Mission San Cayetano de Tumacácori

The mission San Cayetano de Tumacácori is located on the east bank of the Santa Cruz River approximately 30 minutes south of the city of Tubac AZ. Sandy and I went there in hopes of photographing this historical site in infrared.
Here's as good as any place to place a technical warning. I hope to discuss the capture of and later post processing of the images as well as share samples.

The images were all captured with a Canon 1DsII that had been converted to fulltime infrared (IR) capture using a 665nm filter. The conversion was performed by Precision Camera and has given me remarkable results. The lens is a Canon 24-105mm that had been used to properly focus the camera for IR photography.

I normally use Phase One Capture One 4 Pro software to work on my medium format images before sending them to Adobe's Photoshop (CS4). I quickly learned that the very nature of fulltime IR and the white balance needed required me to use Canon's Digital Pro Professional (DPP). Shooting IR has added a step (or two) to my normal workflow however the results are well worthwhile. The filter I'm using allows me the flexibility of either false color or black and white depending on the image processed.

We'll be adding more images from the mission within the next couple days so please stay tuned.

Thank you for allowing us to share our images and as always we welcome your comments.


Don

Catalina Village Business Guide

A couple months ago Loree Dinsmore (Thunderbolt Publishing) contacted us regarding the usage of a couple of our lightning images. Loree was busy at the time getting a new website off the ground that would be a benefit to the Catalina area. For those that might not know, Catalina is a small town/village approximately 14-miles north of Tucson and very close to where we live. Catalina is also the location of Claire's Cafe and Art Gallery where we have our work showing in the back room.

Loree and Don came to a usage agreement and shortly afterwards CatalinaVilliageAZ.com was born.

We want to thank Loree for her great work and support to the community and wish her new website well. We've added a permanent link so please feel free to visit often. We'll also be adding a permanent link to Claire's just was soon as all the kinks are worked out.

Sandy & Don

Mission San Xavier del Bac

The White Dove of the Desert. The Mission sits on the land of the Tohono O'odham Indians who have protected the mission for hundreds of years. Located 10 miles southwest of Tucson, it's a short drive on Route 19 if you're headed south to Tubac or Nogales. Sandy and I stopped here yesterday and wanted to share.

Comments are always welcome!

Don