Bread and Crumbs

The other night Charlene made some amazing olive and roasted tomato bread. I had to get some shots of it when it came out of the oven. In the morning, there were only crumbs.

Neil

My friend Neil stopped by the other day after a rigorous road trip through the polar vortex of the eastern United States. So, of course, after a rough trip like that I made him sit for photos. I think he was excited to have made it back to the balmy teen temperatures of Colorado.

Guinness and Hops

These are some recent images I created trying out some new equipment. This is how I spent my New Year's Eve. My thanks to Colin at Hops and Berries for being very helpful and walking me through their diverse selection of grains despite it being a very busy day. My next endeavor is definitely to explore the glorious world of home brewing. Graves Beer, look out!

Hazel and Buckwheat

Hazel is our latest foster...actually, we lost the battle on this one and she is the newest member of the family. It's always difficult not to keep them all, but Hazel fit right in and knew it, too. She made herself right at home on the first day, then she and Buckwheat must have played for a week straight. Speaking of Buckwheat, of course he had to get into the act as well...

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.

San Francisco de Asis Church, Taos, New Mexico

I recently returned from a trip down to Taos, New Mexico. Many of the old masters used to photograph down there and I can see why. The sun certainly shines down uninhibited creating sharp shadows and bringing out the texture of things. This church, San Francisco de Asis, located at the southern part of Taos, was photographed many time by Ansel Adams and Paul Strand just to name a couple. Georgia O'Keefe made it a subject of several of her paintings. It was pretty amazing walking around in the ghost of their footsteps.