Sandia Winter Twilight

© V. Isenhower Photography

We had a winter storm in New Mexico Friday and Saturday. Late Friday afternoon I looked out my window to see a beautiful view of the Sandia mountains. I grabbed my camera and jumped in the car to see what pictures I could get. This shot came from a vacant lot behind my house. The scene continued to draw me so I headed over to Sandia Casino near the foothills for some additional photographs. Unfortunately, I left the house in such a hurry that I didn't have a hat or gloves, so by the time I got home I was frozen. It was well worth it!

"Crystal Mill"

Crystal Mill is one of those iconic images I always wanted to photograph. It is located not too far from the Carbondale, Colorado. It is however a pretty rough 4-wheeler drive to get in there. The little mining town of Crystal is just up stream of the mill. Their are some hardy folks that live there during the summer. The fishing was also good for brook trout that day!

Urey Lemen

On the Half Shell

I took this image on a Nov. 2009 trip to the Bisti Badlands in Northwestern New Mexico. I call it "On the Half Shell". The more popular name for this formation is the Egg Factory. There was a gray overcast sky all day so I tried to crop the sky out of my shots. Bisti is a road-less area that requires a lot of walking but you will be well rewarded for your effort.
Urey Lemen

Cannon Beach

© 2010 by Tom Spross

One of the images I shot while on a short vacation to Oregon over the Christmas holidays. In fact, this was taken on Christmas day. This was a vacation, and my first time in the area, so I did not intend to take many photos. In fact, all I brought was my D300 and a 50mm lens. No tripod, no filters. This was shot with the camera resting on a picnic table so that I could bracket three images for later HDR processing. It is my first HDR and I have a lot to learn, but I like it and plan to do a lot more.
Tom Spross
www.TomSproPhoto.com

Welcome

The ten members of the Albuquerque Photographers Gallery have decided that with the new year to move into the modern world. We have some exciting changes in the way we plan to reach out to you, the photographic collector. This is but one, in a series of steps.

This image was made during "The Worldwide Photography Contest in July 2008. It won in our small region and prompted photographer Ray Laskowitz to join the coop when we had an opening. It is an image of Our Lady of Guadalupe, photographed by Ray.

Most of the members will be posting from time-to-time.

We are: Kim Ashley, Robert Medina Cook, Charlotte Gardner, Rebecca Golding, Marilyn Hunter, Val Isenhower, Ray Laskowitz. Urey Lemen, Patrick O'Brien, Tom Spross and regular guest artists.