“we’re all just vessels for the words to fill.” Empty Vessels - Nick Urata, Devotchka

Nature can usually erase the scars of most man-made calamities, much like a river is renewed each spring. So what analogy do we draw from this small piece of history, other than time allows us to heal and look whole? Or maybe that ever changing currents bring both sorrow and joy? Or maybe the worst of our pain is our own to bear, that a calamity, though distant and so quiet to others, can stop us in our tracks and leave wrenching scars that take close examination to see and will always change to course of events for those involved.

Matthew LandonMarch 25, 2021Comment

Year Four

“But when I understand that this glass is already broken, every minute with it is precious.”

- a buddhist anecdote on impermanence and the fleeting nature of our days.

Anatomy of a Composition - Rabbit Ears Winter Night

Getting to the western side of the Pass I found this composition - a large snow field, surrounded by pine trees, with the top of a high ridge off in the distance, but best of all, the North Star was clearly visible high in the sky above the whole setting. The challenge was that this spot is right along the road, with no real shoulder to safely park in. This would mean parking a distance away, and then standing next to the camera while it recorded the scene, 500 frames in total, or leaving the camera setting by itself on a cold winter night, along the highway, a lone witness to the traversing night sky.

Anatomy of a Composition - Revisits

One of the interesting aspects of revisiting a site is seeing the change that takes place year in and year out. Somewhere in the past two years what was a twin Cottonwood now stands alone, it’s partner having lost its battle to time and the elements.

Anatomy of a Composition - Revisits ISO 100 | f/11 | 1/160 sec.

Colorado, Winter, LandscapeMatthew LandonMarch 7, 2021Steamboat Springs, sonyalpha, sunset, Sleeping Giant, Rocky Mountains, Colorado, Sony, gmaster, 16-35GM, WinterComment

Anatomy of a Composition - A Deafening Silence

This small well shed lays in the middle of a huge hay field in the upper Yampa River valley. There isn’t a home within a 2-mile radius of it, and when heavier snow falls occur, the banks of blown snot will reach the eave of the shed. This winter the snow has quite done what was expected, and even though there was new snow falling, this shed will most likely stand out for the remainder of the winter like it is. This day, in between a few blustery furries, the silence fell around the scene - and sitting out in the open field it is easy to image how deafening that silence can be.

Anatomy of a Composition - a deafening silence - ISO 100 | F/5.6 | 1/4000 sec. - Sony a7iii - Sony FE 200600G

Landscape, Winter, ColoradoMatthew LandonMarch 3, 2021winterscapes, snow, Steamboat Springs, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, sonyalphaComment

Anatomy of a Composition - Reset

Colorado, Winter, Landscape, Black & WhiteMatthew LandonFebruary 28, 2021Steamboat Springs, winterscapes, Elk River, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, Winter, Sony, sonya, bealphaComment

February Fog - 2021

Landscape, Colorado, time-lapseMatthew LandonFebruary 21, 2021time-lapse, Colorado, Sony, Rocky Mountains, Denver, inversion, sunrise Comments

A Year of Milky Way - 2020

astrophotography, Colorado, time-lapseMatthew LandonFebruary 15, 2021astrophotography, time-lapse, nightscape, milky way, NEOWISE, Sony, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, sonyalpha, bealphaComment

Anatomy of a Composition - Overhead

Winter, Landscape, ColoradoMatthew LandonFebruary 7, 2021gore range, black & white, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, sonyalphaComment

Anatomy of a Composition - A Mystic Dawn

Landscape, Colorado, Rocky MountainsMatthew LandonFebruary 4, 2021Continental Divide, Mt. Princeton, Collegiate Peaks, sunrise, Buena Vista, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, Winter, Sony, sonyalpha, 24-105GComment

Anatomy of a Composition - Fenced, and Wild

A bright and beautiful blue afternoon in the Wet Mountain Valley, with winter snow dressing the Sangre de Cristo peaks, afforded the perfect opportunity to slow down, set up the tripod, and capture the multiple images necessary for a set of grand panoramas. The evening gave way to high, fast moving cirrus clouds, and the ragged old fence line balanced perfectly with the South Colony peaks. The finishing touch was the finally rays of the sun of the day.

Anatomy of a Composition - Oh, they Slumber

Landscape, Black & White, Colorado, WinterMatthew LandonJanuary 28, 2021aspens, winterscapes, landscape, Colorado, gore range, gmaster, Rocky Mountains, snow, 135GM, Sony, sonyalphaComment

Anatomy of a Composition - A Gore Range Testament

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Anatomy of a Composition - January 3rd

This is also the day that I marked my 33rd year living in Colorado - I had just driven across the country, through the middle of a cold January night, with my brother Steve when I woke up to my first Rocky Mountain Morning. I’d never been west of the Mississippi yet made the rash decision to take some time off from college and see what else there was to do. I thought I’d spend a few months, then continue on further west, both Portland and Seattle had strong appeal to me at the time. But over the course of the first few months something changed - to this day I really don’t know what, but something did.

Now, I’ve spent my entire adulthood, raised a family, had a career, and wondering what will unfold in this next half of life?

2020 - Review

Matthew LandonJanuary 8, 2021 Comment

Anatomy of a Year - 2020

With so many ups and downs, as with everyone, 2020 is a really difficult year to reconcile with. Photography continued to provide an outlet and a challenge, with so many incredible moments, it’s nearly impossible to distill them in to a single much less a few favorite images. As always to quest to be more aware of opportunities and to be more in tune to my surroundings helped me to make the most of the images that were presented.

Landscape, Black & White, ColoradoMatthew LandonJanuary 1, 2021Buena Vista, Salida, Aspen Ridge, black & white, snow, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, Sony, gmaster, sonyalpha, 135GMComment

Anatomy of a Composition - a great conjunction

With so many ups and downs, as with everyone, 2020 is a really difficult year to reconcile with. Photography continued to provide an outlet and a challenge, with so many incredible moments, it’s nearly impossible to distill them in to a single much less a few favorite images. As always to quest to be more aware of opportunities and to be more in tune to my surroundings helped me to make the most of the images that were presented.

Matthew LandonDecember 26, 2020Comment

Anatomy of a Composition: Oh, Christmas Tree?!

As always, thank you for your kind words and for following along on the journey. Also, I have only a few 2021 📆 left to sell - see link in my bio if you would like one of them! I’ll get them mailed in time for the 1st of January, otherwise they are going out as gifts to friends and family!

Matthew LandonDecember 21, 2020Comment

Anatomy of a Composition - Corralled, Not Tamed

As always, thank you for your kind words and for following along on the journey. Also, I have only a few 2021 📆 left to sell - see link in my bio if you would like one of them!

Matthew LandonDecember 12, 2020Comment

Anatomy of a Composition - Quiet Calamity

Nature has mostly erased the scars of the crash sight itself, just like the river is renewed each spring. So what analogy do we draw from this small piece of history, other than time allows us to heal and look whole?

Matthew LandonNovember 27, 2020Comment

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