Telephoto lens for mesa landscape photography in New Mexico
At the end of a rural land real estate shoot in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, near Abiquiu Lake, I noticed some mesas in the distance. I did not need to get photographs of them for the client, but one of my axioms is a real photographer always stops to get a photo if he/she sees an opportunity. So I got out my Sony a7 III with Sony 70-200mm f/2.8 G Master lens attached to get these shots, as the mesas were quite far away and they would look tiny in a wide angle lens one might normally think to use for landscape photography. The sun was going down, and there were good clouds in the sky, a recipe for near ideal landscape photography conditions.
At the end of a rural land photography shoot in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, I turned from the west after getting the required sunset shots to see the moon rising over the Sandia Mountains. I would come to learn that in a few days this would be a very rare full (blue) moon on Halloween night. To get unique views one must go to unique places, and not many go miles off road in the desert northwest of Rio Rancho wit a camera.
Clouds making for stunning rural land real estate photos in New Mexico
As the best and most prolific rural land real estate photographer in the state of New Mexico, I am constantly looking at weather reports for trying to get the best possible skies for client shoots. On a day like this in Taos, New Mexico, the clouds were absolutely dramatically stunning and the results were over 50 photos from around the Carson Estates area near Taos, New Mexico that delivered exactly what my client, Hemingway Land Company, wanted for grabbing the attention of land buying customers who will likely be buying sight unseen. I covered dozens of miles off road and hours of getting in and out of my Jeep from noon to sunset to create this collection of rural land real estate photographs that will help my client sell the land faster.
New Mexico is not generally well known as an area of volcanic activity, at least not in this millennium! However, the state’s volcanic past is highly visible in Cibola County where a large swath is covered in lava fields, and in this particular spot I visited recently, Lava Falls. You can drive right up to this area and then explore on foot acres and acres as far as the eye can see of lava in all forms. An alien landscape that you can touch right here in New Mexico! I provide a map below so you can go check it out yourself.
Planning for dramatic skies for rural land real estate photography
I have been spending a lot of time in Cibola County, New Mexico lately! This visit was very purposeful for rural land real estate photography client Hemingway Land Company. I had to wait over 2 weeks for there to finally be clouds in this area before I could go and make these photographs because as you can see, clouds add a lot of visual impact to these images that plain blue skies would not. Careful weather checking and planning went into making this shoot happen on just the right day to deliver the best results for my client. If you would like to own these views, check out their website, or contact me using the button below to get a fine art print for your home and office and impress your clients/customers/patients with these conversation piece photographs!
I have been spending a lot of time in the desert northwest of Rio Rancho, New Mexico the past two weeks for rural land real estate photography. I am shooting three properties per evening, circling back to each of the three to make one of my signature HDRsunset photos. Here are some of the highlights of the past two weeks of being out in the desert with the jack rabbits, coyotes, and tarantulas!
Standing for 160 million years hidden in New Mexico
The vast open spaces of New Mexico are actually filled with hidden gems, like La Ventana Natural Arch, a 160 million year old rock formation that spans 135 feet and gets down to only 25 feet at its narrowest point. Amazing something make of sandstone has survived that long, though eventually, it will return to dust in who knows how many more millions of years! Check out the map below to see this natural wonder in person.
