by activelight | May 24, 2017 | Landscape photography, New Mexico, Travel |
Devils Tower was the star of a Spielberg movie, and Shiprock is the backdrop for Chee and Leaphorn of the Navajo Tribal Police. But Cabezon Peak? What’s that? Cabezon Peak – the Big Head A Little History Spaniards couldn’t help noticing the big plug...
by activelight | May 18, 2017 | Landscape photography, New Mexico, Petroglyphs, Travel |
The outdoors has a lot to offer in New Mexico, from striking million-year-old cinder cones to prehistoric 4-story buildings to snow-capped mountain peaks. So when California friends came to visit us, we decided to show them the sculpted slot canyons of Kasha-Katuwe...
by activelight | May 11, 2017 | How to shoot, Landscape photography |
Plan But Verify When I plan a shoot, I need to know a few things – when and where are sunrise and sunset, and where will I need to be for best light on my subject? And what direction do prominent landscape features or ruin fronts face? Below Mesa Prieta,...
by activelight | Apr 27, 2017 | How to shoot, Landscape photography, National Monument, New Mexico, Petroglyphs, photo workshop, Shot Design, telephoto, Wildlife |
Want to find out where the petroglyphs are? Use this easy form to contact me for a workshop or full-blown photo tour. Bring the Big One On my last photo workshop to Petroglyph National Monument in March, we’d seen rock squirrels, jack rabbits and canyon wrens....
by activelight | Apr 20, 2017 | Landscape photography, New Mexico |
Some places just can’t be hiked easily. You can see it from Mesa Verde, and it dominates the New Mexico side of the Four Corners skyline. Looks like it should be simple, yet when you try to approach Shiprock, none of the maze of dirt roads seems to get you...
by activelight | Feb 23, 2017 | Architecture, Landscape photography, National Monument, New Mexico, Ruins, Travel |
March to Nowhere It was always hot. His head itched in the sun under the heavy morion, the open-faced helmet topping his suit of heavy armor. But it was always better in the morning. By a few hours after sunrise, the sweat pooling at the small of his back would cause...
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