I’m about to depart for my New Mexico photography trip. It will be a 5-day trip chalk full of photographing oppotunities. I’ve researched what place I want to hit for this trip over the past several weeks. My first visit will be White Sands Nat’l Monument, arriving early tomorrow morning. Here is a crude itenerary of what I plan to photograph through this trip:
Friday 27th: early morning sunrise photography @ White Sands. Mid-morning to midday acquaintence with the park. Afternoon hike the Alkali Trail, with evening photography in the dunes before they kick me out just after sunset.
Saturday 28th: Up very early for another dawn shoot at White Sands. I’m going to try to get in before 7am local time to get setup for pre-sunrise shots. Apparantly there is a $50 fee to get a ranger to open the gates an hour early. Shoot most of the morning at White Sands until sun angle gets too high. Drive to Socorro. Late afternoon/evening visit at Bosque NWR. My first photo shoot will be that evening as the thousands of geese/ducks/cranes fly-in to roost for the night.
Sunday 29th: Up very early arriving at Bosque about 45 to an hour before sunrise. Morning shoot of the incredible “fly-out”. The rest of the day will be a more relaxing/liesure tour around Bosque with sporadic photography here and there. Then will setup for the next evening “fly-in” shoot.
Monday 30th: Up very early for Bosque “fly-out” shoot #2… will stay in Bosque until late morning or so. Drive to Santa Fe and check-in. Drive to Nambe Pueblo a few miles north of Santa Fe and photograph Nambe Falls.
Tuesday 31st: Up early depart Santa Fe for Bandelier Nat’l Mon. Hike the Falls Trail and photograph upper/lower falls and other scenics around the Rio Grande canyons. Drive back home.
I will try to keep a daily blog of events and a photo or two from the day, likely in the late evenings before crashing for the night… as time allows.
-Mike
Pretty cool Mike, keep us posted and looking forward to some great pics! Please send the girly photos to my personal email…ok thanks!
Comment by Fritz — January 28, 2006 @ 9:23 am