It's been a while...

I've been really bad about blogging for about a month and a half. I've been busy with Balloon Fiesta, portraits, election day fallout and quite a few pet related stories. On top of all that I had two different dances events I photographed for myself on the side. It's been a few crazy weeks and I think I got sick twice during all of it.

So here we go. I'll try to break the past month down into categories. The first... Balloon Fiesta.

Another Car Show

Farewell Balloons

By now all the out-of-town balloonists have left Albuquerque. Here's just a few more balloon photos from last week.

A Visit from the Dark Side

This year's balloon fiesta had a new visitor. Darth Vader. It was most likely the crowd favorite since it easily attracted the largest crowd each morning it took off and had many children and adults carrying around light sabers all day long. A few of us photographers decided to put together a group Soundslides on the Darth Vader balloon and decided to wait until Special Shapes day to do it. It was a long day but worth it in the end. And I got to practice my French with the Belgian crew that flew the balloon. It was some butchered French but who would have guessed I would get to use French in New Mexico.

Thanks Benoit Lambert and crew of Darth Vader!

For anyone wishing to figure out how to post Soundslides to a blog I'm going to try and type out how I'm doing so soon.

Balloon Fiesta Day 1

Balloon Fiesta has begun. The balloons are amazing. It's hard to make a bad photo of the balloons. And at the same time it's hard to make a photo that is new and different. For opening day I decided to wake up extra early to hopefully secure a media balloon ride. It worked. I shot too much wide angle, a few Holga frames, and some video. The video was last minute and I so wish I had brought along my tiny Gorilla Pod.

Thanks Ken Walter and his family and friends for an amazing adventure!