A Visit to Photograph Santa Fe & Taos, New Mexico
Adobe rules in Santa Fe, New Mexico. I had never been to this part of the country and I wanted to see why it was so popular as a travel destination. Great Sand Dunes National Park was still closed...
View ArticleFriday Foto Talk: Macro & Close-up Photography, Part II
Alpine gentian growing at over 12,000 feet in elevation, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. (Since I wasn’t going to be on a computer tomorrow – Friday – I meant to schedule this post ahead one...
View ArticleThe Apache
I wanted to show some photographs I found of Apache warriors. I often find myself in country populated by the ghosts of the original inhabitants, and it makes me realize how little time has actually...
View ArticleFriday Foto Talk: Macro & Close-up Photography, Part IV
A sunny meadow is home to a large spider in New Mexico’s Sangre de Cristo Mountains. 21 mm., 1/250 sec. @ f/22, ISO 200. This post will explore ways to incorporate your macro photography into regular...
View ArticleSingle-image Sunday: Frames
Early morning in the Bisti/De Na Zi Wilderness, New Mexico. It had been quite awhile since I’d used this simple technique, but recently I had a golden opportunity to use it. Photographic frames (or...
View ArticleMountain Monday: The Mogollons
This post is one day late for International Mountain Day. But right on time for Mountain Monday! It highlights a relatively remote place in western New Mexico. I’d been wanting to go to this part of...
View ArticleRural America: The Desert Southwest
The ranch land near Zion Canyon in Utah is among the most scenic in the country. We might as well face it. America is no longer what it once was. Not long ago this was a country that relied on...
View ArticleRural America ~ Desert SW Road-Trips: Four Corners
Sunrise at Lone Rock Beach on Lake Powell. Here’s a sad story: Imagine driving through a typical developed section of the United States. You drive by a continuous series of shopping complexes,...
View ArticleRural America ~ Desert SW Roadtrips: San Diego to Santa Fe
Technicolor sunrise over the grinding pits (metates) at a native village site in Mine Wash, Anza Borrego, California. Our photographic journey through rural America continues with the final segment of...
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