Holiday colors

Posted on 1 January, 2016 by Eric

One of the privileges of photographic life near Denver, Colorado is that you get some uniquely colorful holiday lights to play with. In particular, the Denver City and County building traditionally is bathed in a very… unrestrained choice of colored lights at night for the season. Call it gaudy, call it exuberant, call it tacky, the bottom line is that it’s a photographer magnet (we just can’t help ourselves).

Best of all, the folks running the building now turn off the street lights on Bannock Street in front of it every Sunday night when the building’s lit up — this makes it so much easier to capture the building in all its highly-saturated glory. So last Sunday, I got bundled up to handle our recent frigid night temperatures (clear sky, 17 degrees Fahrenheit) and went to town on the place.

The above photo was taken from near the end of the building’s south wing, if you were curious. This is definitely my favorite photo of the set, I really like how the snow in the foreground brings some of the chill to the viewer. Continue reading →

All lit up

Posted on 24 December, 2013 by Eric

There’s a house in our corner of town whose owners go above and beyond when it comes to Christmas yard decorations. Â The tree is just the start of things:

But as I said, that’s just the start. You have to see the whole yard for the full effect:

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Sievers Mountain South

Posted on 4 October, 2012 by Eric

Captured from the trail to / around Maroon Lake — near Aspen, Colorado:

On our “fall colors” road trip through the mountains, we only made it to Aspen in the late afternoon — so the lighting was much better for shots on this side of the lake (vs. the more traditional / popular shot of the Maroon Bells themselves). I just love all the color in this frame!

Getting on toward sunset

Posted on 9 July, 2012 by Eric

Nothing terribly profound — just a sunset I had to grab a camera to save…

Bubbles in the grass

Posted on 19 October, 2011 by Eric

Another quick reminder to be open to images even when / where you weren’t expecting them:

I caught this image when my daughter and I were walking around looking at the balloons at this year’s Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. One of the trinkets on sale at the fiesta’s concession booths was a battery-powered bubble blower. Here, a kid had just run past blowing bubbles — thanks to an overnight rain, the grass was still wet, so the bubbles didn’t pop on contact with the ground.

The technicolor reflections make for a fun (semi-abstract) shadow self-portrait…

Margaret Mary

Posted on 27 April, 2011 by Eric

A “Margaret Mary” Water Lily, seen at the Mercer Arboretum and Botanic Gardens in Houston, Texas:

Taken with an Oly E-PL2, and the “kit” lens.

Assigned

Posted on 3 March, 2011 by Eric

A Red Postman Mimic takes a break on a sign at the Houston Museum of Natural Science’s Cockrell Butterfly Center:

As natural history museums go, Houstons’ one is pretty pricey for what you get. But pricing there is a la carte, so if you’d like, you can get a ticket to just the butterfly center.

Stacked

Posted on 23 February, 2011 by Eric

On a trip through Glacier National Park, we ran across a stack of small thin rocks that someone had made near one of the visitors’ centers:

Maybe it was built on a lark by one person, maybe it was the product of many individuals as they passed through. Just the same, it was a nice bit of whimsy to find in the middle of a long road trip…