Horse Dreamscape in Cibola County New Mexico True

September 30, 2021 in Photo Story, Nature & Wildlife

Horses free in the world at twilight share a moment

At the end of a long day out in Cibola County, New Mexico on a pair of rural land real estate photo shoots, my evening end with a view of this horse dreamscape. I was rushing around to try and beat the increasing clouds that were blocking out the sunset, but I paused for a moment seeing these horses far in the distance, who I believe are looking right back at me. There was no fence between me and those horses, so I could have walked right up to them and touched them. That makes me think they are wild horses, free in the world. After a very hard day out in the field, for a moment, there was a shared moment of peace with those horses. We then each went our own ways into the twilight.

Great Sand Dunes National Park Telephoto Landscapes in Colorado

September 02, 2021 in Fine Art, Nature & Wildlife

Telephoto Dreamscape Views of Sand Dunes in Colorado

This is my second series of photos from Great Sand Dunes National Park in Colorado (wide angle first series here), this time featuring all images made with a telephoto lens (Sony 70-200mm f/2.8 G Master). You may think for landscape photography that automatically it’s best to use a wide angle lens. Many times that is the case, but when you are very far from the subject, even a very large subject like sand dunes, a telephoto lens can bring you in close, and produce a unique looking landscape image. As I was driving in to Sand Dunes National Park, I thought the sand dunes themselves looked fake, like CGI. There were this soft focus, creamy aberration before more solid, corporeal mountains. As I was leaving the park, I pulled over and took out the telephoto lens to capture these dreamscape like images. Tell me the sand dunes do not look like they were put into the photos as digitally created features?

Candid Family Portraits in Altura Park in Sports Jerseys with Mary

June 03, 2021 in Portrait

Candid Family Portraits are the best in Albuquerque

A bit of history about Jason Collin Photography. I started this photography business in June of 2009, so now I am celebrating 12 years as a full-time professional photographer! Like many photographers, I started out as a lifestyle photographer (weddings and portraits). Due to a number of factors, around 2012 I made the transition to being a commercial photographer. I still enjoy, however, the opportunities I get like this one to photograph a very fun family for candid family portraits. We met in Altura Park and from the first shot it was go time for making my favorite kind of portrait, a candid one! Monica, Mary, and their whole family pretty much came up with all their own ideas for the photos and I just had to capture them! Thank you for a great shoot!

Natural Light Commercial Black and White Portrait Photography in Downtown Albuquerque with Jason

May 19, 2021 in Commercial, Portrait

Creative Commercial Portraits Brick Wall Background in Albuquerque

Meeting client requests is what it means to be a professional commercial photographer in Albuquerque. Jason contacted me needing natural light portraits, with a brick wall background. So I began scouting locations in downtown Albuquerque that had a brick wall and would be in shade at midday to be able to shoot a natural light commercial portrait in. Having found the perfect location for the photoshoot, and done all the prep work ahead of time, and having 12 years experience as a pro, the shoot ended up taking less than 10 minutes of Jason’s time so he could get back quickly to his busy work day. That’s what it means to choose me as your commercial photographer. He also had his edited portraits delivered only 3 hours after the shoot!

Dentists in the Desert in Albuquerque New Mexico Commercial Portraits

April 27, 2021 in Commercial

3 dentists get headshots in the ABQ desert

On a very windy Friday evening I met three dentists in the desert at the foothills of the Sandia Mountains for a commercial portrait and headshot photoshoot. When I say windy, I mean windy! It was a real team effort with Jessica assisting on purpose, and my contact person, Annamarie, helping out to in order to get the best possible on location headshots possible, and a group shot of all three dentists to culminate a blustery shoot. Thank you to the team at Comfortable Dentistry 4U for braving the wind, and for choosing me as your photographer.

Spanish Peaks Mountains of Colorado Fine Art Photography

March 18, 2021 in Nature & Wildlife

Bold snow covered peaks in Colorado

I recently spent a lot of time in view of the Spanish Peaks. Names simply West and East Spanish Peak, you can find them in Huerfano County, Colorado. These photos were made in March, but there is still plenty of snow covering the mountains. The approximately 13,000 feet tall peaks were a constant as I spent four days photographing rural land real estate all over the area. They would certainly be an amazing view framed in a living room window!

Winter Views of the Sandia Mountains from Rio Rancho New Mexico

February 03, 2021 in Nature & Wildlife, Fine Art

Sandias from a unique perspective in Rio Rancho

I often have opportunities to photograph the Sandia Mountains of New Mexico from unique viewpoints that no one else can get because I am on private property photographing the land for real estate clients. Add to that exclusivity for this series of photos the fact the land was in a more established neighborhood setting with a hilly topography and I was able to make a close-up photo of the mountains with some flora in the foreground. In another photo I got lucky and capture a flock of birds flying by. Then of course hovering right over the mountaintops were some dramatic clouds to add that still little bit extra to make these some of my favorite photos of the Sandias yet.