The Los Alamos Arts Council put on the first ever Farther Along Folk Festival this past weekend. The level of musicianship was pretty top notch for such a small town (which goes to show just how talented artists of all kinds are in this state). I was fortunate to take pictures and enjoy the music. Good times were had by all.
And here’s a short clip of Jubal closing out his set:
I am finding that the more I shoot landscapes, the more I think and visualize in the X-Pan ratio. The X-Pan is a film camera that takes a picture across two 35mm frames for a really wide picture, almost like widescreen films. I like this way of framing because it gives me the ability to put some context into my shots; meaning my subject is surrounded by more visual cues that add significance to the shot.
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Last week, the full moon was rising while it was still daylight so I made my way down to the Ladd S. Gordon Waterfowl Complex to see if there were any sandhill cranes. My hope was to capture them with the full moon in the background.
I did.
And I was happy.
I can’t wait to return and get more shots of cranes and other birds. Click an image to expand it.
Twenty pictures from this year’s burning of Zozobra.
North of Los Alamos is an area named Plaza Blanca, made famous by a Georgia O’Keeffe painting. More recently it was also the location of the alien ship in Cowboys and Aliens. I joined the Santa Fe Photographers Group on their second outing there this year.
