I’m an author who’s as passionate about photography as I am about writing novels. It all started when I was a kid. My dad bought me a Kodak Instamatic 100 camera to take to summer camp. When I was in college I purchased a Nikkormat (Nikon) 35mm for a photography…
I took my first trip to the United Kingdom in the summer of 1987. It was a ten-day guided bus tour of England and Scotland. Naturally, I brought along my 35mm SLR camera, along with plenty of film. I even packed my film in a special x-ray proof bag. I…
I started out as a film photographer. My very first camera was a Kodak Instamatic 100 which used drop in film cartridges. I used Instamatics for years. Then I took a photography course in college. Our first assignment was to purchase a 35mm SLR camera. I found a Nikkormat FT3,…
White Sands National Park near Alamogordo, New Mexico, had to have been one of the most challenging locations I’ve ever shot. As the name implies, it’s all white sand. There isn’t much color. It’s also very crowded. People can and will ruin your shot. Not intentionally. They’re just doing their…
© 2022 by Gayle Martin. All rights reserved. The other day one of my friends invited me to come along on a family outing to City of Rocks State Park, which is near Silver City, New Mexico. She was taking her daughter, and her daughter’s significant other, there as part…
© 2022 by Gayle Martin. All rights reserved. One of my all time favorite photo shoots was at St. Philip’s Plaza in Tucson, Arizona. It was during the big lockdown in March of 2020, and the normally busy shopping center was eerily quiet. This gave the photos an interesting feel.…
© 2022 by Gayle Martin. All Rights Reserved. Last fall a good friend asked me if I’d like to photograph some pecan groves. Heck yes! So she took me for a drive along New Mexico Highway 85. It’s the backroad between Las Cruces to El Paso, A large portion of…
© 2021 by Gayle Martin. All Rights Reserved. Life happens, and for whatever reason, I simply wasn’t able to go on as many photography expeditions this year as I would have liked. However, I still managed to go on a few. I also purchased a new camera this year. A…
Red Iron Doors © 2021 by Gayle Martin. All Rights Reserved. As I discussed in my earlier post, The Downtown Las Cruces Series, downtown Las Cruces, New Mexico isn’t a central business district. Rather, it’s a collection of unique mom and pop shops and restaurants. In other words, it’s a…
© 2020 vy Gayle Martin. All Rights Reserved. I moved to Las Cruces, New Mexico, in the summer of 2020. It’s an interesting little town. The people are friendly, and the lifestyle is laid back. It may be the second largest city in New Mexico, but the population is well…
© 2021 by Gayle Martin. All Rights Reserved. Sometimes good things happen when you’re doing something else. Such was the case with my downtown Phoenix series. For those who do not know, I’m a book author as well as an art photographer. I write contemporary romance novels under the pen…