Our Guest Photographer - Bill d'Ellis

As some of you know, The Albuquerque Photographer's Gallery has a guest photographer program. A regional photographer is juried into the gallery for one month. The March guest photographer is Bill d'Ellis.

Bill and his wife moved to Albuquerque in 1987 from Bakersfield, California. Until late 2008, Bill and his wife owned a small real estate brokerage in the city. When they retired from the real estate business, they began pursuing photography and are both members of The Enchanted Lens Camera Club.

Bill says that "New Mexico is a wonderful place to live if you are a photographer and especially if your favorite subjects are scenics, landmarks and landscapes." His goal, he adds, is to find an capture a special scene that is bathed in the wonderful light found only in the "Land of Enchantment."

Bill's work will be showing at The Albuquerque Photographer's Gallery during the month of March. Come see his work and the work of the coop members.

Light

After chasing around for the better part of an afternoon looking for "iconic" snow pictures in the east mountains, I was driving home when I looked to the east again and saw the Sandias being bathed in what many artists coming to New Mexico looking for; late afternoon golden winter light. In the past, I have tried driving to the end of the road -- as it were -- to work up close. But traffic at that time of day can really get bogged down. And, there really is no way to plan for this light. Either it emerges, or it doesn't. Fortunately, I've found a short distance "go to" place pretty near my home. It gives me at least 30 minutes of late afternoon working light.

Aside from posting it on this blog, I'm showing the framed image at The Albuquerque Photography's Gallery in Old Town, Albuquerque starting today and lasting through the month. This little, compressed image really doesn't do the scene justice. The framed print does. It's called "Hallelujah," on the back of the marvelous performance by Justin Timberlake on "Hope For Haiti Now."

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!