WELCOME
They say that the best way to mark the miles of your life is with a journal. I’ve been a diary
keeper from time to time in my life, but haven’t really been dedicated to authenticating my
experiences with written word. Change is good.
The reason for change is that we want to remember, organize and validate our treks and tracks
and bring you along with us. We shoot Colorado beside the road, literally, and once we opened
our eyes to what IS beside the road all kinds of vistas opened up.
Roy and I have been photographers for almost as long as we’ve been married – which is a
while. We fell into the camera trap when we bought our first 35mm SLR Mamiya-Sekor, way
back when. Six months later, we bought a second one. A color head enlarger (Omega B66 with
diachoric filters and dial in color) was essential to our happiness. Then we needed bigger and
better lenses (who doesn’t??) so we ended up selling our little Volkswagen Thing for $500 over
debt and buying a Vivitar Series 1 - 70-210mm macro/zoom. It was a fabulous lens (way
better than a Thing!). In fact, its optics were ground by Canon and were some of the first
completely computer generated lenses ever made. It became my special baby. We still have the
lens (even though it has now been retired to the collection shelf). At that time, Roy started to
perfect his ability with flowers. Often he would shoot multiple 35 exposure rolls of Kodakrome
64 film without ever taking the same flower twice. Colorado is a gold mine of wild flowers – I’m
sure you’ve noticed, if you’re from here or have visited, and he became a master at capturing
their allure.
Then life got in the way and we had to focus on other things for a few years. The cameras
always were in our lives, but with less intensity. However, in 2005 and a grandson later, we
rediscovered the art form. Roy researched the new lines of equipment available and bought our
first digital SLR, a Canon Rebel XT. We fell in love with the medium all over again. And once
again, a second camera soon followed, then a third, fourth, all Canons, along with prime, wide
angle, zoom and specialty L series lenses to boot. And I’m sure we’re nowhere near the end of
our journey – in fact we’re just beginning, one more time.
The journal will be organized by season; however, the entries will not precede 2009. When we
either take off in the car for a drive or weekend away, or end up on a 10 mile hike training for a
14er, I would like to share our time with you. We shoot everything; barns, old buildings, coyotes,
squirrels, birds, moss, trees, windows, streams, clouds, lakes, mountains, and of course flowers, just
to name a few. Come along and enjoy. We do.