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by activelight | Sep 12, 2016 | Aerial Photography, Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, Ancestral Puebloan, How to shoot, National Monument, New Mexico, Petroglyphs, Photo tour, Ruins, Travel |
It happens every October. Sometimes you see Tweetie Bird, or Darth Vader’s head. There may also be a vacationing penguin, complete with shades and camera. The sky fills with brightly-colored exclamation points morning and evening for a week in early October at...
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by activelight | Sep 7, 2016 | Architecture, How to shoot, Ruins, Shot Design |
“Politics and poker, politics and poker Shuffle up the cards, and find the joker…” Tom Bosley in Fiorello! Architecture & Ruins – Like Politics & Poker Architecture and ruins photography are understandably related. Ruins were once architecture, like...
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by activelight | May 26, 2016 | Ancestral Puebloan, Colorado, Ruins |
Beginnings They came north. Others had lived there before, but none on the mountain. They found rich soil, game, a river, hard stone for tools, weapons and building, trees for wood beams in construction. Someone saw the moon rise between the stone gates when they were...
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by activelight | May 12, 2016 | Ancestral Puebloan, Colorado, Ruins, Travel |
Wetherill Discovery Cliff walls in southern Colorado hide the ruins everyone thinks of when they hear ‘Anasazi’. Richard Wetherill’s brother Al actually saw the Mesa Verde ruins first one day in 1887, but since it was late and he was tired, Al turned...
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by activelight | Apr 6, 2016 | Ancestral Puebloan, California, Colorado, Ghost Towns, Landscape photography, New Mexico, Ruins, RV |
You discovered the first three keys to a vacation that doesn’t suck last week. Now it’s time for the final four, and some resources to help you plan. Forgot those first three keys? Find them here. 4. Go Unknown When everyone else goes to a well-known...
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by activelight | Mar 9, 2016 | How to shoot, Landscape photography, New Mexico, Ruins, Shot Design, Wildlife |
As a beginner, my photographs were terrible. In black and white film I developed myself, subjects were too far away, or I crammed too much into the picture. After lots of shooting, reading and study over 45 years, I’ve improved a bit. And I’ve gotten very...
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