Tag Archives: blessings

Answering the Call of the Desert

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Lori Faith

My husband and I attended a talk by John Sexton last night at the Center for Creative Photography that was wonderful. Full of insight and humor and evocative in ways I hadn’t foreseen. His retrospective on his time with Ansel … Continue reading →

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Image(s) of the Day

Posted on April 5, 2010 by Lori Faith

These are images that strike my fancy on a particular day, based on my feelings and memories of the image and how they fit in with my life that day. I hope you will enjoy them as well. The page … Continue reading →

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Peruvian Pasos and a Small Miracle

Posted on September 2, 2009 by Lori Faith

In April of 2004, I attended a photography workshop with Tony Stromberg and on a late afternoon we visited a Peruvian Paso ranch in New Mexico. There, under towering Cottonwoods, we photographed Peruvian yearlings as they flew around a grassy pasture … Continue reading →

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Art Spur: Heading Out

Posted on August 31, 2009 by Lori Faith

One of my images, Heading Out, was published on cowboypoetry.com as an Art Spur feature. Art Spur is described on the website as “It’s been said that a picture is worth a thousand words…we know many that are worthy of … Continue reading →

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Hollyhocks: A Poem by Audrey Hankins

Posted on July 22, 2009 by Lori Faith

Hollyhocks and Straw Bales My dear friend, Audrey Hankins, gave permission for her poem HOLLYHOCKS to be posted on my blog. This is the first poem I remember hearing Audrey recite. When I was photographing Wilbur-Cruce Spanish Barb horses by … Continue reading →

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Ever Feel Like You're Being Watched?

Posted on June 30, 2009 by Lori Faith

For the past few years, we’ve seen what I thought were burrowing owls, but I’m finding are Western Screech Owls, at night by our home, but never during the day.Today, while photographing a dove nest in a cholla, I felt … Continue reading →

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Our Companion Cats, and a Surprise Feline Portrait Session for my Mom

Posted on June 27, 2009 by Lori Faith

Our cat Neysa, a manx, in one of her favorite “safe places”…between my husband’s feet while he’s sleeping. Although I was a bit sneaky in making this image, when my husband woke up he loved it and it’s still one … Continue reading →

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Passionate Portfolios

Posted on May 22, 2009 by Lori Faith

    Commercial assignments. Media marketing. Publication deadlines. Portrait session proofs enhancement and viewings. Print order fulfillment. Website updates. Image file uploads and archival. Client communications. Traveling. Planning, implementation, and follow-up.      Don’t panic. Take a deep breath. And remember to exhale.     As … Continue reading →

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Treasures: Textures

Posted on May 15, 2009 by Lori Faith

       Textures. We see them, feel them, incorporate them into our images. I treasure them. Every nuance and gesture, movement of light and shadow that paints them. I bring them home as artifacts from my texture treasure hunts. And … Continue reading →

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Audrey Hankins: First Light

Posted on May 13, 2009 by Lori Faith

          Audrey Hankins is a woman of leather and lace. Leather saddles, lace kitchen curtains. A cowboy poet who first impressed me with her poem Hollyhocks as I sat in the audience at a cowboy poetry gathering and who … Continue reading →

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