independence
July 05, 2021
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Much fanfare and fireworks are given to the 4th of July or Independence Day in the United States of America. Since they came during one of the dangerously high points of the pandemic, last year's celebrations were more subdued. This year, the country is back open for business and people made and are still making the most of it. It sounded like all...
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say "ahh"
June 28, 2021
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Now that the baby crow which attracted so much attention in the neighborhood last week is out and about and flying quite nicely, the focus is on open mouths in the cholla cactus. A pair of curve billed thrashers have a nest full of very hungry chicks, awaiting their next meal. We'll start with one of the parents, keeping the chick tucked in and war...
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it takes a village
June 21, 2021
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One of the more noticeable side effects of the pandemic closures, at least in our city, is home improvement. Since people weren't traveling, energy was and is being spent on those home improvement projects everyone was putting off for years. Not a single day passes during which some sort of construction - interior, exterior, and landscaping - occur...
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it is all in the details
June 13, 2021
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This week has been pleasantly full of photography - nature and still life in the form of Navajo-Churro wool rug details - and website work. You will notice the change in the blog layout immediately. I am not quite finished and hope that today's blog will be readable.
Fred is preparing his work for the Selvedge Magazine World Fair, which will be on...
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an eruption of color
June 07, 2021
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A visitor to the western United States, viewing the low and high desert regions, might see a rose bush and think of it as a botanical mirage. Members of the Rosaeceae family are thought to have originated in Central Asia, and can be found in almost every country. Despite the sometimes seemingly awful soil in parts of New Mexico, roses can do extrem...
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Memorial Day 2021
May 30, 2021
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Celebrations to commemorate lives lost in wars began in the United States after the Civil War. But Memorial Day was not made an official holiday until 1971 and it now includes all loved ones who have passed before us. Because it extends the weekend off from work by one day for many, it frequently seems the day has become more about travel and purch...
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Tierra Wools
May 23, 2021
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What happens when you move a business from one place to another, plan a grand re-opening, and then the COVID pandemic hits? Just precisely what many small business owners and all the people at Tierra Wools did - you move forward. Sheep don't wait and neither does the lambing season, moving the flock, or the shearing, spinning and dying of wool. It...
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encore
May 16, 2021
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After getting requests for more photographs from the wedding at Leaping Deer Ranch near Sapello, New Mexico two weeks ago, I decided to do an "encore" blog. I have also been working with the "new to me" photo editing software "Luminar 4", learning my way around it and the features it offers. That, along with putting together a Blurb book of wedding...
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wedding sampler
May 09, 2021
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Wedding photography is something I love. Organization, creativity, socializing, events, costumes and fashion, communication, weather, and the continued learning of technical processes are all involved. With friends from tango marrying at the Leaping Deer Ranch near Sapello, I was lucky enough to be able to do some shooting. Despite the fact that I...
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seen at a wedding
May 03, 2021
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Whether I am formally asked to serve as wedding photographer or volunteer, or simply be a guest at a wedding or event, my cameras are always with me. Have Camera, Will Travel sort of thing. It is what I do, and I try to do it as professionally, efficiently, and unobtrusively as possible. Saturday was such a day at the wedding of friends at the Leap...
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signs of the times
April 26, 2021
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Since the New Mexico 60-day legislative session and special session to consider the legalization of recreational marijuana (the bill was signed into law on 12 April 2021) are over, I thought it might be time to see if there were any changes around the Capitol Building. The last cruise by was literally that, since there were barriers, fences, and Na...
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what you know and perhaps what you do not
April 18, 2021
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I don't know the person who originally said that writers should write about what they know. But many have said it and even more writers have taken it to heart. The same advice could be given to photographers. There are opportunities for writers and photographers to venture into what she or he does not know and expand on it. Today's blog is an examp...
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the work of photography
April 11, 2021
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Each and every photographer proceeds through the week guided by subject matter and imagination. Some of the work is exciting, some mundane, there are experiments, failures, and successes, but all is part of the total package of being a photographer and writer. My week involved a lot of online research, searching for a new editing and organizational...
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sun, shade, and in-between
April 04, 2021
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It is spring. As I write, the temperature is 79 degrees, and the thermometer is eeking its way to 80. Either temperature will set a new record. Thus, it had to be flowers, once again, for today's blog. With that warmth, the 100 daffodil bulbs I planted last fall are sending green shoots through the soil with great speed, and, as you can see here, m...
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roses and then some
March 29, 2021
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Once again this week, wonderful gifted roses provided the material for today's blog. Over three days, I let my eyes, the changing light, and assorted surfaces lead the way in finding different backdrops and possibilities.
In my mind, there is nothing like the complicated subtleness of a single rose, using mid-morning natural west and muted south...
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