Route 66 – Getting Geared Up
The remains of an abandoned car on Route 66, somewhere in Arizona. Click on the photo for an expanded view.
A Day Along Historic Route 66
It was known as “the Mother Road” and “Main Street America”, but it was best known as Route 66. A long section of Route 66 once made it’s way through New Mexico and Arizona, paralleling the modern day route that I often take on the way to the Grand Canyon.
Crossing the wide open desert, it [...]
A visit to Chaco Canyon
A place far from the modern, civilized, world. A place of extremes with brutally frigid winters and scorching hot summers. A place that was once inhabited by the Ancestral Puebloans and was perhaps the trade and spiritual center of their world. A place called Chaco.
Desert View at Twilight ~ Grand Canyon
The sun has set on another day at Grand Canyon National Park, but a bit of light remains. It is twilight and the watchtower at Desert View soaks up the remaining light as the night sky approaches. In the distance at the bottom of the Grand Canyon, the Colorado River reflects the blue sky above.
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Storm over Pecos National Historical Park
A monsoon storm , common in New Mexico during the months of July and August, spreads out over the church ruins of the Spanish mission at Pecos National Historical Park. The mudding used as stucco has fallen away revealing the adobe bricks used to form the walls of the church. Near the village of Pecos, [...]
Kiva ~ Pecos National Historical Park
A beam of light from the mid-day sun illuminates the interior of a kiva at Pecos National Historical Park just east of Santa Fe, New Mexico. A kiva is a subterranean ceremonial chamber built by pueblo indians. I love photographing kivas, especially in the summer because they are considerably cooler than the outside air temperature.
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Rio Grande Kayaker
A kayaker navigates the rapids on the “Race Course”, a section of rough water on the Rio Grande near Taos, New Mexico.
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~Tech details~
Camera & Lens: Canon EOS 50D and EF70-200 f/4L IS USM lens
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/125 second and ISO 320
Filters: Hoya HD circular polarizer
Notes: Shot hand-held.
Adobe wall, window, and flowers
A bouquet of spring flowers brings life to an old window surrounded by blue shutters and an adobe wall. A common spring-time scene in northern New Mexico. Photographed near the village of La Cueva on the eastern slope of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
Alan Heuer – Artist at work
My wife and I were walking the Taos Plaza this afternoon when we stopped in Sage Fine Art on the southeast corner of the plaza. Inside, artist Alan Heuer was working on one of his latest paintings. Alan was kind enough to let me look over his shoulder as he worked and we talked about [...]
Salman Ranch Mill in La Cueva, New Mexico
The historic roller mill located in La Cueva, New Mexico. Now part of the Salman Ranch, the mill dates to the 1860s and was part of a major shipping center for the livestock and agricultural produce grown by a local family and their neighbors.
Editor’s Pick Award – Travel Photographers Network
I’m excited to announce that I’ve had an image selected for the Editor’s Pick award by the Travel Photographer’s Network. The photo is of an old Chevy parked behind Saint Francis de Asis Church in Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico. I captured this photo with my Canon G9 at ISO 80 and it was handheld.
El Santuario de Chimayo Church on the High Road
I originally photographed this church, located on the High road between Santa Fe and Taos, back in 1999. Back then, I wasn’t really into photography yet and had no understanding of shutter speeds and f-stops and as a result the photo wasn’t that great. Ever since then I’ve wanted to recapture this scene, but one [...]
Inside a Tepee
This is a shot I created while photographing inside a hot, dusty, but incredibly beautiful tepee near Taos, New Mexico. I used a Canon 5D Mark II with a 17-40mm lens at 17mm to create the wide field-of-view, and I set a small aperture to assist in creating the sunstar.
Anasazi Gallery – Visions of the Past
Titled Visions of the Past, the new portfolio features images of granaries (small structures used for the storage of food) and cliff dwellings (larger structures used for housing) that have been abandoned in the countless canyons of the Four Corners region. At a later time I will add photographs of rock-art sites including both petroglyph [...]
Anasazi Hands Pictograph
On a recent trip exploring the canyon country of southeast Utah, I came upon a pictograph panel containing several hand prints that were most likely created by the Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi) peoples that once called this area home. Perched high above a canyon in a small alcove, this was obviously a popular spot as evidence [...]
Enjoying a sunset in Utah
A woman and her canine companion enjoy a beautiful red-rock sunset in southern Utah near the town of Bluff.
Please click on the image for an expanded view.
The Spirit Within ~ Anasazi Cliff Dwelling
I have just returned from southern Utah where I spent a few days with friends exploring the many archaeological treasures left behind by the ancestral puebloan people better known as the Anasazi. This particular shot was captured inside a large cliff dwelling that had a fine dust filtering through it.
This site is not part of [...]
Guy on the Edge at Grand Canyon
I was shooting from Yavapai Point a couple of nights ago when this guy climbs over the railing and steps down onto an incredibly tiny outcropping of rock. Crazy! His name is Vofka and he is from the Ukraine. Really great guy and has tons of confidence. He is also incredibly patient. I asked to [...]
Light on the Temples, Grand Canyon National Park
Two nights ago I was photographing sunset from a spot on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon between Yavapai Observation Station and Mather Point when the sun broke through the clouds and illuminated Zoroaster and Brahma Temples. The light lasted just a few seconds and I literally got off one shot before it was [...]
Mission Concepción – San Antonio, Texas
I thought I would share a few photos from a visit to Mission Concepción in San Antonio, Texas a little over one year ago. The San Antonio Missions National Historical Park consists of 5 Spanish missions built along the San Antonio River in the 1700s to bring Christianity to the native population and to make [...]
Cover Shot – Rocky Mountain Nature Photographers
My peers at the Rocky Mountain Nature Photographers have selected this image to be the cover shot which will great visitors to their website during the month of January 2009. This image was captured a few minutes after sunset on the boardwalk at the Cibolo Nature Center in Boerne, Texas. Located about 30 miles north [...]
Old Gas Station Signs
I spent the afternoon shooting at a cool place south of Taos that has tons of old gas station signs and memorabilia. This was another opportunity to test the low-light/high-ISO capabilities of the Canon 5D mark II and again I was left impressed.
This image was captured using ISO 800 with an exposure of 1/25th at [...]
Taos Ski Valley Fireworks
Let’s start off 2009 with a photo of the fireworks display in the Taos Ski Valley from last night. This was captured using the 5D Mark II and the EF 24-105 lens with a 30 second exposure at f/8 and ISO 500. I continue to be pleasantly surprised with the 5D Mark II, especially with [...]
First shots from the 5D Mark II
The best-laid plans often go awry. That could have been my motto yesterday. I was scheduled to meet with two clients back-to-back,and then shoot with the second client, and then photograph the Lighting of Ledoux that I wrote of in my blog entry from Friday. The first client was late, potentially cutting into the other [...]
