Packing In - Snowmass Photograph - Limited Edition of 50

Hi, and thank you for taking time to explore my photography, I truly appreciate that. I'll be uploading additional images from time to time so please do revisit every few weeks to see the latest photos. About 25 years ago I set aside the url: ParadiseDivide.com in anticipation of sharing the images that I was shooting while exploring the Four Corner States of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Utah. It’s been a while!! Life has a habit of creeping up on you and before you know it, 20 years has just snuck up and overtaken you. So here we are in 2024, I have a website to go with the url and I finally have time to share with you! Paradise Divide Photography is a collection of moments captured through my lens as I was either taking exciting hiking or skiing trips with my lovely wife Angela. I’m lucky enough to have lived and still do live in a remote part of Colorado and also have access to beautiful scenery right outside my door. From the stunning Four Corners geologic formations and the ancient peoples that made their homes there, to crumbling adobe mud brick farm houses in rural Colorado and the sharp angled school rooms of “America’s Architect” Frank Lloyd Wright in Scottsdale, Arizona. I have Black and White and Colour images to share and just to attempt to explain the attraction to each I have these thoughts on the subject: Colour shots are so beautiful, why shoot in B&W? Colour shots are of course fabulous and have so much going on in such a small frame, saturating our senses with their myriad hues as they reflect the scene in their true life image. B&W on the other hand can concentrate our focus with instant depth and contrast. Clever sight lines used by the photographer, artfully draw our attention through the light and shade of the image but somehow we still see the whole picture. When you sit in a doctor’s waiting room and there are B&W prints on the wall we notice them more than flowery prints, unless the shot is a sunset or sunrise and my thoughts on that are that the reds and oranges and dark greys and black seem to mimic the contrasts of the black and greys and whites of a monochrome shot. What do you think? We are truly blessed to live in this environment with an endless tapestry, from which we can capture a few poignant moments. Our pleasure is to share those moments with you.