OK, I’m a bit behind on updating the Tanager Blog. Doesn’t mean I haven’t been shooting. It just means this other blog — and its adorable main subject — are stiff competition for attention. So, I’ve been mainly photographing little Varenna and her first four months, and meanwhile, hardly traveling at all. I’ve also willingly reined in the marketing for weddings and portrait business this summer because of her. I have a day job, and an intense one at that, so those spare hours need to be focused on home, the little girl, and every new milestone she can cross.
Having said that, though, Tanager Photography is slowly coming out of hibernation. I’m beginning to get inquiries again, and the itch — to photograph nature, architecture, people, culture, colorful things — is getting irresistible.
So, here’s what’s up: this past weekend we returned to our most photographed place: Steamboat Springs, Colorado. We have condo access up there, and make the most of it three to four times a year. Got some amazing shots this morning of fog breaking on the pastures — it was the first unfettered photo spree I’ve been on in months — as well as wildflowers high up on Rabbit Ears Pass. In a week I’ll be in Vancouver (day job) and hopefully will squeeze a few hours to shoot that magnificent city, and if all goes according to plan, a six-day swing through the San Juan Mountains and Mesa Verde in late August. Another run to Steamboat Springs for fall color, and then, in November, this year’s big trip: Kauai.
So there are definitely some things in the pipeline for the travel photography end of things.
In the mean time, here are some loose shots from a trip to St. Louis over Memorial Day weekend. Hailey, Varenna, Hailey’s mom and I flew out there to introduce the little girl to her great-grandmother. While we were there, Hailey and her Mom put Granny and I in a helicopter to see the city from above, and we also toured the lovely Missouri Botanic Garden.
Should be more activity on the blog in the coming weeks. This morning as I was firing exposure after exposure in the Yampa River Valley, I thought to myself, its good to be back at it again.
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