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Lenten Windows
This is another shot of those amazing windows at the church in Ranchos de Taos. This visit was during Lent and the objects in the window were draped in purple. The fan that was necessary back in July hadn’t been needed yet this year.
San Francisco de Asis
Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico
photographed 3.24.2015
May 3, 1968
First of all, I want to apologize for having been so slow to respond to comments for the last couple of weeks. I’ve been doing some traveling and haven’t been able to keep up the way I like.
I spent a week in Santa Fe, New Mexico, at the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops; the legendary National Geographic photographer Sam Abell was teaching a week-long course and I was fortunate to have been selected to participate. Sam was the kind of teacher you’d want: talented, knowledgeable, and completely generous with helping us become better photographers. It was an important week.
This grave marker in a small cemetery is one of the images I made during the workshop. We found an interesting cemetery along the High Road between Santa Fe and Taos, and had time enough to stop for a while and practice the things Sam had taught us the first day of class…
Los Llanitos Cemetery
near Truchas, New Mexico
photographed 3.24.2015
Secrets to a cooler room
- Get the air moving.
- Keep the sun out.
Or, go someplace that’s air conditioned.
In college, I lived in a mobile home that had a not-very-efficient window air conditioner. If you could sit about a foot away from it, it wasn’t too bad. Any further, though, and it got pretty hot. Summer school terms were especially bad in that tin-can house. I didn’t spend much time at home: I was at the library, or the design studio, or the bar. Or anyplace that was cooler than my place.
in my room,
Santa Fe Photographic Workshops
Santa Fe, New Mexico
photographed 7.2.2014
Mammatus
NOTE: this does not refer to Mammatus, but rather to mammatus, a cloud formation characterized by a cellular pattern of pouches hanging underneath the base of a cloud.
Mammatus formations are often harbingers of strong thunderstorms, or tornadoes. No tornadoes were spotted nearby. In case you wondered.
near Abiquiu, New Mexico
photographed 7.2.2014
The mystery lies beyond
The circle of grass in the foreground is a mystery, to me.
But the greater mystery, always, is what lies beyond…
near Madrid, New Mexico
photographed 7.2.2014
One Day | One Image 