dogs in the hood
October 05, 2020
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It has been quite some time since I have photographed dogs or canines, including coyotes, so starting again around the neighborhood is a new and interesting challenge. Almost like human environmental portraiture, photographing the dogs, perhaps along with their owners in our new neighborhood, may become an ongoing project.
To begin, here is a coyo...
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National Electric Drive Week
September 28, 2020
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With the compression of time, the pandemic, and all the other strangeness that continue to mark the year 2020, my recall of specific years and time is less than stellar. Given that, some three to four years ago, Fred and I had finished our workout at the GCCC (Genoveva Chavez Community Center) in Santa Fe, and outside in the parking lot was a mini-...
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fading to fall
September 21, 2020
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Despite day time temperatures in the high 70 to low 80 degree range in the southern Rocky Mountains, there are fewer hours of daylight. Change is in the air. The birds feel it. Humans feel it. The autumnal equinox is upon us tomorrow. Flowers show their final beauty by fading into fall. Buds are still appearing on rose bushes around town, although...
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what do you do?
September 14, 2020
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I have asked myself so many times this week "What can I do" and "what should I do" in reference to the climate crisis evidenced by unprecedented fires in the west, and hurricanes on the east and Gulf Coasts, not to mention the ongoing pandemic. Years ago when we held fantasies of going to the Florida Keys and Cayman Islands to snorkel, the water te...
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once a solar geek...
September 07, 2020
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...always a solar geek, I suppose. I have always wondered what goes into a human being - genetics or outside influences (nature vs. nurture) or both - and why some people become almost obsessed with one or more subjects or things. I do know that this week, all of the teachers, professors, family, and friends who are or were ever fascinated with ene...
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gift of roses
August 31, 2020
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For this photographer, gifts are wonderful for two different reasons. The first is the experience of pleasure, beauty, and sometimes fun, funk, and smiles they provide. The second is the package of photographic and written possibilities accompanying them.
I truly cannot remember seeing roses as gorgeous as the ones we were given last week, in all...
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virtual rain
August 24, 2020
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A virtual Democratic National Convention, virtual meetings, virtual classes. They have all become part of life during the pandemic. With near-drought conditions in many parts of the western United States, and smoky skies having replaced the cloudless blue skies and thunderstorms, I find myself thinking about rain. A lot. Our "monsoon" season has ye...
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grateful
August 17, 2020
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As the world works its way through a pandemic, elections, economic distress, hunger and wars, along with forces of nature, I find myself extremely grateful for many things. Family, friends, food on the table, a roof over our heads, good health, the ability to continue to work. Right now, many around the world and in the United States are food insec...
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surprising "park"
August 10, 2020
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Growing up in Albuquerque during the days when a Sunday outing involved going to the foothills and driving on the dirt roller coaster that was Juan Tabo Boulevard, there were very few parks and no graveyards in that part of town. So I was always curious why my mother went on and on about spending wonderful days while growing up in the Midwest in gr...
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learning curve
August 03, 2020
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While watching the SpaceX Dragon capsule splash down in the Gulf of Mexico yesterday, I was struck by the complicated technology dance of the crews - from those on the small boats who retrieved the parachutes, to the men and women aboard the vessel who pulled the capsule onto the deck. One lone still photographer was recording the event on the ship...
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old and new
July 27, 2020
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Before Fred and I ventured into the high piñon, juniper and sagebrush mesa of Taos County, we lived for twenty years in Santa Fe. Now, after twenty years in the Taos area, we have returned to New Mexico's capital city. Many things have changed; some remain the same, and new explorations await. It is still compelling and has much to offer.
As I wal...
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visiting an old friend
July 19, 2020
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So many of us are trying to do our best to wear masks and social distance, that friends of the human type are clear in our minds and in photographs, but perhaps not in person. It is part of, in my mind, what we should be doing as good citizens of the world. When we drove up the Santa Fe Ski Basin road this week and found the parking lot for the Asp...
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the grab bag around me
July 13, 2020
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As occasionally happens, I venture into several different photographic subject areas during a week, and bits and pieces are included in my blog. Such is the case today.
Curve-billed thrashers are common in southern Arizona and New Mexico, but they do live as far north as Santa Fe. Neighbors told me about a nest in a cholla, so I thought I would ta...
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driving along the Gorge
July 06, 2020
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The highway to Taos from Santa Fe through Española runs along the Rio Grande and offers several amazing views of the Rio Grande Gorge. Highway 68 can be a bit of a raceway, with few pullouts. The landscape simply doesn't permit that on a two-lane highway. Short of two overlooks that offer absolutely stunning views of the Gorge, drive by shooting al...
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different strokes
June 29, 2020
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Walking around with camera in hand, I found myself seeing the play of light and shadows on stucco walls. Just as adobleros/adobleras use their skills to mix adobe and apply finishes, the same happens with those applying modern stucco finishes with their own individual strokes. Each wall is a palette for light and shadow. In today's blog, I apply di...
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