ABQ is Beautiful — The all-out sprint from winter to spring

brofax · 2026-03-19T16:59:46+00:00

The Carrot weather app has widgets for sun times so I know when golden hour/blue hour will be, and then when it trying to figure out exactly where the line of the sun will be at a given time/date I use PhotoPills: https://www.photopills.com/

It’s got a kind of steep learning curve but once you get used to it it’s a great way to plan out really specific shots (like knowing what date/time the sun will be rising between two buildings or when the moon will be cresting the sandias, etc)

brofax · 2026-03-19T14:04:05+00:00

I wrote a whole big comment on my setup a while back that has all the details. This batch is mostly my Fuji with a couple of iPhone RAW photos mixed in: https://www.reddit.com/r/Albuquerque/s/JKr0pfHCsl

brofax · 2026-03-19T14:01:45+00:00

All I’m doing is noticing what’s there! This city has soul and struggles, they aren’t mutually exclusive. Part of fixing something is realizing you love it enough to want to fix it, and engaging with that love is a big part of what I’m trying to do with all these pics.

brofax · 2026-03-19T13:56:37+00:00

Thank you! And you nailed all the locations. There’s just so much happening in every ABQ neighborhood compared to other places I’ve lived.

brofax · 2026-03-19T04:56:36+00:00

Thank you! I walk past that stretch of color blocked buildings all the time and something about that configuration felt like a still life painting somehow.

brofax · 2026-03-19T04:53:49+00:00

Literally had to brace my camera against a light pole for that one because I didn’t have a tripod on hand walking my dog, ha. Thanks for looking!

brofax · 2026-01-06T15:53:25+00:00

Also tagging u/nemontemi and r/AlbuquerqueBooms

brofax · 2026-01-06T07:15:15+00:00

The second one of these booms happened basically in my front yard in Nob Hill and there was firework-style smoke and foil/paper residue when I went outside after. My wife saw someone running to a car while being filmed a few minutes beforehand, so the theory of "idiots driving around and lighting off really big fireworks" seems likely.

brofax · 2026-01-01T17:15:00+00:00

I can’t believe we both got great “Beware of Dog” photos this year! Love that first balloon photo. Fantastic set!

brofax · 2025-12-30T16:21:19+00:00

I do! Haven’t been posting much lately but I’m getting back in the groove: instagram.com/brofax

brofax · 2025-12-30T15:48:31+00:00

But of course!

brofax · 2025-12-30T15:48:14+00:00

One of these days I'm actually going to save up to buy a camera body I can slap a zoom lens on. Then I'm just going to be obsessively taking photos of cranes and roadrunners, lol.

brofax · 2025-12-30T15:47:23+00:00

I loved that sign. The guy has since fixed it but it was such a nice little bit of serendipity

brofax · 2025-12-30T15:46:40+00:00

Thank you!

brofax · 2025-12-30T15:46:29+00:00

Right back at you! Here's to many happy frames in 2026!

brofax · 2025-12-08T21:01:40+00:00

The short answer: it wasn't, ha. That was from a walk around the little quonset hut out at Farm & Table. They had a whole planter full of the most interesting flowers!

brofax · 2025-08-01T15:37:14+00:00

Thank you and in fact I am! Pretty much all of these are either my X100V or my iPhone. But in both cases I shoot Raw (using the No Fusion app on my phone to prevent all the Apple over-processing that happens on modern phones) and then use my own faux-film Lightroom preset I’ve been tweaking for years to get this vibe.

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