Abandoned in part Lamy Train Station in New Mexico
Even in very, very small towns in New Mexico, one can still find active train stations picking up and carrying passengers in a more relaxed way of traveling long distances. Such is the case with Lamy Train Station that still has two Amtrack trains stop by each day. However, much of the station is now abandoned and is the final resting place of rusting train cars, engines, and cabooses. I have long enjoyed exploring abandoned places, or haikyo, so it was a very pleasant surprise to get to glance through the window of an old train car and wonder when it was last in service, and as always, what stories would it be able to tell?
Here at Jason Collin Photography in Albuquerque, New Mexico, I strive to make the best headshots in the city for any profession. Accountants may not have the most exciting reputation, but during my headshot photo sessions, I get personalizes to come out and shine in the photos! This headshot changes what one thinks of an accountant. I know if I was looking for an accountant, seeing personality come through in the photo would make me click on that accountant’s website first.
Atlas Obscura is a great website for finding hidden gems and odd places when traveling. This is how Art Cartopia Museum came on my radar on a recent rural land photography shoot in Trinidad, Colorado. This museum is free (though donations encouraged) and dog friendly indoors and out, and open during Covid-19 for guests wearing masks. What can you see at this museum? Art cars of all kinds, styles, and designs! A van covered in eyeballs? Yes. A huge skeleton driving on top of a car? Yes. A dentist’s dream (or nightmare?) car? Yes. Oddities abound in car form. The owner as one would expect is friendly, a character, and makes you feel like you are the very first visitor ever to the museum, which to me is always a sign of a great host, making you feel like you are the first visitor ever!
Top Three Commercial Photographer in Albuquerque for 2020
Thank you to Three Best Rated for choosing me for the third year in a row as a top three rated commercial photographer in Albuquerque, New Mexico. They make their choices based on 50 different criteria. In the past year I have worked hard to improve my website for clarity and presentation. Additionally, I made a major upgrade in all of my equipment in September 2019 replacing every single camera, lens, and drone I owned! I made the transition to Sony mirrorless cameras, the best in the photography world.
The best headshots for any and all professions in Albuquerque
My goal here at Jason Collin Photography is to make the very best modern, business headshots in Albuquerque, New Mexico for any profession. Rochelle, an engineer, visited the JCP Home Studio for a new headshot for her membership in SWE ( Society of Women Engineers). I was provided with a full description of what she needed in a headshot, which was the one we made first. Then I had informed her a second headshot is included in the session so she had an outfit change ready for her own personal choice of headshot which you see above. Thank you Rochelle for choosing me as your headshot photographer!
An ultimate wedding and meeting story up on a mountain
I met Davis and Veronica last summer, as I was drafted onto their summer league ultimate frisbee team. I saw them again at other frisbee events, and since I took photos at some of those, they knew I was a professional photographer. So when they got engaged earlier this year, I was very flattered they wanted me to be their wedding photographer! Their own story of how they met started with ultimate frisbee too!
Like many, many people, I got a bike during the pandemic because there are no more team sports, so to get exercise out of the house, a road bike is a great way to see scenery and burn calories. I have actually been on bikes of different kinds all my life, starting with getting second place in the New England BMW Championships in 1982, to cycling 100km in Japan and camping in 2007. The torn ACL I suffered in 2015 put an end I thought to my time on a bike as I could not even get my knee to bend enough to pedal. I sold my bike and gave away all my gear. However, after a while, my knee did get better and I could run and jump again, and as you can see from these photos, ride a bike again! It is also my nature that when i do something, I do it all the way (within reason). So where in April I was doing relatively flat rides of 25 miles, just 3 months later that tuns into riding my bike to the highest peak in the area, Sandia Crest!
