I really haven't been shooting that much. More than anything, it's because I don't have that much time. College this semester is a lot more work than it was last semester. I'm doing my best to stay on top of things. I'm hoping to photograph some more concerts in the next couple months so that should hopefully happen. I came very very close to photographing the band Flogging Molly on the 26th. Unfortunately, I don't have a ticket. The show is sold out. The guest list for the band is full. If I could get into the show I could photgraph it, too bad I don't have a way of getting into the show. As always, if you have any suggestions feel free to leave a comment. Or shoot me an email at: rist @ colorado.edu
Cheers,
Nathan Rist

More Bluegrass

2006-12-05T23:50:00.000-07:00

I know how much you all love that good old-fashioned folk festival. I realize that I have a few people that appear more than once -- notably Sam Bush -- but it felt wrong not to put these images up as well. Enjoy, and as always, let me know what you think. I found a different way of posting mass quantities of images giving you the chance to see the larger image in it's own context. Enjoy.
Cheers,
Nathan

New Photos

2006-12-03T20:47:00.000-07:00

The photos aren't excactly "new," but they are from the 2006 Telluride Bluegrass Festival. I'm sure you are all very excited to finally start seeing some of these photos. I have many more on the way, and so consider this just a nice selection.

Victor Wooten from Bela Fleck and the Flecktones

Jeff Coffin from Bela Fleck and the Flecktones

Yonder Mountain String Band guitarist with reflective shades

The king of the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, Sam Bush

Sam Bush

A rainbow just outside the park

Cheers,
Nathan

P.S. Just thought I would make the note that I have not photoshopped these images in any way except for sizing and adding the watermark.

Updates

2006-11-14T23:04:00.000-07:00

I knew it had been a while since I updated, but I didn't actually think it had been over a month already. What can I say? College life has kept me busy. I had a few free-lance assignments from the CU Campus Press but I haven't heard from them in a couple weeks. I'll at least try to get the pictures I took for the Campus Press up on this site within the next few days. I still have the Bluegrass Festival pictures to go through. It's amazingly difficult to find the time and motivation to page through a couple thousand photos. I sincerely hope people are still visiting my blog, I only ask for some comments so that I know my efforts are not in vain.
Cheers,
Nathan

Coming Soon

2006-10-09T21:21:00.000-06:00

I just recieved the DVD which has all of my pictures from the 2006 Telluride Bluegrass Festival. However, when I say "all of my pictures" I mean everything. It will likely take me a few days to find enough time to go through the 1700+ pictures and pick out the best ones. Check back soon.
Cheers,
Nathan

CU vs ASU

2006-09-18T13:59:00.000-06:00

I took my camera to the game just to see what it was like:

Dalai Lama in Denver

2006-09-18T13:32:00.000-06:00

Grammy award nominee Nawang Khechog:

Mayor John Hickenlooper introducing his Holliness:

His Holliness:

Saying farewell:

Coming Soon

2006-09-14T22:36:00.000-06:00

On Sunday, September 17th, I have a press pass to photgraph the Dalai Lama at the Pepsi Center in Denver, CO. If you will be going, you may be able to spot me as I will likely be the only younger blond photgrapher running around with the rest of the press. As soon as I can get those photos edited I'll be posting some of them up here. If anyone has questions or comments you can reach me at: rist (at) colorado.edu
Cheers,
Nathan

Ross Kenyon at Open Mic

2006-09-13T20:29:00.000-06:00

September 5, 2006

Ross Kenyon live at Burnt Toast

2006-09-11T20:21:00.000-06:00

Ross Kenyon live at Burnt Toast:

wow, a blog

2006-09-11T19:14:00.000-06:00

So this is interesting. My first ever real blog on my very own blog site. Hopefully in the next few days/weeks/months I'll be posting photos to hopefully drive me into a career as a photographer. I have mostly focused on concert photography but I am looking to expand my portfolio. If you see any photos you like, you may contact me and I'll give you pricing information.
Cheers,
Nathan

Since I cannot include my full information in my profile, here it is:
My name is Nathan Rist. I was born in Telluride, Colorado which is in the southwest corner of the state. I started out as a nature photography hobbyist. I originally learned about photography on a very old Canon SLR 35mm camera. It was fully manual which taught me quite a bit about lining up my composition and how lighting plays off of an object.
In the spring of my senior year of high school I interned for two weeks at the Telluride Watch. There, I interned primarily with the production department as well as with the staff photographer, Brett Schreckengost. In the summer of 2006 between my senior year of high school and my freshman year of college, I worked with the Telluride Watch again for about five weeks. During this time, the Telluride Bluegrass Festival took place. I was given the opportunity to photograph this large event. The newspaper provided me with a press pass to cover the event as well as a substantial amount of digital camera equipment. This was in stark contrast to my traditional nature photography. With nature, all you have to do is find a good picture and take the shot. In press-photography, you are constantly in a game with the performer and the people who are continuously moving about with varying levels of lights and shadows and the constantly varying pose.
I currently have: a Nikon D100 camera, AF Nikkor 50mm 1:1.8D lens, AF Nikkor 18-35mm 1:3.5 - 4.5D lens, and an AF-S Nikkor 80-200mm 1:2.8D lens.