Great Sand Dunes National Park in Black and White

As promised, the sand dunes in black and white. 

Great Sand Dunes National Park

After visiting Taos, we hit the sand dunes on the way back. One of the amazing things was that all of the foot steps that were there the evening before were gone by the next morning creating a smooth canvas to work from. Which is really what you want when photographing sand, unless you're shooting for some type of inspirational calendar, then maybe you want foot steps. More from the dunes in B&W to come.

la feuille d'arbre et de la roche

Hiking in Maxwell Falls

More experimenting in nature with a camera.

Garden of the Gods B&W Edition

Outside of Colorado Springs and under the ever watchful gaze of Pike's Peak, there resides The Garden of the Gods. Originally imagined as "a capital place for a beer garden," it is now a park free to the public "now and forever." That in and of itself is something to be in awe of, but the rock formations are really something to admire. Yes, you can scale the facade if you are so inclined...with a permit, of course...and mad skills. But, still, I am left to wonder, what a beer garden it would have been!

Hawaii- Part 4

A little bit more from Hawaii to send you into your weekend.

Hawaii- Part 2

More pictures from my recent trip to Oahu, Hawaii to shoot Laura and Jackson's wedding. I'll be posting more throughout the week. It's difficult to come back from Hawaii empty handed, wedding or no wedding!

Goletaville-Day 13 and Thoughts on Photography by Ernst Haas

Some thoughts on the philosophy of photography by Ernst Haas:

"If truth is what we believe to be true, then every period, every culture has created its own truth, which has always been deeply rooted in man's concept of the reason for existence. But in extreme situations, such as pain, love or joy, man reaches from the narrower fact of truth into the broader dimensions of poetry to express better all that he feels, sees, and believes.

William Blake saw 'the world in a grain of sand.' It can be seen in many such things, for in the smallest cells are reflections of the largest. And in photography, through an interplay of scales, a whole universe within a universe can be revealed."


Ernst Haas

A Forest of Trees

Outside the City Walls

Outside city walls. Nature is a beast for sure. Was this a haiku?