All Entries Tagged With: "Colorado"
Day Trip to the Great Sand Dunes
About 200 miles south of my home in Monument are the tallest sand dunes in North America. That’s right, sand dunes in Colorado! Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve lies in Colorado’s San Luis Valley against the rugged and incredibly scenic Sangre de Cristo Mountains. The Sangre de Cristo Range is home to 9 [...]
Rural Decay on Colorado Highway 83
I have had my eye on this old house for a while. I am not sure who owns it or anything about its life but I always glance at it when I drive by. This place sits on a ranch about five minutes from my house a ways back from the roadside fence. I found [...]
Beauty Where I Live
I got to thinking the other day about how I constantly fantasize about travel and taking pictures of exotic places. I actually dream about it. Really. Truth be told though, I am guilty of taking the place I live for granted. I wake up in the morning and see a snow capped 14,000 plus foot [...]
Chasing the light in Greenland, Colorado
I was laying in bed this morning thinking I really should get up and take a few photographs as the sun ushered in the day. I had been admiring the effect of first light on the blanketed landscape all week and wanted to capture it. Right, leave the swaddling warmth of my bed to go [...]
Clouds Over South Park, Colorado
I feel like this shot captures the classic Colorado landscape. I am often in awe of the expansive mountain prairie in Colorado and have wanted to capture it’s essence with my camera for a while. Frankly, it is hard to do it justice. I struggle many times to bring home a picture that accurately conveys [...]
Daybreak on Wilkerson Pass
The aspens are spent. It’s a stark reminder that snow is just around the corner. I really cherish fall in Colorado but it is coming to an end. The crisp fall air will slowly give way to cold but sunny and sometimes snowy days with the high drama of a few blizzards thrown in for [...]
Helen Hunt Falls Photo
After tasting some wedding cake with my son and his fiancee today, I took a drive over to Helen Hunt Falls in Cheyenne Canyon to try and capture a photo featuring moving water. I used a .9 neutral density filter on top of a circular polarizer so I could really slow the shutter down despite [...]
July 9, 2010 Sunset
What more can I say? Just a small sample of the beauty that surrounds us! It is a true blessing to have scenes like this “painted” for us on a daily basis.
Saturday Morning at Shove Chapel
After hearing my wife’s sister sing for the Colorado Springs Vocal Arts Ensemble at the Colorado College Shove Memorial Chapel last Christmas, I have been wanting to make the short trip to downtown Colorado Springs to capture the beauty of the Chapel’s interior. In the depths of the Great Depression, Colorado College built this long-awaited [...]