Taos goth
January 10, 2016
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When I do an environmental portrait, engagement, wedding or family reunion shoot, I try to bring only equipment, the facts as I know them, good energy, and passion with me, rather than a preconceived notion of a set up or other things I might like to do. If I am totally unfamiliar with the person/s I am photographing, my first mission is to determi...
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Winter 2016
January 04, 2016
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Who would have known that the "new normal" during winter in New Mexico might be overcast skies with broken sun? It seems that has become a trend this winter, at least in the northern part of the state. However, it is January, and 2016 at that. We cannot become too complacent about the wonderful New Mexico sunshine. So just to let us know that it is...
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welcome the new year
December 27, 2015
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No doubt you have heard me say and read the sentiment "Where did the year go?" Once again, I am saying that, because 2016 is waiting in the wings, being ushered forth on Winter Storm Goliath, with blizzards, deadly tornadoes, and flooding not only in the United States but in the United Kingdom and South America. Shall I indulge myself with a hearty...
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in celebration of the sun
December 20, 2015
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For people in northern climates where the winters are not only cold but dark, the winter solstice cannot come soon enough. The depths of the cold were described impeccably by Jack London in the 1908 version of his story "To Build A Fire."
"It was a time to lie snug in the hole of snow and wait for a curtain of cloud to be drawn across the face of...
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Color it Red, second installment
December 12, 2015
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In last week's blog, I presented some of the images I plan to enter in the Red Dog News Color It Red photography contest. Here is the second group being considered for entry. Fellow photographer Steve Immel featured red in his blog last week as well, and several of his images were stunning. Apparently, he had entered at least one in a past Color It...
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Color it red
December 07, 2015
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Through the New Ground Matrix Fine Art Gallery in Albuquerque's Nob Hill area, I found an extremely helpful photography blog site - Red Dog News. Tim Anderson of Cygnet Press brings together photography news and techniques, as well as product and contest news on a regular basis. This is one of the most helpful blogs I have seen, and therein recentl...
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rime ice
November 30, 2015
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Nature frequently puts itself front and center and says "Look at me!" Such was the case on Saturday morning when a fog carried water droplets on the wind, turning them into daggers of ice on the windward side of everything. Hoarfrost is a common occurrence here in winter but rarely do we see so called "soft rime ice." Two images of clothespins are...
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thankful
November 23, 2015
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In the United States of America, Thursday 26 November is Thanksgiving this year. Canadians celebrated on the second Monday in October. The holiday has become an excuse to watch football games, which, in some cases, might be better than the family gathering wherein discussions of politics and religion at dinner have caused verbal if not physical fis...
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into the fog
November 16, 2015
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Fog is mysterious and mesmerizing, rendering the landscape into a monochromatic palette. Little wonder that it is used in film to create a dark and sinister backdrop. But this weather phenomenon is nourishing to the natural world. There are a number of places on Planet Earth where fog supplies the only moisture. In landlocked New Mexico, I embrace...
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the war to end all wars
November 08, 2015
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28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918 is a time period that some among the living still remember. For those who fought in World War I, conditions were horrid, and as devastating as much of the new technology that was used. Bone chilling cold, mud, malnutrition, and being thrust into wet trenches with hundreds of other soldiers were just a few of the con...
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when tango and Dia de Los Muertos meet
November 02, 2015
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The Albuquerque Tango Festival, one of the largest in the United States, is held the first weekend in November every year. This year, it happened to coincide with Halloween and Dia de Los Muertos - Day of the Dead - a day intended to honor and remember loved ones who have passed from this world. Below is an image of Paloma Villalobos hanging her al...
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new friends and memories
October 26, 2015
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Given the fact that we spent a lovely day yesterday with Bonnie and Ken, new friends that my sister and I met during the river cruise last year at this time, I thought it appropriate that today's blog reflect some of those memories.
When I saw a man hidden in this building alcove in Vienna, Austria, it was a photographic no brainer. I had to take...
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for the artist in all of us
October 18, 2015
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I have written before about this year's Taos Fall Arts Festival, which began on Friday evening, 25 September and ran through 4 October. For the second year, it was punctuated by The Paseo, a multi-media event staged throughout the downtown Taos area. One of the requirements for artists entering work in the Taos Select portion was that the work must...
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webs of life
October 12, 2015
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Trying my best not to begin this blog like Dashiell Hammett, I will say there was a morning last week when the fog lay over the land like a linen shirt, each block of the weave holding droplets of water that appeared in front of my eyes as the sun tried to make an appearance. Fred was the first one to see a spider web, a cup holding individual drop...
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Highway 64 splash
October 05, 2015
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You can see the veins of gold and yellow in the Rocky Mountains from miles away. Given the fact that today is the 5th of October, it is a bit late for such an abundance of color. Not that I nor anyone else is complaining. It is stunning. Many of the scrub oaks (with one of the shortest growing seasons in New Mexico), have not even begun to turn col...
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