Author: cfrailey

  • Weathered

    Today’s image is from our summer trip to Durango Colorado. During our time there the family decided they would like to do a horseback ride.  We signed up and returned the following day.  As we were waiting for our ride to start I grabbed my camera and walked the property. And of course what horse…

  • Walk This Way

    Click the pic for a bigger view Today’s image is all about having a little fun with a fisheye lens.  Back in the late spring we were camping in the high country and I rented a Canon 15mm for the trip. The shot above was taken at Willow Springs Lake which is located on the…

  • R.R.

    Click the pic for a bigger view Last Friday I had the day off so I had a little bonus camera time.  Woohoo!  It doesn’t happen often so I made the most of it. Towards the end of the day I found myself on this train track out in the Arizona desert.  Why I really…

  • Snow-stitious

    Click the pic for a bigger view Today’s image was taken back earlier this spring.  We had just had a good rainfall in the valley which generally means a lite dusting of snow on the surrounding mountains.  The mountains you see here are known as the Superstitions and located out at the Lost Dutchman State…

  • Dark Skies

    Click the pic for a bigger view Short post today as I have a huge to-do list.  Earlier this week we had a nice round of storms hit Phoenix.  I was motivated to get out and chase as we are nearing the end of our monsoon season.  Before long we will be staring at cloudless…

  • Double Trouble

    Click the pic for a bigger view The AZ crew was out earlier this week chasing what might be our last storm for awhile.  We were all spread out at times capturing storms from different parts of the valley.  I started out on the east side and would eventually make my way south. The image…

  • Too Close For Comfort

    Click the pic for a bigger view Today’s post is of a lightning capture from this past weekend.  This was one of many rewards I received after a long day of fruitless chasing. Late on Friday I had driven towards Tucson to catch up with photog buddy Mike Olbinski for some storm chasing.  We made…

  • It Rains In Spain

    Click the pic for a bigger view I was browsing through some old photos last night and stumbled across a few from our trip to Spain a few years back.  It was whirlwind trip for us as we visited Barcelona, Madrid, and Seville over the course of 2 weeks.  Not to mention that my wife…

  • Rolling Thunder

    Click the pic for a bigger view Today we revisit the Grand Falls of northern Arizona.  I’ve written several posts on this trip that I did with fellow photog buddies Mike Olbinski, Rick Young, Scott Wood, and Ken Petersen.  It was such an amazing trip full of good times and great images. We had decided…