Travels in the 2nd half

New Mexico Highlands After spending a week taking the “Seeing Light” photography course in Santa Fe, it was time to put what I learned into practice. So I drove from the capitol to the town of Taos, taking the High Road To Taos Scenic Byway. Nambé Falls My first stop was at Nambé Falls , which is about 17 miles north of Santa Fe in the Nambé Pueblo. As your drive in, you arrive at an area with camping and picnic sites. There are two hike to the falls. One travels along the riverside. It is relatively flat and ends at the bottoms of the falls. According to reviews it is a nice walk, but they all warn that you will get wet on this trail. I had several hours of driving ahead, so I chose option two. This is a hike up to an overlook of the falls. At 0.5 miles, it is not a long hike, but you will climb over 200 feet in that distance. Given that the trail starts at 6500 ft of elevation, it takes some work, and rest sops were a must for me. From the top of the trail there is a go...

Vertabre on the ranch This summer I had the opportunity to spend a week in Santa Fe, New Mexico, taking a photography course with Santa Fe Photography Workshops. This was the first time that I have invested in my photography, and pairing that with a chance to visit one of favorite places in the United States, well, I couldn’t turn down the class. Santa Fe Photography Workshops holds courses in at a retreat center run by a Carmelite Monastery. The rooms are all suites and very comfortable. Breakfast and lunch are provided by a fantastic local caterer. Most importantly, the classes are taught by wonderful photographers. The class I chose, Seeing Light, was taught by Tony O’Brien , who brought his 40 years of experience to help us grow. Our first assignment, on our first evening, was to take pictures of light and shadow. I was sitting in my rook, studying the wall, things on my desk, even the floor, looking for interesting pictures, when, all of a sudden, I looked out of the windo...