Twitter Power

Thru Twiiter, we got to know someone who knows someone and on Nov 11 we will be on a Las Vegas NV (there is also a Las Vegas here in NM) radio show for 1/2 hour to talk about our photographs and business. More to follow on times, but it is also going to be rebroadcast on the internet.

Where the Taos art is hiding

The quality of art has, in our opinion, dropped over the last decade. This past weekend was the annual Taos Art Orginization studio tour. We went to a few and what we saw was art no longer in galleries, but sold privately. Some of it was quite spectacular.

Galleries here are charging at least 40% and many 50%. If they have a buyers' list, that's one thing. But most have no clue as to what inventory they have! So for a $1,000 piece you are forking over $500 for what?

Christopher Lowell

Lowell has started a new web cast on interior design:

www.ow.ly/27dAB

We met him a month ago and he is exactly like he is on TV. Truly an engaging person.

Pilgrimage to Hernadez

Ansel Adams' "Moonrise Over Hernadez" is considered by most to be his finest photograph (although his photographs of Half Dome certainly compete) and is considered by many to be the finest black and white photograph ever taken.

Adams was driving from Ghost Ranch to Santa Fe when he spotted the moon rising over the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. He realized he didn't have much time, so he stopped and grabbed his 8x10 and tripod (not easy as they weighed a lot) and set up. He did not have his light meter but Adams, known for his "seat of the pants" style, knew the luminosity of the moon and took his photograph.

Wednesday we decided after a trip to Los Alamos to find the spot. We knew the mile markers on 84 and the church. While we found the spot, buildings had gone up and the trees had grown. Oh well, at least we got there!