I was pretty fortunate to be able to photograph the naturalization ceremony for new US citizens on the 4th of July. The ceremony was held at Bandelier National Monument. It was a perfect day and place to watch 15 people become citizens.
Year: 2012
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Naturalization Ceremony at Bandelier National Monument
The presentation of colors. Singing the national anthem. Albanian couple with their little girl. Candidates take their oath of citizenship. It’s official! Refreshments provided by the Rotary Club of Los Alamos. New citizens! -
Robot Rodeo
The Los Alamos and Sandia National Labs hosted their 6th annual robot rodeo back in June. Bomb squads, police and hazmat teams from around the Southwest competed in training exercises over the course of three days.
The Robot Rodeo was held at Technical Area 49 at the Los Alamos National Labs. 
Bob Clark, a Hazardous Devices Technician at the Los Alamos National Labs makes some final adjustments to his team’s robot. 
The objective: remotely make a picnic plate with a sandwich, chips and coleslaw. 
Members of the Farmington, NM bomb squad run their robot through maneuvers. 
A robot is guided to the next challenge. 
Next mission: search an abandoned car at the railroad tracks. -
Favorites from Instagram
Favorite photos I’ve shot on my iPhone and posted to Instagram. May 23rd – July 18th.
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Chuck Prophet and the Mission Express
Chuck Prophet and the Mission Express played the Pajarito Ski Hill as part of the Gordon Summer Concert series. Great singer, great band.
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Attempting night photography for the first time
I spent a few hours last night at Seton Castle outside of Santa Fe to shoot the place at night. Shooting at night was harder than I expected but also more fun than I thought it would be; I’ll definitely be going back to this location and doing more night photography.
A test shot: ISO 6400, 1 second, f8.0 
ISO 100, 2 mins 15 sec, f8 
ISO 100, 3 mins, f5.6
