My name is Darian and I’m a 29 year old Colorado native.

I have a BA degree in Digital/Film Photography from the Art Institute of Colorado. For the past 10 years, I have gained professional experience in almost every area of the industry.

On the day of my art school graduation, I accepted a full-time position as an advertising photographer for a multi-million dollar supplement company here in Colorado. The lessons I learned were priceless; and they helped me realize my worth as a visual content creator, in a world that is requiring more and more imagery every day. I eventually resigned, took a leap of faith and chose to pursue my entrepreneurial spirit by starting a clothing company with my best friend. After some time off and immense hardship in the past couple of years, I have slowly made my way back to my creative spirit and I am proud/excited to finally feel like: “I am back.”

My professional experience has ranged from creative direction/branding, commercial advertising, fashion/e-commerce, tour/nightlife photography, and environmental portraiture.

In short, I specialize in custom content creation for social-media usage, unique marketing campaigns and print/digital advertising purposes.

I am proficient in the majority of AdobeCC programs. Specifically, I am advanced in Lightroom, Premier Pro and Photoshop tasks such as retouching, color correction and toning. I am also actively growing my skillset within cinematography and story telling.

Aside from photography, I have always loved music. I also enjoy teaching my friends creative skillsets, because I usually end up learning something about myself in the process. This tends to reaffirm that I knew enough about a topic, technique or skill to teach someone else, too.

I’m not trying to “sell myself” to anyone through my work anymore. Instead, I’d rather gravitate towards projects that I am passionate about and others who see my skillset as valuable.

This website consists of current work, as well as work from the past 10+ years. All of my photography experiences up until this point have made me who I am today, thus making my past work just as important as the work I aspire to create moving forward.

I am sharing my work in hopes to meet new people, further my career and create intellectual discussions about my imagery that will help me grow.

Thank you for being here.

-D