My Wandering Eyes

I've always had trouble staying focused on just one thing. This affliction of mine (attention dumbs@#t disorder I think it's called) doesn't serve me very well in most areas of my life, but when it comes to photography it seems to work for me. I can usually find something to shoot wherever I go or whatever the situation.

Or, it could be due to all the years I spent in the news business where photogs had to constantly make something out of nothing.

Ceiling of a metal grain silo, Lemitar, NM.

Storage shed window, Polvadera, NM.

New Mexico's state bird... the Roadrunner.

Street lamp and flags at New Mexico Institute of Technology, Socorro, NM.

Monkey bars, Isidro Baca Memorial Park, Socorro, NM.

"I can't help but spy from my wandering eye."

Net F/X

Lost in the interwebs.

Hello Belarus.

NMT Golf Course, Socorro, New Mexico.

Full Metal Macro

The Isidro Baca Memorial in Socorro, with it's shiny brushed metal top reflecting the sun, trees and sky, provides a wonderful opportunity for a photographer like me, to as Steve Martin used to say... "get small."

Often I like to get in really close on subject. Really, really close and really, really small (well at least as close & small as my camera's macro lens will allow me) to see what I can find.

Because as we all know, it is a small world after all.

Hey, I've got a idea. Let's go get small.

San Miguel de Socorro

Many believe Socorro, New Mexico, is home to the oldest Catholic church in the United States founded in 1598.

San Miguel de Socorro is the Catholic church in Socorro, New Mexico, built on the ruins of the old Nuestra Señora de Socorro mission. The old mission was built around 1626, but was destroyed in 1680 during the Pueblo Revolt. A portion of the adobe wall of the old church remains today and still can be seen behind glass just left of the altar. [...]

Although the village of Socorro was founded at this time, and the Nuestra Senora de Socorro was built in the 1600s, San Miguel itself was not built until the 19th century. The construction of the church was most likely completed by 1821 when the first church baptisms, burials and marriages were recorded.

Local legend has it that during an Apache raid, an angel appeared and scared off the invaders. Parishioners thus decided to name the church after St. Michael, the archangel who supposedly saved the village.

The last (pre-American occupation) governor of New Mexico, Manuel Armijo is buried at the church.

Wikipedia

Socorro Sunset

New Mexico Tech Golf Course, Socorro, New Mexico.

A late afternoon storm had just moved through and the sun was going down. The perfect combination for some pictures.

Odds and Ends

It's time again to clean out my camera's memory chip.

Pattern Recognition

A Photomas Photo Tip...

Sunscreens & Window Blinds
can make great light filters.

Socorro's Monster Dreamcatcher

I'm sure most of you have probably heard of dreamcatchers, well it appears (at least to me anyways) Socorro might have one of the largest ever right in our very midst.

1500 block of NW Frontage Rd.



It's believed that a dreamcatcher changes a person's dreams by allowing only good dreams to filter through during the night . . . bad dreams stay in the net, disappearing with the light of day.




Hopefully, our dreamcatcher here in Socorro is doing a good job grabbing all those mean, nasty dreams floating around out there and only allowing the good ones through.

When you achieve your dream
pursue another dream.
That's how to live a life of adventure.
~ Unknown

Sweet dreams Socorro.