Balloon

As some of you may have notice I’ve taken a turn toward documentary photography as of late. I really like individual photographs and their power, but there is something in trying to tell a story in a series of images that really captures my creative imagination-and challenges me to no end!

I that vein I’ve really been captured by the idea of “Picture Packages”, the idea that Daniel Milnor (aka Smogranch) put forth in this post. Basically, he tries to capture a short series of images that can stand on their own as well as tell a story as a group. Also inspired by Daniel’s willingness to make the process of his latest project (New Mexico) open and transparent by posting his images, thoughts, audio and video on tumblr, I thought I might share my latest efforts at creating a series. Below is a series of images I shot at the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta yesterday (Sunday) morning.

I went into the Balloon Fiesta Park with a set of ideas that I wanted to capture and that really drove my intention. Along the way I discovered some other opportunities that presented themselves and fit well into my idea. Still other pictures seemed to fit in as I was looking through the day’s images later in the evening. I’ve more to shoot and more to share to make this story more complete, but I’m really happy with the results. I hope you like the images as well.