Mescalero Sands North Dune New Mexico True Photography

June 10, 2020 in Nature & Wildlife

Sandy oasis in the high desert of New Mexico

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.

Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah Hoodoos Toadstools Rock Formation New Mexico True

May 21, 2020 in Nature & Wildlife

Hoodoos for the adventurous in New Mexico

For those with enough adventurous spirit, and the right vehicle, and the in the desert with not-so-accurate-GPS navigating skills, somewhere far south of Bloomfield, New Mexico, some 18 miles down dirt roads, you can find Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah Wilderness Area and its amazing hoodoos. What are hoodoos? They are a rock formation that look like toadstool mushrooms. This was actually my second hoodoos rock formation site to visit (check out the first). What an alien landscape this was to explore with the hoodoos forming on the banks of an arroyo, very, very far from any civilization. This is a fantastic New Mexico True site to visit. There is a map at the bottom of this blog post, and be sure and watch the video below I made right in the middle of the hoodoos!

Rural Land Real Estate Drone Photography in Valencia County New Mexico

May 14, 2020 in Nature & Wildlife

Valencia County never looking more dramatic

On a rural land real estate photography shoot for a new client, Three Rings Property Solutions, the skies in Valencia County that evening were very dramatic, making for rural land photos with impact. As regular readers of Jason Collin Photography will know, I am the most prolific rural land real estate photographer in the entire state of New Mexico. I am always glad when a new land buyer chooses me as their photographer, thanks Mike! The clouds made for a lot of drama to add to the high desert scenery with distant mountain views. This trio of properties were captured by both my Sony mirrorless camera and by drone in aerial photos and 4K drone video too. Including drone video really helps to show off rural land real estate in a maximum attention grabbing way to potential buyers.

New Mexico desert landscape photography - take the road less traveled

April 29, 2020 in Fine Art

The Road need not be paved

During a marathon day of shooting 25 rural land real estate properties for Hemingway Land Company in the desert off of Highway 60 in Socorro County, New Mexico, at one point along the open desert road I stopped my Jeep to look at the view. The desert Road seemed to go on together until it merely became a vanishing point at the base of a distant mountain. From time to time you will find on Jason Collin Photography I write about the Road in poetic terms. Usually it is paved. However, if one wants to really, really take the Road less traveled, then these tracks through the New Mexico desert can take you down a path with an unknown ending, which is the best kind.

San Miguel County New Mexico sunsets and skies landscape photography

April 16, 2020 in Nature & Wildlife

Three visits to photograph just two rural land properties

It had been a long time since I was last in San Miguel County New Mexico on a rural land real estate photography shoot for Hemingway Land. This time it was a double property shoot going between both pieces of land to get sunset shots of each. This is a science of sort staying at one property as long as possible to get the best sunset shots of it, while still leaving time to get to the last property for its sunset shots before the sun dips below the horizon. As you can see though, I was also at these properties during the day time to capture the best clouds possible per the client’s request. I actually went back to the property a third time the next day because just as I arrived all the clouds disappeared from the sky on that first, very carefully planned and timed visit for clouds! That is the level of commitment I bring to delivering the best quality rural land photos I can to my clients.

The Toadstool Hoodoos of remote Rio Rancho desert rock formations

February 27, 2020 in Nature & Wildlife

Hoodoo in the desert!

Looking for an interesting place to go off-roading with a specific destination during my Florida friends visit in December, searching Google Maps I found these rock formations called the Toadstool Hoodoos far west of Rio Rancho in the desert area I often do rural land real estate shoots. The toadstools were further west than even I had been before, so it would be a new adventure for me. We all got in the Jeep Renegade Trailhawk and set out not knowing what to expect. Using Google Maps as a guide, it was stop and start to find the best road in, with some warning signs that might defeat less bold explorers. In the end, we made it to these rock formations just before sunset and there was no one around for miles and miles. I was able to treat my friends to a real New Mexico True desert exploring experience!

Saguaro Cactus of the Sonoran Desert in Tucson Arizona

February 06, 2020 in Nature & Wildlife

Saguaro of the Sonoran bold and odd alike

A random stop lead to exploring the Sonoran Desert in Tucson, Arizona for the first time. When most imagine what a cactus looks like, they picture a saguaro standing tall with its arms out. This section of desert had on display a wide variety of odd, tall, and even dying saguaro cacti. I was impressed by the size and boldness of a saguaro standing naked in the desert. Knowing they do not start to grow their first arm until age 70 really puts the longevity of these desert flora into perspective, especially when you see one with 4 or 5+ arms.