"Phyllis Resnick, principal economist for the University of Denver's Center for Colorado's Economic Future, stands outside of The Children's Hospital in Aurora, Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010."
Creating art for generalized stories can be tough at times but I know that editors come to me because I can solve that puzzle. Such was the case back in October when University of Denver Magazine asked me to photograph Phyllis for an article in the winter issue of the magazine.
The editors knew that they wanted an environmental portrait of Phyllis in a medical setting but the rest was up to me. I spent a few hours scouting a couple of other hospitals but with the help of PR rep Melissa Vizcarra at TCH, I found what I was looking for. Being a hospital for kids, there were tons and tons of great locations with amazing color, lines and texture. The only problem was that the story was too general to use much of it.
Instead, I used two outdoor locations that gave me the opportunity to shoot a few different options in just over 15 minutes. It was a cold, damp evening so I didn't want to keep Phyllis outside long. I did the safe shot first and then moved about 50 yards to use the entire hospital as a backdrop. I wanted Phyllis to really stand out so I used an extremely shallow depth of field to create the nice blurred background or bokeh as it's known among photo geeks.
Alas, the magazine ran something else for the story that you can read here.
-JCE
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