Hi!
I have been remiss and am just starting our VistaBWTaos blog. We do BW photography using our two Leica M6 and three lenses (21, 50 and 135mm). Generally we use Fomapan or Agfa film at 100 or 400ASA.
What we saw on June 21st:
We left in late morning and drove from Ranchos de Taos towards Talpa and the Sipapu Ski area. This took us over US Hill, about 9,000 ft but the smoke from the fire near Los Alamos limited photos a bit. Stopped at the base at Sipapu. From there we went east towards Mora and got nice shots of old churches. Taos is celebrating "Return to Sacred Places" this summer so these are apropos.
We came back through the same route but went down toward Penasco. We stopped at the Picuris Pueblo and took shots of the old church. The clouds were building and the filters really enhanced the sky.
The ride is a real yin/yang with the rundown look of Talpa to the beauty of Sipapu, and back down to rundown houses near Mora and on the Pueblo.
We do our own darkroom work. We just got one of the "straight jacket" bags for loading film during the day, so Monday night we had our shots from the day! We also enlarge up to 11x14.
Gordon
We show at the Taos Art Museum (home of Russian painter Nicolai Fechin who left Russia in 1923). We have many pictures in the gift shop.
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