by Mark Bohrer | May 16, 2019 | Four Corners, National Monument, Ruins, Travel |
Hovenweep Castle and diffraction sunstar Hunter-Gatherers – Long before it became the quiet deserted valley of the Utes, hunter-gatherers roamed through Hovenweep in search of now-extinct mastadons and other game. They gathered edible plants when they could, but...
by Mark Bohrer | Apr 18, 2019 | Ghost Towns, New Mexico, Travel |
Indian Uprisings and a Fort of Stone – The place always was pretty empty. New Mexico had no more than 93,516 people in it before the Civil War. Of those, around 10,000 were Indians. There were enough of them to make trouble for the remaining population, mostly...
by Mark Bohrer | Jan 1, 2019 | Equipment, Travel, Winter Photography |
Keep a camera handy in winter. Yes it’s cold, and you will have to bundle up like the Michelin Man. But once you get out there, you’ll be saying “Oh, wow!” so much you may forget to photograph anything. Low-Angle Winter Sun Gives Great Light...
by Mark Bohrer | Aug 16, 2018 | Dog, How to shoot, Travel |
Find Motivation I’ve been shooting a lot of dog pictures in the last few months. Bernese Mountain Dogs can be charmingly playful, and they’re very cute besides. Our Berner Daisy has always been a star, usually getting our tri-color Sheltie Buzz ignored...
by Mark Bohrer | May 31, 2018 | Architecture, Food, Travel |
Food enhances travel like nothing else. Especially in New Mexico, what you’re eating defines the place. If you want instant ID as an insider, order Christmas on the side when your server asks, “Red or green?” That gives you both types of chili, and...
by Mark Bohrer | Mar 22, 2018 | How to shoot, Landscape photography, Leica, New Mexico, Petroglyphs, Shot Design, Sigma, Travel, ultra-wide-angle, Zeiss |
Go close. Or put it this way: “If your pictures aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough.” Clan mask, Piedras Marcadas, Petroglyph National Monument Leica M10, 35mm f/1.2 Nokton Aspherical VM II That was Magnum photographer Robert...
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