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Before a mass ascension can happen in the morning, roughly 8-10 hot air balloons are inflated and sent up as the Dawn Patrol. Dawn Patrol photos These photos are taken from different vantage points around the launch field, both close up and wider angle to get more action. Dawn Patrol pilots take off in the … Continue reading New Mexico: Dawn Patrol photos
It would have been easy to miss the gas balloon competition going on at the 2019 Balloon Fiesta, as the weather postponed it for a couple of days. It finally ended up happening at night with a much smaller crowd. After taking photos on the perimeter for a while, I worked my way up to … Continue reading New Mexico: Gas balloon photos
During the 2020 Balloon Fiesta Siesta, I'm posting a few good photos each day from 2019. One of the coolest things to see at the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta is the mass ascension each morning. It's just stunning to see upwards of 600 hot air balloons, taking off one after another. This video shows a … Continue reading New Mexico: Mass Ascension photos
For the last 48 years, hot air balloons have filled the skies in Albuquerque at the end of September and the beginning of October. Due to COVID-19, the 49th Annual Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta was postponed to 2021. Last year on this day, we were arriving four days early to get set up. This year, … Continue reading New Mexico: 2020 Balloon Fiesta Siesta
Last year, I participated in the inaugural Collective book with two of my photographs. This year, I'm included in Collective II with two of my photographs from our RV travels in Utah last summer. This book is a collection of images from photographers the world over. This group of loosely connected commercial and editorial photographers … Continue reading The Collective II Fall 2020: Photographs from all over the world
Since my last post, 30 Days of Creativity: Day 6, we had quite the weather in Amarillo. A cold wintry blast came through just as Labor Day weekend ended, and we pretty much stayed indoors unless we absolutely had to go out. However, we ended up with an issue we needed to address: the bathroom vent … Continue reading 30 Days of Creativity: Day 14
Just before COVID-19 shutdown a lot of travel, we visited Rockport and Corpus Christi on our move into Texas. Today's photo is another photo I wanted to try in black and white. Day 6 project While the clouds really didn't add a lot of drama, I love how the wavs are crashing while the bird … Continue reading 30 Days of Creativity: Day 6
Today, I took one of my older photos from 2019 and made it black and white. The original photo stands by itself, but I really think it pops and looks more dramatic in black and white. Day 5 project If you look closely, that's a bug flying around the fence post in the background. I … Continue reading 30 Days of Creativity: Day 5
Sometimes, the camera I have with me is my iPhone. This is often the case on our walks around the RV park. Day 4 project The other night, we were walking as it got dark. As we came back towards our RV, I noticed the position of the moon and took the photo. I used … Continue reading 30 Days of Creativity: Day 4
