If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn't need to lug around a camera. ~Lewis Hine

Saturday, my mom and I took a bike ride (ugggggg) to down town Santa Fe to visit the farmers market and Spanish market.  I of course was stuck in the flowers and such taking pictures of bugs and water droplets.  I fiddled around with a few of them in photoshop just for kicks and giggles but most of them are pretty untouched. I'm trying to leave my photos fairly unaltered unless I'm doing a black and white and maybe a bit of color enhancement.  I like the natural beauty of things.  Anyway I digress, here are some photos, enjoy!

A great photograph is a full expression of what one feels about what is being photographed in the deepest sense, and is, thereby, a true expression of what one feels about life in its entirety.  ~Ansel Adams

Santa Fe Southern

So I took a trip to the rail yard (its not that much of a trip) to take some photos and I was pleasantly surprised with the photo opportunities it presented.  I feel like any aspiring photographer in Santa Fe must take a trip to the rail yard in hopes to capture a few good photos, its only tradition. I really only came away with five photos I particularly liked (out of the zillion that I took....isn't that what always happens though..?..?) All of these are taken with my Canon 5D.

El Ten Eleven

So a good friend of mine invited me to a concert last night at the Santa Fe Brewery.  The concert was El Ten Eleven, they are an amazing two person band who plays instrumental music.  They are superb *go out and listen to them!* Anyway I figure this might be a good opportunity to whip out my D5 and take a few shots.  This is kinda out of my "comfort" zone I mainly take pictures of flowers and bugs, but I'm trying new things, so bare with me. But here are some shots of the concert...

Also Hanna! If you read this I got their record! They even signed it!!!

There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer. ~Ansel Adams

Introduction first? I'm Jennifer Lange and I'm kinda new to the blogging world. I told myself that I would not fall victim to the world of blogging but recently decided, two days ago in fact, that I would try it out.  I'm creating this pearly to be able to show off my photos hopefully to people outside of facebook.  I only started to seriously get into photography about three years ago when I was given a Canon G9.  I took off from there taking pictures of ever flower and bug I saw. I'm really into the macro stuff but I"m trying to work on portraits and landscapes.   My dream is to one day get one of my photographs published in National Geographic (dream big right?). This spring a dear, dear friend of mine past away from cancer.  He was a phenomenal photographer, and he helped spark my interest in this form of art.  Before he passed he told my father that he had put together this red duffle bag full of camera stuff. Within this duffle bag was a whole new way to view the world through a camera.  He had left me a Canon 5D Mark II plus some lenses and other equipment. For those of you who don't know this is an AMAZING camera, its the top of the line as far as cameras go.  With every picture I take I think of my dear friend who held so much hope for me and saw so much promise with my photography.  I hope to go somewhere someday with my photos, I feel good about them and I hope you all do to.

This one up above was chosen for National Geographic's Daily Dozen.