Gotta love the old trucks you find on New Mexico’s back roads. I found this one in a little wide spot in the road called Farley which I fear is destined for a future as a ghost town if it is not there already. Definitely off the beaten track! This truck had been there so… Continue reading TX Ranch Truck
Category: Nostalgia
Blue Swallow Motel
This one fits into my Route 66 project, my In Search of New Mexico Project and my nostalgia theme. The Blue Swallow Motel in Tucumcari, NM is an iconic and lovingly restored motor court dating to the early 1940’s. I myself was too slow in getting my reservation request in for one of their 12… Continue reading Blue Swallow Motel
Typewriter Keys
I’m still on the nostalgia kick. I photographed this typewriter at a museum in Deming, NM back in March. Once again the original was not that interesting but once I processed it in Nik Color Efex Pro it really started to pop. I love how the S key is turned slightly and all the little… Continue reading Typewriter Keys
Deck Chairs
I took a workshop with George DeWolfe last fall. He had been a student of Ansel Adams and he said that Ansel thought it took about seven years to get a print just right. Well this image must be about there because it has been about six years. I shot the image in color but… Continue reading Deck Chairs
Wagon Wheel
Here’s another one from El Rancho. I added a solarization filter in Color Efex Pro along with a film effects vintage. It looked too faded to me so I went back and added a brilliance warmth filter which brought in some nice color while keeping the solarized look. Then I added a border effect which… Continue reading Wagon Wheel
Wine Bottles
These wine bottles were found sitting on the window sill of an old adobe building used as a winery at El Rancho de los Golondorinos, now a living history museum. I wanted to highlight the glow of the sun through the bottles. That required opening up a stop or two in the dark room but… Continue reading Wine Bottles
Decaying Adobe wall with window
This week I got back on the road with my In Search of New Mexico project with a trip to Guadalupe County. I had a great time photographing the old cars at the Route 66 Car Museum, the old buildings in Santa Rosa, and the abandoned buildings along old Route 66 east of town. In… Continue reading Decaying Adobe wall with window
Grandfather Clock
This was actually last week’s image of the week. I just never got around to posting it in the blog. I shot this grandfather clock at the history museum in Deming, New Mexico. I was really attracted to the scrollwork on top. I attempted to correct the blown out spots on the five and the… Continue reading Grandfather Clock
Typewriter
So this week I’ve been battling a cold, the weather has continued to be snarfy, I have midterm projects due in two weeks and I am a tad over committed on the volunteer front. Bottom line is now new photography which is putting me in a bad news. This typewriter was runner up for last… Continue reading Typewriter
Faucet
I really struggled with what to post this week. After finally making it to Chaves County for my In Search of New Mexico project I didn’t find a whole lot to shoot. I started at Bitter Lake NWR but the geese and cranes were not in residence, just a blackbird convention. I could have played… Continue reading Faucet