finally got the photos back

I finally got them back, took long enough, but they came out well. Here is the kicker though, I looked at the film and they all look great, but the digital scans I had the shop do don't look that great on some, looks like they need to work on their scanning technique, I wonder how they would look on an actual print, maybe I will have them do a couple proofs.
Anyways, the above photo is one of the good ones. It was taken from a park in Littleton along the South Platte River, the river is largely a north running river along this park, but this one area it forks to the east before turning again to the north and that is where I took this photo from

Denver's nature

I finally got out to get some photos today, I was fortunate enough to find out about a place right here in town that has alot of nature to it. I wish I had known of this area before. It is along the South Platte River in Littleton which is a southern suburb of Denver. I had quite the field day taking photos for about an hour and a half during sunset, very grand scenes were beholding me every minute that I was out there and I am looking forward to seeing how the photos came out..... and there lies the issue, I used my film camera and not my digital so I have to go in tomorrow to get the film developed, I am hoping it won't take long, and when I do get them back I will post several photos in other entries. So keep checking back often

missing summer

When summer rolls around I am definitely taking the time and traveling back to Crested Butte. More specifically Kebler Pass area. I spent a couple nights last summer above Lake Irwin. I had a spectacular campsite with panoramic views of the Raggeds Wilderness and the West Elk Wilderness. Going over those photos from this area really is making me miss the summer, well I totally forgot about the above photo of the West Elks Wilderness from my campsite that I took one morning. I am not too sure of the distant mountains but the front mountain peak is East Beckwith Mountain. The campsite is perhaps one of my favorite sites that I have camped in since I can remember, it is a back country site with noone else around and is hovering right around tree line at about 10,700 feet. The best part is there is noone else near you unlike a developed campground

still stuck at home

Still stuck at home with nowhere to go. This time it's finances, I don't have much of at the moment and am waiting to get paid from work which hasn't occurred in over a month (long story). I am still debating where I am going to go when I finally do get paid. Either Westcliffe, which is where the above photo was taken, or western Rocky Mountain National Park. Maybe I will go to both before the end of the month. Many decisions to make I guess. I gotta admit, it's not a bad situation, Where do I get to travel next? Not many people get to say that, many people only get to travel maybe once per year and then there are some people who have never left a city where they live for their entire life. I guess this is the benefit of being a photographer, you get to travel alot.

All I need to do now is start making it a full time living. Right now the best thing for me is doing weddings, and I am available for it.. The above photo is one example of what I have done.

Or maybe outdoor portraits, I have done a few of them as well. I don't have a studio so all of my portraits are done outdoors and on location. The above photo is an example of more of my work.

January 19th

Saturday January 19th there is a big party for nature photographers of the Rocky Mountain Region that I will be attending. I still haven't been able to get out to get more photos so I will at least have some fun attending this party. This is the first large party with professional photographers that I have been to, so it'll be quite the experience for me. Maybe I will learn a thing or two while I am there.

I am still having plans of traveling this month. My plans is to Westcliffe in Southern Colorado. The above photo is of the wet mountain Valley, where Westcliffe is located, looking at the Sangre De Cristo mountains. This area is very dramatic, for the mountains rise up nearly 7000 feet above the valley. It reminds me of Rojan in the Lord of the Rings movies. So hopefully before the end of the month I will spend a night or two down there.

well I tried

I got up to the mountains the other day, drove for 2 hours to the western part of Rocky Mountain National Park (a 200 mile round trip drive). Many of the roads in that area are snow covered and icy, they obviously got alot of snow this past month. When I got to the western entrance to the park I was going to pick up a pass at the visitor center there, boy was I disapointed, I didn't have any cash, only a credit card, and they were accepting only cash. Apparently this is a rule they have in that part of the park during the winters, cash only. I drove 100 miles and 2 hours for nothing. I was originally going to do some camping there but the temps were supposed to drop to 8 below zero and I changed it to a day trip. Well if anything I was able to get out of town.
The above photo of Baker Mountain was taken last year in Rocky Mountain National Park, taken along the trail Ridge Road on the western side of the park. Last year I already had an annual national parks pass so I had no problem getting in, I was hoping to get another annual pass at that visitor center this year but with no luck. I guess I am having to go somewhere else to get an annual pass.