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In the summer of 2014, I took a class from my very good friend Brett Erickson at the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops; I struggled quite a bit during the week, and one morning was ready to put my cameras away forever because I was so frustrated. But, I’d already paid for the class, so I stuck it out. I’m frugal like that.
That evening, our plan was to shoot at a place near Abiquiu, New Mexico, but a huge thunderstorm thwarted those plans. The reasonable members of the class returned to Santa Fe. But Brett and four students decided the thing to do was to go higher into the mountains, and closer to the storm, so he could show us how to shoot lightning.
Safe, right? (Brett’s a lot taller than I am, so I figured…well, you know. Fortunately all of us returned safely to Santa Fe.)
Anyway, I just found out that my favorite lightning image from that wonderful night of shooting was accepted into the online gallery for PhotoPlace Gallery’s Landscape: Earth and Sky show. You can see it the entire show here.
And you can see my image here:
Plan view (or: compose, and wait)
So, I took that class with Sam Abell and he talked a lot (a WHOLE lot!) about “compose and wait.” I am not by nature a very patient person* so that concept is very difficult for me to do.
But Sam said it, and I paid money to hear it, so it seemed right to try.
And look what happened! Those three people walked right into the shot I’d composed!
Pike Place Market
Seattle, Washington
photographed 4.20.2015
*I actually typed that I was not a “pleasant person” which I hope was more indicative of my typing skills that any sort of deep personal revelation…
Café Islands
You know those glorious days when every single thing you see looks like it ought to be a photograph?
That’s what happened here when I spotted the tabletop archipelago.
(Full disclosure: nothing was staged. Because if it had been, I would have moved the pepper shaker away from the salt.)
Lindy’s Coffee Shop
Albuquerque, New Mexico
photographed 3.26.2015
Children Playing
Well, this just has it all. A street. A street-based basketball goal. A “children playing” sign. A restaurant. A saloon.
Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico
photographed 3.24.2015
When one enters a village
There have been approximately 1 billion photos made of this church at Ranchos de Taos. And with good reason – it is stunningly beautiful.
The trick is to go there, take in the stunningly-beautiful part and then find a new way to capture it. I’m not saying I accomplished that; but I tried…
This archway, that serves as the village entrance into the courtyard and the sacred space beyond, caught my attention; I liked the way it framed the top of the famous church.
Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico
photographed 3.24.2015
One Day | One Image 