This is another instance of how my rural land real estate work allows me to see places I absolutely never would normally. On the way back from an extended series of property shoots in Chaves County New Mexico, just northeast of Roswell, while actually looking for another nature area but never finding it, this was a true stumbling upon (remember that site?) of Cocklebur Lake, a very, very dry lake. The skies were overcast so I knew then while making these photos I would ultimately convert them to black and white as the landscapes themselves were already nearly devoid of color. Walking on the dry lake bed, under a wide open sky, one could feel the yearning of the land for water. In that sense this dry lake felt like an old memory that you could only 5% remember. That’s what I feel a dry lake is to me.
On Location in Nambe and Santa Fe with the Precision Survey Crew
Fantastic new client Precision Surveys, Inc has already had me all over the area between Rio Rancho and Nambe for a series of on location commercial portrait shoots of the PSI crew in action. Working for Larry and his crew was a lot of fun, and some of the crew even stepped in to help as photographer’s assistants! They told me that the mesa you can see above, is where Curley (spoilers) died in the movie City Slickers. You do not often get interesting movie trivia like that on a photo shoot! This on location photo shoot was a lot of fun and thank you to Larry for choosing me as your photographer and to the crew for being great both in front of and behind the camera!
Now one of my most longtime clients, Tavis of Morrison Outdoors keeps creating outstanding sleeping bags for kids in ever more vibrant colors! Last month he sent me an orange sleeping bag, and now a cool purple one. My sleeping bag as a kid never looked like this! As a professional product photographer in Albuquerque, New Mexico, one of my main goals is to deliver consistent results for clients, even over years of shooting the same product. For example, while shooting this new purple sleeping bag for Tavis, I had on screen the last orange sleeping bag shoot so I could as exactly as possible recreate each and every shot from lighting to the composition angle. Thank you Tavis for continuing to choose me as your product photographer and I am very glad to be a small part of the Morrison Outdoors family!
Well, somehow I have made it 12 years as a full-time professional photographer. Like most businesses, it has not been a smooth, linear progression going ever upward, but rather a roller coaster. Jason Collin Photography as an official licensed business started in June 2009. However, I was first paid for photography in 2008 when I still lived in Tokyo, Japan. In 2009, having returned to Florida, circumstances convinced me I needed to create my own job, and I made the bold leap into being a full-time photographer immediately, no keeping a part-time job or anything.
Candid Family Portraits are the best in Albuquerque
A bit of history about Jason Collin Photography. I started this photography business in June of 2009, so now I am celebrating 12 years as a full-time professional photographer! Like many photographers, I started out as a lifestyle photographer (weddings and portraits). Due to a number of factors, around 2012 I made the transition to being a commercial photographer. I still enjoy, however, the opportunities I get like this one to photograph a very fun family for candid family portraits. We met in Altura Park and from the first shot it was go time for making my favorite kind of portrait, a candid one! Monica, Mary, and their whole family pretty much came up with all their own ideas for the photos and I just had to capture them! Thank you for a great shoot!
While on the Road traveling for my rural land real estate photography work in New Mexico, with often long drives to and from locations, I like to break them up by visiting some of the off the beaten path attractions of the area. This time it was Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge, which judging by the very few other people there, is an overlooked natural landscape northwest of Roswell, New Mexico. I cannot say it was the most stunning wetlands area I have ever taken my camera too, but it was a nice break from the harsh desert and boring cattle land views on the long drive back to Albuquerque.
More and more actors are moving to Albuquerque, New Mexico, and more and more actors are choosing Jason Collin Photography for their headshots. I met Andy in a favorite downtown ABQ spot for an on location headshot session on a variety of dynamic backgrounds. Andy wanted headshots that really accentuated his facial expressions, so I did a lot of shooting with my Sigma 50mm f/1.4 ART lens to really bring the DoF onto his face and eyes in particular. These are his two favorites from our session. Thank you Andy for choosing me as your headshot photographer!
