This place is about two things, light and texture. Both are amazing. I never tire of the light and texture-play that lives right outside my front door. Nothing more to say.
Texture Supreme
Category: snowy images
Magic of Morning Light
Here’s something not-romantic. Today was garbage day. I told you it wasn’t thrilling. But what was thrilling is what the light was doing as I walked out there very early this morning. I decided to leave the images in color because it was those golden hues that caught my eye. That and the strong light and dark areas. Even something as mundane as taking out the garbage can turn out to be inspiring.
Mostly Brrrr!
People always think of Santa Fe, New Mexico as a really hot environment. Summers are usually pleasant but Winter can be gripping…dark and dramatic and very cold at times.
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Waking Up to Antarctica
This part of New Mexico really got hit hard with this storm (Feb ’23). It was wetter snow than is usual for this place, weighing the trees down to the snapping point. Normal snow is so light that you can literally blow it away….makes for some nice skiing. There is more on the way combined with some high winds. It not only looks like Antarctica, it feels like it, and sounds like it!
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Absolutely beautiful! I have a bit of a technical question for you, and I hope you don’t mind me asking.
Your monochromes are always so incredible. Do you shoot in black and white or convert the image in processing? Ok, two questions. In your final finish, are you applying any filters, like a warming or cooling filter? Very curious. Thanks!
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Hi, At times I apply a light warming filter only because that’s what this place feels like. Sepia-like is the tonality of the place. I do shoot in full color. I don’t want the camera’s algorithm deciding that for me. Then I use Photoshop for the B+W. I also use dodging and burning at times. And I try NOT to crop any image and usually don’t. The modern cameras do allow me to change the aspect ratios and I like having that choice. But that’s about all I do. If I have to spend too much time with a photo, I get rid of it. Any “tweaks” I need to make have to be minor and fast or else I lose patience with it and consider it an inferior image, not worthy of any more effort to “rescue” it. IMAGE>DELETE.
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Two @ 10,000 feet
The skies at higher altitudes become blue-black. We see that a lot here because we are routinely skiing at 12,000 feet. These two shots, however, were taken a little lower down the mountain, at around 10,000 feet. But the skies are still dark on a sunny day. Here’s what I saw yesterday at our local ski area. Still using the Sony a5100 for the ultimate in portability.
It’s only recently occurred to me that I seem to be responding to “letterforms” in the landscape. Sounds weird, but there’s something to it. I have another website where I allow myself to cut loose on that attraction and simply dig into the intersecting angels and shapes found in all letters, typography. There must be some linkage between many of my photographs and that interest/attraction to type.
By the way, if you’re curious to see something completely differently from this site, you can check out typomania.us. I never noticed, or thought about, the possible connection between the pursuits in “typomania” and this website.
Well, ain’t life interesting?
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