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“The Castle”, Capitol Reef National Park, Utah

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Efraín M. Padró

All Materials © Efraín M. Padró/Padró Images, All Rights Reserved Located in Southern Utah, Capitol Reef National Park preserves the 100-mile-long wrinkle of earth known as The Waterpocket Fold, and features classic Colorado Plateau scenery: eroded jumble of colorful cliffs, sinuous canyons, massive domes, sandstone spires, and graceful arches. One of the park’s most recognizable features is known as The Castle, conveniently located close to the visitors center. Eye level views of The Castle can also be had from the Freemont Gorge Overlook Trail. To geologists, The Castle is a great example of different layers of sandstone (like Wingate or Kayenta) stacked on top of each other. To photographers, the different colors of layers and ship-like formation simply look cool. I took this … Continue reading →

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Summit County and the Lowepro Pro Trekker 300 AW

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Efraín M. Padró

© Efraín M. Padró, All Rights Reserved I recently spent a week in Summit County, Colorado, photographing wildflowers and landscapes. I lived in Colorado for almost 20 years and like to visit regularly to shoot for stock. July is one of my favorite times to visit the High Country because the wildflower displays are at their peak and the daytime temperatures only reach the 70s. Summit County includes the towns of Breckenridge, Dillon, and Frisco, among others, and its accessibility (a little over an hour west of Denver) and number of trails makes it an ideal photo destination. We stayed near Dillon and most of the trails we hiked began within 3-4 miles from the hotel. One of my favorite outings was the Gore Range’s hike … Continue reading →

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The First Photographic Kiss

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Efraín M. Padró

© Efraín M. Padró, All Rights Reserved In the history of the world there have probably been more first kisses than there are stars in the sky. That’s a lot of first kisses. But despite how ordinary first kisses are, they are still new and fresh and exciting to those experiencing them. So it was that I recently had the opportunity to visit Paris, France, and there I photographed the Eiffel Tower (and Notre Dame, and the Louvre, and…) for the first time. I figured the iconic tower had been photographed many times, but not as many times as there have been first kisses, and certainly it had never been photographed by me. In that sense my photographs were unique. Sometimes we get so … Continue reading →

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