It always happens this way. Its not like our summers aren't full of all kinds of activity but when late August rolls around I feel that winter haunts like the Grim Reaper. I'm not a fan of winter. So, the…
Behold! The Milky Way. I'm not really sure what else to say about it....a giant sweeping mass of stars above our camp at Great Sand Dunes National Park. And there below is our little tent out under that mass of…
Cumbres Toltec Railroad I mentioned in the MY SHOT of the Day from Sunday that kids and I rode the Cumbres Toltec Railroad Friday with my father and his wife at the end of last week. The ride is just…
Another addition to my list of Old Catholic churches. This is San Isadore Church in Las Mesitas, Colorado, destroyed by fire in 1975. The day after the kids and I rode the Cumbres-Toltec Railroad with my dad and his wife…
The kids and I spent several days last weekend and into the week camping and hiking up in the Valle Vidal, one of the most amazing places in North America. We meant to go fishing but after arriving to our…
Pueblo Colorado Photo Essay When the international steel-market crashed in the early 1980s my hometown of Pueblo Colorado took a massive hit. The Colorado Fuel and Iron (CF&I) steel mill on the south side of town was long the main industry…
Think ‘Las Vegas’ and one word will come to mind before any other – casinos. ‘Sin City’ has long been the gambling capital of the world, with some of the biggest casinos on the planet stretching along Las Vegas Boulevard…
Ok. So, I swear this happened. Seriously. I swear it. One night a few years ago I was camped out by myself among the pinyon and junipers on a ridge up on the Pajarito Plateau west of Santa Fe, New…
Taking picutres of fireworks is suprisingly easy. I promise a full post on the HOW TO for both fireworks and lightning in the coming weeks but for now a few quick pointers to get started. Just a few simple steps…
A fairly strong set of thunderstorms moved through Taos yesterday afternoon and into the evening making for a rather awesome display of lightning once the sun went down. I shot all four of these pictures of lightning between 855pm…
It is one of my favorite places in New Mexico. White Sands National Monument. I was out taking shots of the sunset over the Tularosa Basin and the Jornada del Muerto and the amazing light spreading across the gypsum fields…
It has just simply stopped raining. My buddy John Fleck reports that water supplies are the worst ever seen: With the preliminary April 1 runoff forecast numbers in hand, this is “the worst year ever” on the Rio Grande, according…