Arizona Theatre Company Gala 2011

This years Gala marked the 45th aniversarry for the Arizona Theatre Company.  The night was filled with drinks, food, a live auction, dancing and a performance by Academy Award nominee Javetta Steele.  Although the evening began with some very unusual rain showers for this time of year; it did clear up in time for Dinner.

The light rain didn't put a damper on everyone's spirits

Most people huddled together next to the building minus a few brave umbrella holders'

The annual presentation of the Georgy Award.  Lew Schorr and Lewis and Roca were named as this year's recipients.

There is no lack of passion when Javetta Steele is on stage.

It was great to be a part of the Arizona Theatre Company Gala again thin year.  Thanks for looking!

Robert Wilson

Brian and Raimee | Colorado Engagement Shoot

Brian and Raimee flew me up to Denver to do their engagement pictures.  It was a very quick trip as life was waiting for me back in Tucson, but totally worth it.    We started our shoot in Idaho Springs and then made our way down to LODO (Lower Downtown, Denver).  It's always good to catch up with great friends!





















Robert Wilson

The Woes of Color

For the past year I had been using an old Sony Laptop that was given to me.  It was made in the mid 90's, sounded like a dinosaur and moved like one too.  I wasn't going to complain though as it did what I needed it to do.  A couple weeks ago though I finally gave in and invested in a new new laptop as I realized I was wasting a lot of time waiting on Vaio-Rex (My laptop).

As a photographer it is essential that I have a quality screen that is color calibrated; so that is one of the first things I did after getting everything set up.  After about 20 minutes the world of color was back in order and everything was looking good.  Everything until I opened Chrome to update my blog that is.  I quickly realized that my images in Chrome looked a lot lot different than my images in Bridge and Photoshop.  After a little research I found out that this wasn't a user error, but a problem with Chrome; Chrome doesn't color manage.  To make a long story short, I have made the switch back to Firefox as it provides the option of color managing.

All this to ensure that you, the client, gets the best images possible!

Robert

An American Road Trip

We left for Tucson after spending about a week and a half with the family in Fort Collins.  We decided to take our time and make a mini-vacation out of it.

A little over a five hour drive from Fort Collins is the San Luis Valley, Great Sand Dunes National Park, and Zapata Falls.  Zapata Falls is only a couple miles from the Park Entrance, so we decided to make that our first stop.  A couple miles up from the main road you come to the parking lot which overlooks the San Luis Valley and the Sand Dunes.  The falls are about a quarter mile from the parking lot.

Zapata Falls is almost back in a little cave.  To get there you have to do some wading through the creek.

The water was VERY COLD, and after a few minutes in it I was a little numb.  Totally worth it though.

The Great Sand Dunes sit nestled below the Sangre De Christo mountains

It was a little over a mile, and just under an hour, to get to the top  of High Dune.  High Dune stands 650 feet above the valley floor and is the second highest dune in the park.

On our way through the San Luis Valley

Sunset of the first night.  Day two: the Grand Canyon

There were some controlled burns on the North Rim of the Canyon, and for the most of the time it was fairly filled with smoke.  On one hand it was a little disappointing, but at the same time it did make for some unique photos.  All in all we had a fantastic trip

Thanks for looking!
Robert Wilson

Fall Update

As many of you know, my wife Anna and I have recently returned to the States from China.  Although our time in China was wonderful, we are glad to be back in the States for this next season of life.

Since being back in the States we have:

Gotten "America" married
Had a wedding reception and BBQ in Colorado
Taken a road trip through Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona
Made the move to Tucson

The past couples weeks we have been busy getting settled in and, for me, reconnected with the Tucson community.  It's good to be back Tucson!

September Wallpaper of the Month - Fort Collins, Colorado

Yes, I know it's October already, but as they say, "better late than never."  This was taken the first week of September just outside Fort Collins.  On the left you can see Horsetooth Reservoir stretching off to the north.   Beautiful!

Click here for the standard 4:3 aspect ratio, or here for the wide 16:9

Coming soon:
An detailed update with all the latest news
Our American wedding
Our road trip to Tucson including pictures from the Great Sand Dunes and the Grand Canyon!

Robert Wilson

Yangshuo, China

I just realized as I was catching up a little work, that these pictures never got posted to the blog.  Just before leaving China Anna and I took a four day trip to a nearby province.  We caught a night train in Guangzhou and arrived in Guilin the next morning.  It was quite the experience.

Boarding the night train.  It was soon bustling with travelers.

At the Li River

We took a "bamboo" raft  down a famous section of the Li River.
The 20 Yuan note has an image from the Li River on the back.

Our raft opperator; great at piloting the boat, not so great for conversation (unless you speak Mandarin)

The Li River as it winds past Yangshuo

Yangshuo

We stayed at the Bamboo House Inn for three nights.  It was a nice place at a great place.  If you are ever in Yangshuo check it out!

Rural Yangshuo

We rented bicycles a couple days and enjoyed exploring the countryside

Real bamboo rafts :-)

That's wraps up our time in China!  Check back soon for some updates from America!

Robert Wilson