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There Are Times for Inner Reflections (Banff National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: There Are Times for Inner Reflections And other times to see reflections We become a better person when we take the time to reflect on a life lived But sometimes, it’s nice to see what nature makes in a reflection! Another work of short poetry or prose to complement the image captured while at the Bow Lake Viewpoint with a view looking to the southwest across the still waters of Bow Lake to North and Central Crowfoot Mountain. What drew me into this image was the setting of the mountains and its reflections. Given the mostly overcast skies but with some bright portions caught in sunlight, I decided to minimize that portion of the image and set a focal length that would include mainly the mountains and the reflection from image edge to edge. I did some initial post-processing work making adjustments to contrast, brightness and saturation while playing around as I learned how to work with DxO PhotoLab 6. I then exported a TIFF image to Nik Color Efex Pro 4 where I added a Polarization, Skylight and Pro Contrast filter for that last effect on the image captured.

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Portraits of Colorado- The Making Of A Modern American Symphony

The Backstory

...by Steve Greisen / Producer, Director.

I walked into the Crowfoot Valley Coffee Shop in Castle Rock to meet a guy named "Charles". I didn't know much about him other than he had tried to arrange this meeting for the last two years. A year earlier a monster Colorado blizzard that closed all the highways and roads knocked out our scheduled meeting. “O well”, I thought, “If this is supposed to happen it will in God’s time”. So here I was two years later, arriving at the meeting. Better late than never...

A Divine appointment?

How we first met was so serendipitous that it was almost comical. I was visiting The Park Meadow’s Mall on the south side of Denver, and I had stopped to listen to a guy play a beautiful Celtic style electric violin. After his performance we chatted together for a bit and then I headed off about my business when suddenly I heard someone running up behind me. I turned around to see a smiling Charles with his beautiful 10-year old daughter in tow. Catching his breath from running he panted, "I didn't mean to be listening in on your conversation but did hear that you produce films?" "Documentaries" I replied. “My name is Charles Denler and here’s my card” still grinning while he gathered his composure. “I write film scores, so if you ever need any music let me know! And oh! This is my daughter Moriah.” And off he went, back into the busy mall.

Charles’ claim to be a film score composer brought bit of a cynical response from me. Honestly if I had a dollar for every time someone told me they were in the film business….well you know the rest. But on the flip side this could be a divine appointment, I’ve had plenty of those. Time would tell.

A walk through an open door

So the day had finally come and I arrived at the coffee shop with more questions than answers. Entering the room I saw Charles was already there, sitting at a table. He quickly stood up and with a big grin, reached out his hand and proclaimed, “I don’t know who you are, but I’ve had three dreams about this meeting!”. Now I REALLY didn’t know what to think! But as he described the dreams it became clear he was an intuitive, spiritually sensitive person and while this sounded a bit weird at the moment, it felt authentic and sincere. I’ve witnessed how creative types are often this way. As we talked I learned that Charles was the real deal and I liked him! He was also a very accomplished film composer and had worked on projects for National Geographic Television, Oprah, History Channel and many more. His music had won him two Emmy Awards and his impressive client list spoke for itself.

As we shared our stories over coffee we quickly realized that we also shared similar life journeys. Charlie was an upbeat positive guy and easy to like. We got along famously.

Coincidentally, the next day, I was flying with my film crew to Canada to film a bizarre story of a guy with an unusual connection to wild bears. I thought to myself, “This would be a great first project to work with Charles on”. So when I proposed it, and he agreed and our working relationship began. Charles would do the scores for my films, "The Gentle Bear Man of Emo" and later would create an original theme for my film "The Master Designer – The Song" that we would record with The Prague Symphony, one of the greatest symphonies in the world. As time passed whether we were working or just hanging out, it was clear I had found a ‘brother from another mother.’

An invitation

The Colorado Symphony performs in the incredible Botcher Concert Hall in downtown Denver, a spectacular venue for a really spectacular orchestra.

Charles had recorded music with them. He had written a score for a worldwide add campaign by the Colorado Department of Tourism called ‘Come To Life’. Later the Denver Post reported the campaign was the most successful in history bringing $1.8 billion (yes that’s a ‘B’) into the State of new tourism business. So the symphony directors floated an idea, a commission for a modern American Symphony (not many of these exist) but even better, a symphony that was inspired by the incredible beauty of Colorado. A film score if you will, but the film is what you see in our State when you hike, ski or canoe.

So, Charlie conceived the idea of Portraits of Colorado, An American Symphony. “Nothing like this had ever been done” an excited Charlie said to me, in a phone conversation. “There has never been a symphony created, inspired by the Rocky Mountains!” “I’d really like you involved with me in the project. Would you consider a film on this?” The answer for me was easy. I love music. I spent my young life with a band entertaining U.S. Military troops in Europe, which led to managing other music artists. Later, I married Nelly, who was a well loved Christian music artist with a band called The 2nd Chapter of Acts. Our early lives consisted of touring the world, doing 1600 concerts and playing for an estimated 4 million people. I also worked with a record company. Now as a film producer, for me the music of the film becomes the single most important element to the visual and emotional experience. So this was too easy… a music project with my dear friend, based on the beautiful State of Colorado where we both lived. What’s not to like?

Fine art and music

Charles needed inspiration to write and has always loved fine art. One artist in particular that caught his eye was Jerry Malzahn, a landscape artist with a fondness for Colorado scenery. His notable work hangs in the White House, Navel Academy and in galleries across the U.S. Jerry and Charlie had briefly met some years before when by coincidence, the Denler’s bought their dog, a King Charles Spaniel from Malzhan’s wife. Charlie had noticed his art in the house, and as they said goodbye, left a couple CD’s of his music with Jerry as a thank you for the dog.

Now, years had passed and Charlie needed inspiration. Remembering his meeting with Jerry he pulled up his paintings online. He found Colorado scenes named Long’s Peak , Spanish Peaks and Dream Lake at Rocky Mountain National Park. Malzahn’s work echoes the inspiration of masters like Albert Bierstadt and Thomas Moran and it captured Denler’s heart. Charlie printed copies of the scenes and hang them around his studio for inspiration. It worked. The writing process began to flow and Charlie began to compose.

One day feeling a bit guilty Charles gave Malzahn a call to tell him about the symphony and the art inspiration he was drawing from. Jerry was stunned. This would be one of the great honors of his life. Jerry explained that he had been listening to Denler’s music as inspiration to paint. Well, it left them both stunned and amazed. The symbiotic relationship between these two artists is captured in the film and its significance is worth pondering.

A conductor, a composer and a filmmaker

Scott O’Neil, the resident conductor of the Colorado Symphony, is a really remarkable guy. He was the conductor of the Utah symphony and now was the Denver Symphony resident conductor. He’s a brilliant musicologist. His Ted-X talk is mind bending, his education and depth is a wonder to behold. He would be intimidating if he wasn’t so humble. Scott is a good-humored gentleman and Scott, Charlie and I got along famously as we worked through pre-production planning and discussions. It would take a year, but it was a year I wouldn’t trade for anything because friendships were forged, it was fun…not work at all. Scott with his classical training and Charlie with his film score approach and me with my documentary gifts now melded into a project that was modern but still symphonic. Yet it wasn’t without controversy.

Breaking rules and creating something new

Charlie’s Portraits of Colorado would not feel like a traditional symphony. After all it was a modern symphony. But to some classical music purists, the words modern and symphony don’t go together in the same sentence.

During the Classical Masters the only way you could hear music was attending a live performance and it was typically structured in three to four 20-minute musical movements. But in today’s modern world Charlie understood that people listen to music differently, on their iPods and mp3 players. For his symphony, he would employ shorter songs of three to four minutes, be a related collection of ten melodies, all inspired by different Colorado locations and all connected by a strong central theme. And this symphony would draw from Denler’s film score sensibilities, where the over-arching music theme in a movie typically reprises in various forms throughout the film reminding the listener of the ‘grand story’. With Scott O’Neil’s support, encouragement and guidance the project was completed and a date set for the premier and the recording.

The premier

To say it was nerve racking to premier such a piece would be an understatement. The hall was buzzing with guests, many who were symphony members. How would they respond to a modern symphony? Artist Jerry Malzahn art was boldly in display down the halls of the spectacular Boettcher Concert Hall. Denler would play the grand piano during the performance and Moriah now just 17 years would step out on the stage to with her big soprano voice to sing the solo on the spectacular song “Moment At Dawn”. The night was a resounding success with some in the audience even brought to tears. We all felt exhilarated and relieved.

A film about a film score.

The film I was creating was a story of the making of the film score and included the full performance of the score. So we called it Portraits of Colorado - The Making of A Modern American Symphony. It would take over a year for my crews to capture spectacular images of towering snow capped mountains, morning sunrises of shimmering pinks and sunsets of peach and dark red...

..deep blue carpets of summer Columbines stretching across the massive mountain landscape and fall Aspens afire with gold and red..

..the sounds of crashing waterfalls, the hoof beats of wild horses running the plains, and the magical silence of a gentle snowfall.

Each season brought another breathtaking image that once married to the music, turbo charged the whole emotional audio experience. But there was more. Music doesn’t come out of a vacuum, it comes out of a human soul. I wanted the viewer to see and feel Charlie’s personal journey, which was a mix of brokenness and overcoming joy.

What we ended up with was what Colorado sounds like. An inspiring and moving audio and visual experience that celebrates beauty. Author Matt Heard probably described it best when he said,

“The Film Portraits of Colorado is a virtual feast for the senses, a visceral masterpiece. It invited me to truly experience the story of a symphony and the sound of the Rocky Mountains. The mesmerizing teamwork of artists and technicians led by Charles Denler, Scott O'Neill, and Steve Greisen beckoned me beyond the mere passive posture of listening to a performance or watching a film. In addition to witnessing the authentically human journey of a composer, I lingered with the smell of wildflowers, inhaled the mist of a canyon waterfall, felt the rumbling of a running herd of buffalo, and squinted as mountain peaks relinquished a sunrise.

Further, I was invited into the dance that happens when humanity embraces the beauty of nature, and nature actually returns the gesture with the sum of the impact being far greater than the individual parts. The majesty of the music and images partnered to amplify our ability as human beings to enter into the heart-nourishing power of Beauty.”

The film would go on to win film festivals across the country, and be nominated for a Grammy for ‘Best Music Film'.

That serendipitous chance encounter was indeed a ‘divine appointment’ and I believe for a divine purpose. When you watch the film I hope you agree.

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Post Note:

- Steve, Charlie and Scott remain close friends and brothers.

- Landscape artist Jerry Malzan would provide art for the film cover.

- German microphone company Neumann donated over $80,000 dollars in mics for the recording.

- Later Charlie would sink his musical influence deeper into Colorado writing a music theme for The Colorado Rockies baseball team.

- As of this writing Senator Owen Hill has written a proposal to make Portraits of Colorado the official symphony of Colorado.

Festivals Won

• Worldfest Houston - Special Jury Remi Award

• Canada International Film Festival - Rising Star Award

• New York City International Film Festival

• Cape Town, Winelands International Film Festival, South Africa

• Southeastern International Film Festiva

• Accolade Global Film Festival

• Grace Film Festival

• Grammy Nominated for “Best Music Film”

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Welcome to Canadian Nature! (Banff National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A setting looking to the southwest while taking in views of a nearby forest and then more distant mountains while at the Crowfoot Glacier Viewpoint. This is along the Icefields Parkway in Banff National Park. My thought on composing this image was to use the layers across this setting with the forest and then mountains but have a leveled-on view to let that setting fill most of the image. Some of that was because of the sun and noticing a few artifacts across the lens. But I also wanted to capture what amounted to a wide angle, panoramic feel with this image and worked my way to line up and compose the setting, given the mid afternoon sun.

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Being Alive and Smelling That Sweet Mountain Air (Banff National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: At the Crowfoot Glacier Viewpoint along the Icefields Parkway with a view looking to the southeast to Crowfoot Glacier, Bowcrow Peak, and Crowfoot Mountain. This is in Banff National Park.

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Spring is Coming to the Icefields Parkway (HDR) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: That's what later came to mind when I looked at the HDR image I took at Bow Lake that morning in May. This was a look across the partial melting surface of ice on Bow Lake. Off in the distance are peaks of the Waputik Mountains including Bow Peak, BowCrow Peak, and Crowfoot Mountain (I used peakpagger.com for this based on the GPS coordinates and azimuth I captured in the image data). For this image, I took five images exposing at different levels and then combining for a final TIFF using HDR Efex Pro 2.

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Crowfoot Mountain and Peaks of the Waputik Mountains Hidden in the Clouds (Black & White) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: With a low clouds and overcast skies, there wasn't many majestic like views that morning around the Bow Lake area. Here I decided to focus on the peaks themselves which where at times partially hidden in the clouds. I later converted the image to Black & White using Capture NX2.

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Heart and Mind Sing Together When I Am in the Mountains. (Banff National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A setting looking to the west while taking in views of a nearby forest and then more distant mountains while at the Crowfoot Glacier Viewpoint. This is along the Icefields Parkway in Banff National Park.

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Center Crowfoot Mountain and other Peaks of the Wapta Icefield (Banff National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While at a roadside pullout along the Icefields Parkway with a view looking to the west to Center Crowfoot Mountain. This is in Banff National Park. My thought on composing this image was to zoom in with the focal length to have the mountainside fill most of the image and a backdrop of blue skies to complete this setting in the Canadian Rockies. While there was a slight haze from the wildfires in Alberta mixed with the bright afternoon sunlight, I was able to bring out much of the details later, using the ClearView Plus tool in DxO PhotoLab 6. PeakVisor app on my iPhone identified the listing of Center Crowfoot Mountain.

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An Iced Over Bow Lake and a Backdrop to BowCrow Peak and Crowfoot Mountain (Black & White, Banff National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A view across Bow Lake while walking around the Simpson's Num-Ti-Jah Lodge area. One day I'll stay a night over at this lodge. Today though was a chance to take in the wintry look of the nearby Waputik Mountains and Crowfoot Glacier off in the distance.

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Dandelions and Mountains Are a Few of My Favorite Things! (Banff National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While at the Hector Lake Viewpoint with a view looking to the northwest in Banff National Park. This is along the Icefields Parkway. With this image, I was drawn as soon as I got out of the rental car I was in to the field of dandelions along the parking edge. I then noted how there were evergreen trees and mountains that I could use as a backdrop for the setting. The rest was just finding a spot to line up and compose the image.

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Welcome to Canadian Nature! (Banff National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A setting looking to the southwest while taking in views of a nearby forest and then more distant mountains while at the Crowfoot Glacier Viewpoint. This is along the Icefields Parkway in Banff National Park. My thought on composing this image was to use the layers across this setting with the forest and then mountains but have a leveled-on view to let that setting fill most of the image. Some of that was because of the sun and noticing a few artifacts across the lens. But I also wanted to capture what amounted to a wide angle, panoramic feel with this image and worked my way to line up and compose the setting, given the mid afternoon sun.

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Using Trees to Center Myself on the Journey Ahead (Banff National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: At a roadside pullout along the Bow Valley Parkway with a view looking to the northwest. This is in Banff National Park. My thought on composing this image was to get down low and center myself with the highway as a leading line into the image. Centering would also help to create a balance between the two sides of the roads with the tall trees all around. I liked how there was a set of peaks off in the distance in the image center.

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Evergreen Lined Highway (Banff National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: Along the Bow Valley Parkway in Banff National Park with a view looking down the highway to the northwest. My thought on composing this image was best described as a symmetry between the two sides of the highway and lining myself up with the center stripe. I also squatted down to capture a lower point of view, bringing down the horizon to capture tallness of the evergreens all around me. I've been on this section of the highway many times before and always love making a point to stop to soak in the view as well as capture a few images. Using the PeakVisor app, I was able to determine that the distant mountain are Bowcrow Peak and Crowfoot Mountain along the Icefields Parkway.

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Walking Along and Taking in Views of Bow Lake and Some Nearby Mountain Peaks (Black & White, Banff National Park) by Mark Stevens

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Spring is Coming to the Icefields Parkway (HDR) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: That's what later came to mind when I looked at the HDR image I took at Bow Lake that morning in May. This was a look across the partial melting surface of ice on Bow Lake. Off in the distance are peaks of the Waputik Mountains including Bow Peak, BowCrow Peak, and Crowfoot Mountain (I used peakpagger.com for this based on the GPS coordinates and azimuth I captured in the image data). For this image, I took five images exposing at different levels and then combining for a final TIFF using HDR Efex Pro 2.