This trip, although very tiring, was a blast! My partner in crime (Roland) and I went for an extended weekend down to White Sands, NM in or for me to build up my portfolio. It was only about a 5 hour drive, and we had plenty of shots to take on the way down. The Cottonwood trees were turning colors and about to drop all of thier leaves while we were down there, so I am thankful we went when we did. 
Of course, we had to be crazy, so after a day of shooting Roland decided to teach me how to jump dunes. Maybe I asked him... I'll just put the blame on him. : ) Of course, I landed right on my rump and bruised my tailbone. All I could do was laugh, because that is typical of me. I think that the coolest part of the trip for me was during the night that we spent there. We decided to go out and walk around in the dunes, because of things that we were wanting to find out about. I had my gps, set a mark on our camp, and off we went. Now, if you have never been there, there is not many living things there. In fact, there is nothing really alive in that area. It was so quite our ears were ringing. And when we were walking on the dunes without our headlamps on, with a sky full of stars, we felt like we were walking on the moon. It was the wierdest feeling in the world.
With many pictures in mind, I went to the park actually very nervous that I would not get a single shot. I praise God that I got them. Some pictures being focused on form and others being focused on light, I left there satisfied with the images that I captured.
