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11/14/2005 03:15:09 PM · #1

I will be visiting Santa Fe, New Mexico for the first time the week between Christmas and the New Year.

Any suggestions on where to shoot in that area?

Thanks.

strangeghost

Canon EOS-7D

11/14/2005 03:29:33 PM · #2

Lots of great southwestern architecture. Wonderful surrounding geography and geology, culture, native american and spanish heritage. Make sure you get to the St. Francis Cathedral in the PM so you get good light at the church's front. The plaza is a great place to people watch. All downtown is very accessible via walking so find a parking place and spend your time on foot.

Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS

11/18/2005 08:45:48 PM · #3

Originally posted by strangeghost:

I will definitely try to get to the Cathedral and the plaza.

Thanks!

Canon EOS-60D

11/18/2005 08:46:40 PM · #4

If you can find the places this guy found you'll be doing all right. ;)

Tamron AF 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical for Nikon

11/18/2005 08:49:39 PM · #5

Originally posted by laurielblack:

If you can find the places this guy found you'll be doing all right. ;)

WOW!

vtruan

Nikon D5100

11/18/2005 08:58:20 PM · #6

You'll be close to Taos. Both are well worth the time to visit the galleries. Taos & Sante fe are the 2nd & 3rd places for the greatest art in the USA. The old churches/missions, the adobe buildings, old archway/doors, the Pueblo folks selling jewlery in the square, the Pueblo itself (you'll have to pay to take photos though), etc. So many things to shoot. Dress warm you'll be a 7,000 ft.

Sammie

Olympus OM-D E-M5

Canon EF 28-200mm f/3.5-5.6 USM

11/18/2005 10:16:08 PM · #7

Santa Fe is our nearest large town so my husband and I go there often to shop and eat out. It is a cool place - all the really old photogenic things are concentrated in the old downtown area and it is easy to walk all around and take pictures. There are all sorts of southwestern style buildings. There are many lovely old church buildings - the Cathedral which is right in the main downtown area is the most well known but on some of the side streets there are some other pretty ones like The Sisters of Loretto Chapel.

If you travel just a bit farther to Taos there is actually more to take pictures of, I think. We are there almost every weekend as my son and his fiancee live there and it's just 65 miles from our house. Even though we've been there so many times, I see something new each time we go.

Taos has so much interesting southwestern architecture and hasn't been built up with all the malls and shopping centers like Santa Fe. Also, the Taos Pueblo is fantastic for pictures, especially in the winter with the snow. There is also the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge which is so photogenic and the Taos Ski Valley which is really busy and bustling that time of year. Some of the little towns around Taos are really photogenic, too - like Arroyo Seco.

Taos is a super friendly town, I love to take pictures there as people are so used to photographers that they don't give you a second glance! You can get nice pictures of skiers at the Taos Ski Valley as they don't mind if you get right up to the runs. They have skiing bike things that I've never seen anywhere else. It's like a bike you ride down the slope.

If you do get to Taos and would like some company send me a note as perhaps my husband and I can meet you there!

11/19/2005 10:01:03 PM · #8

Thanks so much for all of the great info! I am really excited about this trip. I will post some photos after I return.

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

01/14/2006 04:20:36 PM · #9

We had a great time in Santa Fe.

Here are some of the photos!

strangeghost

Canon EOS-7D

01/14/2006 04:44:22 PM · #10

Eric, you are da'man. Those are some killer shots. Great job finding the good stuff!

wavelength

Nikon D300

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

01/14/2006 04:48:57 PM · #11

DItto,

great stuff, I thought I posted, but I must have gotten distracted.

ElGordo

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS for Canon

01/14/2006 05:52:32 PM · #12

Nice work! I live about 45 miles south of Santa Fe but visit there infrequently. In the past 20 years so many people from Beverly Hills have "discovered" Santa Fe that much of the local population has been driven out, no longer able to afford the inflated property taxes. It is a lovely city today but only a shadow of it's former beauty.

MadMan2k

Sony Alpha a6400

Tamron 70-180mm F/2.8 Di III VXD

01/14/2006 08:11:03 PM · #13

Really good photos, nice job finding awesome subjects. Love the tones and saturation in most of them.

I havent been to the 'photogenic' parts of Santa Fe, just the residential parts or the highway going through it.