The Bronx at Mission Ballroom

Dog The Bounty Hunter chosen for American Photography 39

A big THANKS to American Photography for choosing my portrait of Duane ‘Dog The Bounty Hunter’ Chapman for the AP39 archive!  This portrait was from a shoot for HarperCollins for his new book — Nine Lives and Counting: A Bounty Hunter’s Journey to Faith, Hope, and Redemption. For more info,…

Hermanos Gutiérrez at Ball Arena with Nathaniel Rateliff

Hermanos Gutiérrez performing live in concert at Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado with Nathaniel Rateliff

The Chats at Summit Music Hall

From The Chats’ live show at Summit Music Hall in Denver, Colorado on October 14, 2022

The Bronx at Summit Music Hall

From The Bronx live show at Summit Music Hall in Denver, Colorado on October 14, 2022 Here’s the playlist of their setlist from this show on Apple Music.

The One Club for Creativity Denver Annual Show

Proud to say that a mix of client work and personal work of mine was recognized in the One Club for Creativity Denver Chapter Annual Show recently! There was some awesome work throughout the show from agencies and fellow freelancers, so I’m especially grateful to be included.  Thanks to the…

FirstBank ‘You Work Hard’ campaign in The Fifty by Ad Club CO

Big thanks to my friends at Image Brew + TDA Boulder for bringing me on to photograph part of a campaign for FirstBank!  ‘You Work Hard’ was recently included in Ad Club CO’s prestigious competition, The Fifty.  Held annually, these awards are a media-agnostic, idea first measurement of the…

Thomas “Detour” Evans for Red Bull

Earlier this fall Red Bull reached out to me as they needed some portraits of an artist by the name of Thomas Evans, aka, Detour. These portraits would go on to run in Red Bull’s magazine The Red Bulletin, which highlighted not only the artist himself but also an upcoming…

FirstBank Print Campaign with TDA Boulder and Image Brew

“We need to show a guy working in an air duct and a busy doctor in an office full of patients” — my friends at Image Brew and TDA Boulder had a request that got my wheels spinning as soon as I hung up the phone. The client for this…

Great Escape Colorado for Lonely Planet

If you’re in the UK check out the November issue of Lonely Planet magazine for a feature I photographed throughout Colorado Earlier this summer I joined writer Alex Howard for an epic week-long journey through Colorado, including stops in Denver, Telluride, Durango, and Cortez. From curry cauliflower and tequila shots…

The Fence 2017

Honored to share the news that my feature ‘The Fellowship’, photographed for Powder Magazine about the National Brotherhood of Skiers, has been selected for United Photo Industries’ THE FENCE 2017 as part of the Colorado Regional Showcase.  THE FENCE is a large-scale traveling photography exhibition reaching over 4 million visitors…

Prints For Good

If you’re digging these prints of Parker White and Dash Longe, they’ll be available for auction (among others) at the Art & Action High Fives Foundation Fundraiser, happening at Evo Denver on Friday June 2nd, from 7 - 10pm  See you there - Parker White Dash Longe

The Platte for This Is Fly

Sometimes it’s not about where you can go but what you can find where you already are. For our 6th feature for This Is Fly, I joined writer Mark Rauschenberger and pro skier Ahmet Dadali on bikes with fishing rods in hand, to shoot a story based on fishing in…

Thanks to the Art Directors Club Denver!

Thanks to the Art Directors Club Denver for Friday night’s party!  Pleased to say that I was awarded Top Honors in the Photography category for Night Moves, while also getting a nomination for Road Trip  More info about the show at chipkalback.com/blog/art-directors-club-denver-annual-show

National Brotherhood of Skiers for Powder

Last spring Powder’s Director of Photography came to me with the opportunity to shoot a portrait heavy feature in Lake Tahoe. The magazine wanted to do a feature on the National Brotherhood of Skiers, an all African-American organization comprised of various ski clubs from around the U.S. which got it’s…

The Art Directors Club of Denver Annual Show

The Art Directors Club of Denver has been in existence since 1955, with an annual juried competition held each year to showcase the best of Denver’s ad agencies and creatives.   After 20 international judges made their picks for this year’s show, I’m pleased to share that both my entries have…

Union Station for Legwork Studio

Recently I had the chance to work with Legwork Studio here in Denver for a shoot profiling the Union Station neighborhood. Legwork produces animation/interactive work for a range of brands and agencies, and after being a fan of theirs for a few years now it was awesome to finally get…

Stand Up Paddle Boarding for 5280

Earlier in the summer 5280 reached out to me about shooting some standup paddle boarding (SUP!) somewhere within Colorado. The magazine’s Photo Editor needed an opening image for the Adventure section of their July issue and it had to feel like it was shot on a classically hot Colorado summer…

Millencolin at Summit Music Hall

6/3/16 - Denver, CO

FLAG at Summit Music Hall

6/4/16 - Denver, CO

Modular Robotics Behind The Scenes

Behind the scenes from a recent photoshoot for Modular Robotics’ ad campaign, with help from Roger! Filmed by Josh Groth. More at chipkalback.com/modularrobotics

Five photography essentials (and they have nothing to do with gear)

Forget about a specific lens or camera, these are the things that keep me going day to day as a working photographer.  1. COFFEE The tried and true elixir of creatives around the world. Plenty of sunrise shoots, client meetings and late night edits have been fueled by this nectar…

Rapha Golden Ride

Red Bull BC One Denver 2015

At the start of June, Red Bull reached out to ask if I could shoot the Denver stop of their worldwide breakdancing competition, the Red Bull BC One. Going for 12 years now, the BC One takes place in notable cities around the globe, with the world finals happening in…

Good Riddance at Summit Music Hall

A few favorites of a band I’ve been a fan of for years now, Good Riddance Shot with a Fuji X100S