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How the Art Happens - There's a Hole in the Sky
August 06, 2024 - There's a Hole in the Sky
About nine years ago I was driving back to Crested Butte from Gunnison, Colorado. The sky...
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How the Art Happens - Autumn Gold
January 24, 2024 - Autumn Gold
After watching the aspen leaves change color for more than 30 autumns here around Crested Butte I can say...
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How the Art Happens - Fall is Looking Up
October 27, 2023 - Fall is Looking Up
In a tall, golden, aspen forest looking straight up toward the sky is a popular concept. I have ma...
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How the Art Happens - Castle Magic
October 18, 2023 - Castle Magic
The Castles are a commanding visual presence rising out of the West Elk Wilderness Area. They seem even...
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How the Art Happens - A Grove of Light
October 12, 2023 - A Grove of Light
Last week I was asked to photograph a family retreat above a ghost town. The property is a gated pri...
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How the Art Happens - The Calico Forest
September 27, 2023 - The Calico Forest
The Kebler Pass Road leading west from Crested Butte is highly regarded as one of the premiere fall...
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How the Art Happens - Crested Butte Fall Panorama
September 20, 2023 - Crested Butte Fall Panorama
Almost nine years ago, to the day, I photographed the peak of fall colors over Crested Bu...
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How the Art Happens - Ruby Owen and the Dyke
August 29, 2023 - Ruby, Owen, and the Dyke
This is one of Colorado's most iconic fall color photographs. That's probably why it's never...
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How the Art Happens - A Ghost of Summer
March 15, 2023 - A Ghost of Summer
It was late October and I was enjoying breakfast at the counter of Paradise Cafe in downtown Creste...
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How the Art Happens - Belleview Mountain Panorama
February 23, 2023 - Belleview Mountain Panorama
Ansel Adams is quoted as saying "A good photograph is largely about where you stand". Thi...
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How the Art Happens - Fire in the Grove
February 15, 2023 - Fire in the Grove
It seems every autumn brings unique compositions for fall-color photos. All I have to do is keep my...
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How the Art Happens - Kaleidoscope Gulch
October 26, 2021 - Kaleidoscope Gulch
Some mornings I look out the window and wonder if it's going to be worth getting out of bed. It wa...
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How the Art Happens - Autumn Glory
October 21, 2021 - Autumn Glory
Fall is my very favorite time of year. It's usually colorful, warm, and not as busy as the summer season...
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How the Art Happens - Autumn Reds
September 26, 2021 - How the Art Happens - Autumn Reds
Every year about this time there are a few patches of aspen leaves that turn anywhe...
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How the Art Happens - Sunset at the Dike
May 19, 2021 - Sunset at the Dike
The West Elk Loop scenic drive offers lots of opportunities for great landscape photos. This overloo...
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How the Art Happens - Crystal Mill Colors
October 14, 2020 - Crystal Mill Colors
A few years ago after most of the leaves had fallen from the trees near my home I decided to make...
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How the Art Happens - Autumn Impressions
October 07, 2020 - Autumn Impressions
I have always enjoyed the art created by the impressionist painters. I recently learned that many...
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How the Art Happens - Aspenshine
September 09, 2020 - Aspenshine
I am fortunate to live in an area favored by many of the world's best artists for capturing fall foliage....
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How the Art Happens - Colorful Castles
September 02, 2020 - Colorful Castles
As summertime starts to wane in the higher elevations of Colorado, we all are beginning to wonder wh...
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How the Art Happens - East River Magic
August 17, 2020 - East River Magic
by Dusty Demerson
Some scenes just capture your soul. The meanders of the East River near my home i...
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How the Art Happens - Crested Butte Cottonwood Colors
June 24, 2020 - Crested Butte Cottonwood Colors
Most of my best photographs for the past 10 years or so have been somewhat planned. S...
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How the Art Happens - Half Dome Sunset
April 29, 2020 - Half Dome Sunset
Many years ago, I found myself in Yosemite National Park in early November. I had spent a few days d...
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How the Art Happens - Mystical Canyon Light
March 11, 2020 - Mystical Canyon Light
Several years ago I decided I needed to visit the North Rim of the Grand Canyon in search of th...
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How the Art Happens - Red Lady Glow
January 15, 2020 - Red Lady Glow
Autumn is beautiful up here in the mountains of western Colorado. The aspen groves around Crested Butte...
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How the Art Happens - East River Red
November 13, 2019 - East River Red
This small but beautiful river meanders through a valley just a few miles from my home. I spend lots o...
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How the Art Happens - The Calico Forest
October 30, 2019 - The Calico Forest
Fall is my favorite season. I'm especially drawn to the warm hues and warm temperatures that usuall...
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How the Art Happens - The Gold Spot
October 16, 2019 - The Gold Spot
Our fall color is over for this season. It was late in arriving and didn't seem to last very long this...
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How the Art Happens - At the Edge of Autumn
October 09, 2019 - At the Edge of Autumn
Most of us photographers like to make our photos on the edges. Sunset and sunrise are the edges...
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How the Art Happens - Early Snow on East Beckwith Mountain
October 02, 2019 - Early Snow on East Beckwith Mountain
Did you ever have one of those days that you just had to get outside and go for...
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How the Art Happens - Aspen Bisque
September 18, 2019 - Aspen Bisque
About a year ago a friend from New York City was in town and we went out to make some pictures of our fa...
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How the Art Happens - The Base of the Butte
September 11, 2019 - The Base of the Butte
Our fall colors seem to be happening a little late this year. I'm hoping that when the leaves d...
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How the Art Happens - Fixer Upper
September 04, 2019 - Fixer Upper
I travel by this old, abandoned cabin several times each week. I have photographed it many times, in ever...
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How the Art Happens - Fire on the Mountain
August 14, 2019 - Fire on the Mountain
I hear that our planet is warming up. From personal observation, living up in the Colorado Rocky...
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How the Art Happens . Christmas in Autumn
June 19, 2019 - Christmas in Autumn
Contrasts have become a theme in my photography. Whether it's a shadow on white snow, a warm color...
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How the Art Happens - Reflecting on West Beckwith
May 29, 2019 - Reflecting on West Beckwith Mountain
About twelve years ago I started teaching photography workshops and leading photo...
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5 Must-See Places for Crested Butte Fall Color
September 24, 2015 - Local pro photographers never miss these locations during the fabulous fall color extravaganza around Crested Butte, Col...
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Photographing Transitional Seasons
November 11, 2013 - by Dusty Demerson, photographer
I love photographing fall colors. It’s my favorite time of year. The vibrancy of yellow...
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Half Dome From the Other Side
August 10, 2013 - On Playing Nice and Getting Lucky Sunset light provides a golden glow from snow and Ice on Half Dome in Yosemite Nationa...
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There’s a Touch of Fall in the Air
June 06, 2013 - Christmas in Autumn
After last week’s dismal entry into autumn, this week promises more seasonal temperatures and sunsh...
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Crested Butte Photo Workshops Announce Colorado Fall Colors Workshop for 2011
June 06, 2013 - Intense Fall Colors Near Kebler Pass, Colorado
J. C. Leacock and I are once again pleased to offer our popular Colorado...
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Mother Nature is a Fickle Woman
June 06, 2013 - Rainbow and Lightning
Mother nature can be a fickle woman. (I hope she’s not listening) She doesn’t always give us what...
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Autumn Winds
June 06, 2013 - For years I’ve been experimenting with “shooting the breeze”. You know, capturing the effects of wind on a two dimension...
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Sunset Solitude
June 06, 2013 - Muted autumn colors capture beautiful sunset light. As autumn’s colors start to fade and those of us who live in the “hi...
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Red Sunrise on the East River (Colorado)
June 06, 2013 - Autumn Clouds Reflect Red in the East River at Sunrise With our autumn colors now mostly a drab brown (with patches of w...
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Asymmetrical Convergence
June 06, 2013 - Makes you kind of dizzy huh?
Looking up through a wide angle lens into an Aspen forest can make you dizzy. But you shou...
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The Road Less Traveled
June 06, 2013 - Snow Covered Beckwith Mountains in Western Colorado (click for a larger view)
This week’s photograph, The Road Less T...
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Praying for Clouds
June 06, 2013 - A dry summer has let to a dry fall here in the Colorado high country. I hadn’t really thought about how much I appreciat...
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It’s Looking a Lot Like Autumn Around Here
June 06, 2013 - What a difference a week can make on the Colorado landscape. Last week we were wondering if the trees were sick or somet...
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