Wood and Ice

It was a chilly, crisp day for shooting when the sun finally peaked through the blanket of clouds in the late afternoon. I was able to pull away from work, take a drive into the foothills and try out the new camera in 10˚ temps. She did great! It feels really satisfying to be cultivating a relationship with my new sidekick. I am learning more about her capabilities every time I pick her up and she continues to amaze me. Granted, we are still in the honeymoon phase but with spring coming, the days getting longer and the time change on the horizon, there is gonna be a whole lot of getting to know each other. Winky, winky.

Icicles Draped on a Wooden FenceFujifilm X-E2 • Fuji XF18-135mm lens • 66.2mm • F/6.4 • 1/180s • ISO 500 — **Icicles Draped on a Wooden Fence**
Fujifilm X-E2 • Fuji XF18-135mm lens • 66.2mm • F/6.4 • 1/180s • ISO 500

Winter Sculpture

Yesterday, I went to the Loveland Museum to view the final day of an Ansel Adams exhibit. The photos on display were silver gelatin prints of the Yosemite landscape and the individuals who accompanied Adams on a 1938 pack trip to this magnificent national park. What made it so fascinating was that Ansel printed and arranged his photos into three handcrafted albums and gifted them to his comrades, Georgia O'Keeffe, David McAlpin, and Godfrey and Helen Rockefeller. This exhibit was the photo album given to McAlpin and it included some of Adam's well known landscape images as well as an intimate view into this historical group of artists and friends.

I shared this story because I am truly inspired by both Adams and O'Keeffe and whenever I see their work in the world, I realize that I am a kindred spirit, soaking in the beauty of nature and then trying to disseminate, through art, the effect that this beauty has on my heart and soul.