Olympic prowess
February 26, 2018
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I love the Olympic games - both summer and winter - and cannot conceive of the practice and development of strength, endurance, and skill it takes to compete. The games also put my mind to work about games and how the origins of many of the sports came from sheer practicality and need, such as cross country skiing, biathlon, and downhill skiing. Hu...
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"Whose woods these are..."
February 19, 2018
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Robert Frost wrote a poem in 1922 titled "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening". For some reason, while going through thousands of my photographs this week - old and new - and despite the fact that snow has been basically on a leave of absence this winter season in the high mesa country, the poem has been wandering around in my head the last couple...
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a traditional wedding photograph
February 11, 2018
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Friend and fellow photographer, Steve Immel and I are meeting on this "blog" Monday to discuss weddings. As you know from following me online, I really enjoy wedding photography. However, each wedding is a "once in a lifetime experience" which means the photographer has one chance to get it right. Since I have a need to control as much of my part i...
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the eyes have it
February 05, 2018
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Thrushes or the Muscicapidae family apparently have had a very good year. There are hundreds of robins, bluebirds, and solitaires coming to our water dishes to bathe and drink in this winter of little moisture. These birds got me thinking about eyes and their significance in both the bird and human world.
Solitaires and robins have eye rings that...
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it is the sky
January 29, 2018
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Besides photography that is scheduled within any given week in the life of a photographer, ideas for blogs seem to come from the most interesting places. This week, while having a conversation with a neighbor, she looked up at the sky and said "This is why I am here. Look at that." And how true her words were. New Mexico's sky has attracted many, p...
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jewels of winter
January 22, 2018
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The first real winter arrived late Saturday evening and early Sunday morning in the southern Rocky Mountains. Although we had just an inch of snow on the ground here, ten inches fell in many of the mountain areas, and the variation in temperatures yielded beautiful crystalline ice in many places. The sagebrush seed pods turned colors as the clouds...
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musings over tea
January 15, 2018
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Nothing like a nice, hot cup of tea to get the creative juices flowing on a winter's day. Today's blog is courtesy of two friends who influenced the work that I did this week and subsequent thoughts and musings over tea.
Victoria sent us a video link about a woman who is both a photographer and caretaker of the Oceanic Hotel on Star Island off the...
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January smiles
January 07, 2018
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Most of New Mexico has been frightfully spoiled this winter with the relatively warm and sunny weather. People in the midwest, south, and east are all suffering from record low temperatures and in some places, are buried beneath record snow fall. Those of us in the Southwest know we need moisture badly, but most continue to revel in the sunshine....
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a new year
December 31, 2017
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Today is a brand new day in a brand new year. My hope is that 2018 provides each of you abundant creativity, adventures, good friends, family, strength, joy, and love! And that sanity and kindness rolls over the world like a gentle breeze!
A toast to you and life!
until next Monday,
DB
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Happy Christmas!
December 24, 2017
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Short and sweet this week, as I present the lowly and wonderful pomegranate (Punica granatum) for Christmas. Originating in the broader area now known as the Middle East, it spread to Spain and into California during the 17th and 18th centuries. It was a treat for New Mexico kids, and we relished picking out the seeds with their juicy, messy flesh...
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Ducks??
December 17, 2017
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I know two things that are true in this world. Where there is water, there is life, and it seems that robins are the nearest things to ducks or other water birds in their bathing habits. No truer than during the past forty days or so when there has been no measurable moisture. It is definitely bird central at our two water dishes these days. The ac...
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El Rancho de las Golondrinas
December 11, 2017
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South of Santa Fe, in the bottom land formed by the Santa Fe River emptying into La Cienega Creek, stands a New Mexico treasure, El Rancho de las Golondrinas (Ranch of the swallows). It is a living history museum along El Camino Real (the royal road) that extended from Mexico City to Santa Fe, which offered a stopping point for travelers. The 200 a...
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the work of photography
December 04, 2017
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Anyone who has used a camera knows that there is more to photography than releasing the shutter. The camera itself, developer and printing chemicals, computers, software, printers, and papers have to be made first before the photographer even begins her or his work. Planning a photo shoot, calculating time and mileage, or doing set ups and studio s...
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Where there is water
November 27, 2017
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One of the givens is that life on Planet Earth needs water. And where there is water, there is life. We have seen this play out on the high mesa time and time again. When it rains and there are puddles, birds and other wildlife don't bother visiting our water dishes. But when it is dry and ours are the only water sources for miles, animals gather a...
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back to my photographic roots
November 19, 2017
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During the past month, I have been putting together images for sets of prints and cards. One of the sets will be black and white. I am calling it Noir/Blanc/Gris, and it has taken me back to my roots in the darkroom, where the only film I developed and printed was black and white. I loved everything about working in the darkroom, but not having one...
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