Fri, Oct 1, 2010
Friday, October 1, 2010 at 09:32PM Friday, October 1, 2010
Photography is all about the moment. It’s the seeking instinct… looking for just the right scene, the subject, the light, the emotion, the moment… seen thru your eyes and captured in all of its glory. – Donna Downey
Photography excites me! Everything about photography is so phenomenal to me. Just knowing you can see a moment in time and capture it, for an indefinite period of time… well it is just so unbelievable. I love to get to the room at the end of a day, pull up the photos and relive the day calling Charles over time and time again to show him what we were able to capture. Some day when we are unable to travel I hope we are still able to pull up our photographs and relive our road trips again and again. Of course, after years of studying photography it is nice to get better shots that more accurately portray what we saw. Another thing I love about photography is the ability to share it with others. Y’all have been great with your comments and it just adds another layer of joy or laughter to each day. Thanks.
Today was just another perfect day on the road. When you are primarily trying to photograph landscapes and in particular fall colors, it is not necessary to get up well before daylight. Although the best light is still early and late in the day, it’s not nearly as early as trying to get wildlife shots. So we slept later than usual and walked over to the restaurant across the street from our motel and had a hearty breakfast to begin our day of “seeking” the wonders of aspens in full color. We were not disappointed! There is still plenty of color in the mountains of Colorado and we spent the day enjoying it. The weather was again near perfect as well.
We spent most of our day on dirt roads climbing in and out of the jeep. Let me just remind you all that I took a wonderfully graceful fall yesterday and much to my disappointment my body did not respond well to my throwing it down. It would probably be a shorter list to tell you what is not sore or hurting today. The knee reminds me of some of my bicycle falls as a child but the rest of my aches remind me that I am no springy chicken any more. But, I did not quit, did not fail to get out one time when the opportunity arose for a photo... although hikes of any length were definitely out of the question. Just goes to show that when you have an addiction, excuse me, I mean a passion for something you will work thru the pain!
If you love landscapes and fall colors, please check out the photos today. I think you will enjoy them. We had a ball making them.
Tonight we are resting comfortably in Glenwood Springs, CO. As soon as I finish posting, I’m getting some ice on my knee so I’ll be able to keep up tomorrow. We will continue this road trip tomorrow as we head further north toward Yellowstone. We are well and hope you all are too.
Peace, Hope & Love,
Donna, Charles, Paris & Dodger
Reader Comments (3)
Sweet Jesus in the Morning!!!!!!!! Donna Gayle, you've gone from taking photographs to just plain showing out now. Girl Friend, these are some of your best pictures EVER. I love every one of them, even the horses rear ends! :) The aspens, the blue skies, the barn and the hay...I KNOW who you took all those for! Coming soon to a scrapbook near you! LOVE IT, LOVE IT, LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!! I'd give a Monkey's Uncle to be there with you to see these beautiful sights in person, but since I cannot, seeing your photos is the next best thing. Your shots thrill me. I literally gasped when I opened the photos today. So sorry to hear about your graceful spill today. Ice those knees down ol' girl, because like Scarlet said, "after all, tomorrow is another day!" Love you bunches.
The Aspens are just beautiful.
I have a tube of paint that color!
Good compositions with your photographs.
Be cool.
Those dogs sure have it made !!!
charlie
You really got some good ones this time. Karen wants to try to paint the one looking down the road through the columns of aspens with the house at the end.
Wish I was there.
Cary