Day of the Dead parade portraits
Carey + Travis’ Montana wedding
Black and white with the Fuji X20
While trying different approaches to covering election night last week, I shot a bit with the Fuji X20. Love this camera. The quality is amazing. I also conducted some audio interviews and combined them in Premiere Pro for a multimedia piece. Here is the result.
Election night fun with #hipstamatic
I had the unique chance to try something different with my photography tonight during the Albuquerque mayoral elections. Having covered many elections over the years, I was excited to look at them in a new way. I originally planned to shoot the various events around the city with a Polaroid (you know, that “instant” photo thing) but my aged machine didn’t last too long into the night before a wire came loose. Darn.
Good thing I had the iPhone and Hipstamatic to back me up. (Yes I had other modern cameras with me as well but after downloading Hipstamatic recently, I’ve been wanting to use it some more.)
Here’s a sampling of some of my favorite images.
Sky filled with balloons
There really are few things in life quite like seeing so many colorful balloons against our bright blue sky. For my second time lapse video, I wanted to capture the peaceful part of the fiesta, that floating beauty above the crowd of thousands.
#timelapse of the #balloonfestival
I’ve recently become a fan of time lapse photography and figured the balloon fiesta here in Albuquerque would be a great chance to produce my own. For this sequence, I shot more than 3,000 still images and pieced them together in Adobe Premiere Pro before adding some free music. Thankfully, no one in the crowd bumped my tripod during the entire time I was shooting.
my Hipstamatic view of the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta
I’ve taken photos at the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta for too many years to count. Each year, I look for something different at this much-photographed event. This year, I decided to try something totally new. Yes, I put down the overly heavy long lenses and metal camera bodies I usually carry with me and worked with an iPhone for a while. I used Hipstamatic with a Tinto 1884 lens and D-type plate. The result appeals to my love of old-school film cameras and outdated processing procedures.
It’s a girl!
For my work with the Albuquerque Journal, I often tackle serious subjects. Today I got to make a video of the yet-unnamed baby elephant at the Rio Grande Zoo.
Newspapering against ‘Hawaiian surf waves’ of news
As part of my work as a multimedia journalist, I get to make videos of some pretty interesting folks in New Mexico. I just finished this piece about Bob Trapp, editor of the Rio Grande Sun in Espanola. The small, award winning and scrappy paper is a great reminder of the power of local news — and the importance of government watchdogs. Many in northern New Mexico who eschew Facebook and Twitter pick up the Sun minutes after it hits the street each week to find out what’s really happening in their community.
You’ll see what I mean.
Once in a lifetime photo shoot in Canyon de Chelly
I’ve been on countless stories during my many years as a photojournalist. But the trip I took to Canyon de Chelly in Arizona last month is on my top five list of coolest assignments. Ever. I went to capture a wild horse roundup. Think cowboys, stunning scenery and wild horses. Lots of wild horses.
Here’s the still photo gallery that was posted online at the Albuquerque Journal, where I work.
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