CrazyAboutTravel - Photography and Travel

Breckenridge, CO-Family Photos

2010-02-10T10:11:00.000-08:00

We are in Breckenridge, Colorado...skiing and enjoying the snow...much different than the weather that they have been having in the East.

New Savannah Photos from Colorado

2010-02-06T08:46:00.000-08:00

We arrived in Colorado a few days ago for a visit with Savannah, Heather and Chris. It's always a great opportunity to work on my baby photography. You learn real fast with a first grandchild that they will only be babies once. So I walk around with a camera on my belt and take advantage of every opportunity that I have to get a historical photo of Savannah growing up. Here are a few...

Merry Christmas!

2009-12-25T11:28:00.000-08:00

My Favorite Nature Photos from Africa

2009-12-22T18:28:00.000-08:00

Click here to take a look at my 100 favorite wildlife and nature photographs that I have taken in southern Africa. These pictures were taken during safaris in South Africa, Botswana, Kenya and Zimbabwe. I like to watch these in the Slideshow mode. I will be interested to hear your thoughts.

New Photo of Savannah in her 1st Birthday Suit

2009-11-22T13:44:00.000-08:00

The last couple of weeks I have been spending some times with photos that I took of Savannah on her 1st Birthday. I took a bunch of photos of her with nothing on but her birthday suit. I particularly like this one.

We are back in Colorado.

2009-11-01T00:29:00.000-07:00

We arrived again in Colorado a few days ago to spend Halloween and our granddaughter's 1st Birthday. We arrived in Denver during the October blizzard tht you probably heard about. There was as much as 28 inches of snow near Heather's house. Colorado is amazing.. Thursday it was snowing and cold. Today, the temperature reached into the 60s.

I should have photos of Savannah's 1st Birthday on-line soon. In the meantime, please check out my main site, www.CrazyAboutTravel.com for new photos and comment from National Parks of the Southwest.

Southwest National Parks Photos

2009-10-26T17:47:00.000-07:00

My photos from our recent trips to National Parks and Monuments in Colorado and Utah are now online at http://www.crazyabouttravel.com/ For the photographers almost all of these photos were taken at sunrise or sunset (the Golden Hours). All of the landscape shots were taken on a tripod. All were taken at f22 in order to achieve the best depth of field. Most were taken at ISO 400.

We traveled with Sally, our 10 year old shih tzu on this 6,000 mile driving trip. Unfortunately, dogs are not allowed on the trails in the National Parks. As a matter of fact, dogs are not allowed off of the paved areas. That is a real bummer. In Springdale, Utah at the entrance to Zion National Park few hotels will accept dogs. The hotel that we stayed at would not permit a guest to leave their hotel room without their dog. We were told that they would call Animal Control if they found a dog in the room. This is the type of place that should just not accept dogs!

All of the Parks that we visited were great...Bryce Canyon, Zion, Rocky Mountain National Park and the Colorado National Monument. All offered different wildlife and unique landscapes.

Utah and Colorado National Parks Photos Soon

2009-10-18T14:57:00.000-07:00

I have been working on my photos from our recent 3 week driving trip to the Southwest...Rocky Mountain National Park, Bryce Canyon and Zion National Park and the Colorado National Monument. We certainly are blessed with a beautiful choice of landscapes to visit. Here is just one of my photos from Bryce Canyon at Inspiration Point. Many of these will be displayed on my site, http://www.crazyabouttravel.com/

Recently Returned from Colorado & Utah National Parks

2009-10-12T08:01:00.000-07:00

Lynn and I have recently returned from a trip to Colorado and Utah that included photography in Rocky Mountain National Park, Bryce Canyon and Zion National Parks. We had terrific weather and blue skies for most of our photo ops. Bryce and Zion are both spectacular and as different as night and day, but they are only a little more than 80 miles apart. How anyone could say one is better than the other is beyond me.

Our wildlife sightings were excellent. We viewed elk in the rut, pronghorn antelope, mule deer, bighorn sheep and coyote.

You might have noticed that I have moved my Blog to a new server. I think that this new address for the blog will offer more opportunity for new visitors. My previous posts will continue to be available at http://www.crazyabouttravel.xanga.com/ and of course my main photography site is http://www.crazyabouttravel.com/ I will be interested in your comments.