Sony 24-70mm f/2.8 G Master lens
Pizza is one of my favorite foods to photograph, and not just because I usually get to take some how with me after a food photography shoot in Albuquerque! It’s one of my favorites because of the number of options of how to photograph it, from all inclusive hero shots like the one above, to cropped detail shots like the one below. On assignment for Grubhub again, I had a fun and tasty photoshoot at Pizza Blaze in the Uptown area of ABQ.
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Almost exactly two years later, I returned to Quarai Mission Ruins for a second visit (see first visit photos), this time as part of a drive with the BMW Car Club of America, New Mexico Chapter. I actually did not know for sure we would be stopping at these ruins, so it was a nice surprise for me to see them again. A lot has changed in two years, as I did not have the car i drove their in then, and I was still shooting with a DSLR camera, not the most advanced Sony mirrorless camera there is. One thing that did not change, though, was Quarai itself. Still not a single cloud in the sky there to enhance my photos, so I used the sun to create lens flares to add drama to the tall stone walls of the mission. Have you been to Quarai? Let me know in the comments below.
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New Mexico is a desert state, but mostly high desert, not like the sandy dunes most thought of when picturing a desert. Mescalero Sands North Dune, however, outside of Roswell, New Mexico, is a more traditional sand dune desert, surrounded by an ocean of hearty desert flora. As you can see from the many tire tracks in the photos below, these sand dunes are an all terrain vehicle playground. Even for a person on foot, this desert is a special place to explore and experience. I sent the drone up for a 360 panorama photo as well as video and aerial photos, and had my Sony a7R IV with me for still photos as my shoes filled with sand making my way over the dunes.
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We went up to Santa Fe, New Mexico to see a Guinness Book of World Records setting whale! How is that possible with Santa Fe not only being landlocked, but also mountainous? Well, it is a whale made of recycled plastic on the campus of Santa Fe Community College. Regular readers of Jason Collin Photography will note how many times Atlas Obscura sites are featured in my photo stories, and thanks again to that site (and for Jessica finding it), we had a whale of an adventure hundreds of miles from the ocean. See the photos below to learn what makes Ethyl the Whale so special. Want to visit this site yourself? Check out the map at the end of the photo story.
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There are very remote places in New Mexico, and there are very small towns in New Mexico, many of which I have featured here on Jason Collin Photography. However, when you have a town miles from anywhere, that requires you to then drive miles down a dirt road, and the only thing in your ghost town is a cemetery full of victims for tragic mining accidents, it is hard to get more remote than that! Such is Dawson, New Mexico, a ghost town with a historic cemetery and that it all. Though remote, It is worth making the drive to if you are in nearby Angel Fire, Eagle Nest, or Cimarron. With various types of graves, tombstones, and historical information, I was surprised to find something like this at the end of the road. Read more about this ghost town on Atlas Obscura and check out the map below to visit this place for yourself!
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WIth many businesses opening back up during the Covid-19 pandemic, proper social distancing practices need to be implemented, and here at Jason Collin Photography I want to help Albuquerque businesses show their customers/clients/patients they are being safe. On my fourth shoot for San Mateo Inn, the owners wanted me to highlight their new curbside check-in process to show a safer way of staying at the hotel during Covid-19. I was really glad to make these photos for one of my best clients, to help them show how they are valuing the safety of their guests by offering curbside check-in. Going forward into the summer of 2020, this is one of my main focuses, to help businesses in Albuquerque promote their new Covid-19 safe business practices with professional photography they can use on social media and on their websites to show that they are in fact back open, and being safe with Covid-19.
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A large white seamless background is part of many photo studios, including here at the JCP Home Studio. For a professional photographer, this is a great tool to have. However, I think anyone could benefit from having a large, white seamless paper background in their home! Check out the video tip for why.
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