Colorado Horse
I’ve been looking through some old photographs lately because my father and I have officially launched Big Rock Puzzles. I found this one squirreled away in a folder from 2006 or 2007 when I went to a family reunion in central Colorado. I had forgotten that I’d taken it, and while I had a few different shots, liked this one because of the arch in the neck and the open mouth.
Sandia
The Sandia Mountains are on the east side of Albuquerque. Throughout the day you look over and see the brown and green scrub vegetation clinging to the slopes. The mountain and the valley used to be at the bottom of the ocean a few millennia ago. Almost every evening the meaning of Sandia comes through as the sun sets: watermellon.
Amy & Greg — Nebraska Wedding
A little over a month ago I left New Mexico to head back to Nebraska for Amy and Greg’s Wedding. We had a beautiful day for the event along with beautiful shooting locations at the Nebraska State Capital (where my own wedding was) and the church in Bennett where the reception was to be held as well.
We started off at Amy and Greg’s Lincoln home for a few shots of them getting ready for the big day before heading to the capital for portraits and group shots. Amy and Greg were fabulous to work with by bringing their own ideas for shots. There was one corridor Amy really wanted some shots in and we got some great results.
After a beautiful ceremony we had a dinner reception before heading out for more shots. This time we just used the sunset and the rolling hills for the backdrop. Couldn’t have been nicer.
Birds of a Feather
I’m still trying to get my feet on the ground here in Albuquerque with my photography. I’m working on getting my name out there and being patient until the calls start coming in. Aside from my parents’ home, I’ve mostly been shooting Sandia, the mountain on the east side of the valley, and the hummingbirds that feed by the patio.
If I’m patient the birds will feed while I’m nearby. In order to get the pictures I’ve got to get pretty close because I don’t have access to the big telephoto lenses I once did. The best part is that with the shorter lenses there’s a bit more depth of field to the shots which gives the shot a different feel from the long lens shots.
Tanning
This photo comes from a few days before I left The Grand Island Independent in July. We were working on a story about the new tax on tanning booth sales and the consequences of using tanning beds. Ideally we always liked to have people in the photo, but we weren’t able to make that happen in this case. The lights from the bed though made interesting colors and shapes which helped make this an effective photograph for the story.
