backdrops
October 01, 2018
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When I think of photographic backdrops, I tend to visualize a studio with assorted lights and muted fabrics serving as settings for portraiture or product photography. But backdrops are almost endless, particularly in New Mexico, where they can range from our seemingly endless blue skies, to sand, and to adobe and rock walls, as well as vegetation.
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color blocks
September 22, 2018
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The northern hemisphere's autumnal equinox fell on Saturday, 22 September, which means it was high time for a pilgrimage to one of the areas we love on U. S. Highway 64 between Tres Piedras and Tierra Amarilla. As is typical in the Rocky Mountains, color in the aspen trees which give the mountains their veins of gold, comes at different times and w...
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unexpected
September 16, 2018
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Harvest season and Farmers' Markets are at their peak in North America and Europe right now, with lovely, fresh vegetables, meats, breads, and honey, in addition to handmade non-edibles. One expects to find massive color from tomatoes, squash, peppers, and assorted root crops, and food photographers are rarely disappointed. Thus, I begin this blog...
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other members of the cast
September 10, 2018
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Continuing last week's wedding theme, I wanted to feature photographs of others that help complete any wedding story - the supporting cast as it were. The photographic possibilities in this category are huge. Below is a photograph of the bride, Kara, and her new mother-in-law to her left, and her mother to her right, with the Sandia Mountains as a...
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wedding photography
September 03, 2018
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As a friend of mine says, "Get a big cup of coffee and a snack. This is going to be a long one." The subject of today's blog is also the reason you did not see a blog last week. My face was glued to the computer screen, developing photographs from a wedding at Prairie Star at Santa Ana Pueblo near Albuquerque on 26 August. I served as a second shoo...
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flower girl
August 20, 2018
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Of all the weddings I have photographed to date, a majority of them took place in August. It is a fine month to marry, although the Southwest can offer up some interesting weather options. Sun, rain, hail, wind. It comes with the territory. With that on the brain, flowers are the subject of today's blog. Peruvian lilies gifted to us, to be exact. T...
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freshman orientation
August 12, 2018
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It is the time of year that either thrills or puts a shiver down the spines of students all over the world. They are heading back to school or perhaps to university as freshmen, the newly minted class of 2022. Despite the excitement of entering a new life phase, there is always trepidation. Orientation, living arrangements, classes, teachers, and m...
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jet jockeys
August 05, 2018
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This slang term used to describe pilots of jet fighter aircraft is the term I frequently associate with hummingbirds. Their speed and agility in the air is nothing less than astonishing, and their flight techniques never cease to amaze me. Because they are only seasonal visitors to this area, I try to photograph the flying wonders several times whi...
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velvet conundrum
July 29, 2018
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A continuing conundrum as a photographer is equipment. One buys a camera and lens - whether film or digital - expecting the equipment to last a good, long time. The original and subsequent purchases are based on potential use and type of photography one does. Do I need to update my camera or buy new lenses, so that I can increase potential shooting...
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visual coolness
July 21, 2018
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Although it is winter in the southern hemisphere, parts of the northern hemisphere are experiencing extreme heat. It is, after all, summer, but England, Scotland, and Ireland are having a heat wave. Grasses are drying, revealing areas of previous habitation not seen in recent history. Fires continue in the western United States as well as broadly a...
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survivors
July 15, 2018
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Extremely uplifting news came out of Thailand this week when all 12 young members of a football team and their coach were extracted from a cave system after having survived 16 days. Highly professional divers, Seal team members, and military and medical personnel, along with volunteers from countries around the world, became a well-oiled machine tu...
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500 and counting
July 09, 2018
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It is really hard for me to believe that this blog is number 500. Before I moved to Zenfolio as my website provider, I published a blog on blogspot.com. The first one appeared on 30 August 2010. The link is: darylablackphotographer.blogspot.com.
Like a photograph, novel, short story or any creation, my blogs reflect and have contents pertaining to...
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cumulus bombs
July 02, 2018
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It would be easy and carefree to say that the 2017-2018 weather season thus far has been quite wonderful. The winter was not harsh. We shoveled very little snow, and temperatures have been almost perfect. Winds that extended through spring and are still blowing regularly might be the only weather issue. But combined with all the gentleness, is the...
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the cooling touch
June 24, 2018
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Summer arrived officially in the northern hemisphere on the 20th. With the humidity shifting between 3 and 10%, the wind blowing at 20 miles per hour with higher gusts, and temperatures in the mid to upper 80s, it sometimes seems as if the life is being sucked out of the landscape. Realizing that this is not the case everywhere (and many of you are...
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normal?
June 17, 2018
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My desk companion - the Concise Oxford English Dictionary - indicates the meaning of "normal" as "conforming to a standard; usual, typical, or expected...the normal state or condition." In both the world of nature as well as the human-created world, very little seems to be "normal" these days. Due to a lack of moisture in our landscape, all the cre...
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