Hillerman Country for New Mexico Magazine
New Mexico Magazine called me a few months back looking for images to illustrate a story about the works of author Tony Hillerman. Much of Hillerman’s detective novels are set in western New Mexico and deal with crime on the Navajo Nation.
While I do not consider myself much of a stock photography shooter, I do maintain a Photoshelter website with images from my outdoor adventures in the Southwest. I happened to have a couple of images that they were interested in, and in the end they picked this one of my friend Nicholle Kovach hiking at Chaco Canyon.
The cool thing about this photo is that it was shot during what was more of a vacation than a photo excursion. While I try to take a camera with me everywhere I go, sometimes it’s nice to not always be in that creative mode of shooting. This image was more of a result of me immersing myself in the beauty of my surroundings than me looking for compelling imagery.
Yikes! It’s been almost a month since I last posted something. No worries, I’ve got a few things in the works in the coming weeks. For now, I wanted to post this photo from the Tour of the White Mountains mountain bike race I shot this fall in Show Low, Ariz. It ran as a double-truck in 
