In case some of you haven't been following my slightly obnoxious status updates in the past 2 days... I'm in Santa Fe, New Mexico attending a photography workshop. I'll be studing location lighting with Alan Thornton and I'm super excited! Tonight I got to meet him and the other professional photographers I'll be learning with. I don't really know what to expect... except that I will be stretched to my limit and I doubt I'll come back the same photographer. Oh I have so treasured my time here so far and can't wait to see what will happen next.
Here are my images from today. It was a looong day. Starting at 4am and an hour's drive to Taos for sunrise photography of the gorgeous New Mexican landscapes... which turned out to be a rather uneventful sunrise, but maybe I can try again. Then I visited the Taos Pueblos. The people there were extremely friendly and welcoming... for a small fee :)... I even made a new friend named Dancing Bow. He came out of one of the pueblos that I was photographing and we sat down on the side of his adobe home while he told me all about his history and life in the pueblos... beats a guided tour any time! He even left an open invitation to ride his horses to the secluded Blue Lake that can only be accessed my hiking or horses... who wants to come with me!?!
I got really lucky with my timing and was able to see a Native American Pow Wow. The Taos Pueblo Indians invited other Native American's from all over the country to participate in this pow wow. As you can see, their costumes were so intricate and colorful! I was not lacking for photographic material! I was kind of frustrated in a way because I was so tired of taking pictures at that point, but I just couldn't stop myself!
