This is another picture from my hot air balloon ride. The picture was originally in color but I though it would be cool to do it in black and white to put more of an emphasis on the shapes of the balloons and the contrast between the two. The lighting was also were weird from [...]
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Growing larger and larger and larger
Posted in Trip to New Mexico, tagged Black and White, Hot Air Balloons, New Mexico, Out West, photography, Taos, Trips on September 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Color v. Sepia v. Black and White
Posted in Trip to New Mexico, tagged Black and White, Cathedrals, Color, New Mexico, photography, Sepia, St. Francis of Asisi, Taos on September 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
So yeah its late at night, but I can’t sleep because of the rain from Hurricane Hanna. So i thought I would post a picture, or in this case three. So this is a picture from St. Francis of Asisi Cathedral in Taos, New Mexico. And to make the picture more interesting I took it [...]
Hot, Hot, Hot
Posted in Trip to New Mexico, photography, tagged Chilis, Food, New Mexico, photography, Santa Fe, Taos on September 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yes those chilis are real, they aren’t plastic althought they look a tiny bit like it. Its a bunch of dried chilis that we found EVERYWHERE in New Mexico. This was a church that we stopped at inbetween Santa Fe and Taos.
Time for my Closeup!
Posted in Trip to New Mexico, tagged Bell, Historical, New Mexico, photography, Sight Seeing, St. Frances of Asisi, Taos on September 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So I love taking close up pictures of already interesting things. For example this bell from The St. Francis of Asisi Cathedral in Taos New Mexico:
By changing the angel and by zooming up the object and picture becomes much more interesting!
Taking Pictures of Churches
Posted in Trip to New Mexico, tagged churches, Historical Buildings, New Mexico, photography, San Francisco De Asis, St. Francis of Assisi, Taos on June 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Whenever I take pictures (a ton might I add) of religious monuments I get a little nervous that I am offending that church by taking so many pictures of it, and often not of the whole thing. But I get on the zone, play around with my camera and end up enjoying taking pictures. The [...]
Another Hot Air Balloon.
Posted in Trip to New Mexico, tagged Hot Air Balloon Ride, Hot Air Balloons, New Mexico, photography, Rio Grande, Rio Grande Gorge, Taos on June 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Our pilot was telling us that when hot air balloons go out they try not to go out alone. That was the same in for our ride. This is a picture of the other ballooning lowering into the Rio Grande Gorge while we raise above it.
Back Lit Subjects
Posted in Trip to New Mexico, tagged Backlit, Hot Air Balloon Rides, photography, Sunrise, Sunset on June 3, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I love taking pictures of back lit subjects. It is easiest at sunset or sunrise when the run will be directly behind the subject creating a black silhouette. This was taken very early in the morning of my hot air balloon ride. The subjects are setting up the basket.
Hot Air Balloon Ride…Setting up.
Posted in Trip to New Mexico, tagged Hot Air Balloons, New Mexico, photography, Taos on June 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
So for my dad’s birthday present my sisters and I took him on a hot air balloon ride at 5:30 in the morning. During the set up I got some of the coolest pictures. (using my dads Nikon D 80…by the way, i am in LOVE with it!).
Out West….Again
Posted in Trip to New Mexico, tagged Bandelier National Monument, National Monuments, National Parks, Native Americans, Nature, New Mexico, photography, Pueblos, Santa Fe on May 30, 2008 | 3 Comments »
So two post in one day….making up for my once again MIA for the past what feels like two weeks. But first my screen to my computer is not working and I am in New Mexico celebrating my father’s birthday. Fist we spent a few days in the FABULOUS Santa Fe (kinda touristy, but still [...]
