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  • Santa Cruz del Quiché

    Santa Cruz del Quiché

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    Santa Cruz Del Quiché

    A Modern Mayan City

    Originally founded in the fifteenth century as the K’iche’ capital of K’umarcaaj Santa Cruz del Quiché was one of the first major cities and department heads of Guatemala. The city lies in the southwestern Chuacús Mountains at an elevation of 6,631 feet (2,021m). The town also functions as a market center for the Indian villages in the vicinity.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”4189″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” style=”vc_box_border” onclick=”link_image” css_animation=”none” css=”.vc_custom_1554179109744{margin-top: 20px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_column_text]

    I was in Quiché for Día Internacional de los Trabajadores – Joining the Escarabajos Cycling club for an epic in the mountains above the city.  Luckily I didn’t spend all my time taking pictures of mountain biking as this small city has so much to offer!

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    [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content_no_spaces” content_placement=”top” css=”.vc_custom_1493092617192{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;background-color: #383838 !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1493254182379{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;background-color: #232323 !important;}” offset=”vc_col-lg-offset-2 vc_col-lg-8 vc_col-md-offset-1 vc_col-md-10 vc_col-xs-12″][vc_custom_heading text=”Video:” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:35|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff” google_fonts=”font_family:Exo%3A100%2C100italic%2C200%2C200italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C500%2C500italic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:900%20bold%20regular%3A900%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1494452359209{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;}”][rev_slider_vc alias=”quiche-embed-video”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content_no_spaces” content_placement=”top” css=”.vc_custom_1493092617192{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;background-color: #383838 !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1493254182379{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;background-color: #232323 !important;}” offset=”vc_col-lg-offset-2 vc_col-lg-8 vc_col-md-offset-1 vc_col-md-10 vc_col-xs-12″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1494437537370{padding-left: 20px !important;}”]Sights and sounds abound in the markets of Quiché – Watch Full Video on Youtube
    [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content_no_spaces” content_placement=”top” css=”.vc_custom_1493229127906{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;background-color: #383838 !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1493314217113{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}” offset=”vc_col-lg-offset-2 vc_col-lg-8 vc_col-md-offset-1 vc_col-md-10 vc_col-xs-12″][vc_single_image image=”4202″ img_size=”full” onclick=”link_image” css_animation=”none” css=”.vc_custom_1554179261125{padding-top: 5px !important;padding-right: 5px !important;padding-left: 5px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1494450430914{padding-right: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;}”]Main square and Catedral de la Santa Cruz del Quiché [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content_no_spaces” equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”top” css=”.vc_custom_1493316115647{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;background-color: #383838 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″ offset=”vc_col-lg-offset-2 vc_col-lg-4 vc_col-md-offset-1 vc_col-md-5 vc_col-sm-offset-0 vc_col-xs-12″ css=”.vc_custom_1554178866754{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;}” el_class=”lightc”][vc_column_text]

    Aerial Photography

    Flying around the Quiché by drone it’s hard to get an idea of just how much is going on looking at my small cell phone screen for reference. When piloting you are hastily trying to find and frame shots within a limited time frame.  The real surprise is developing the images later- seeing the detail in the buildings and just how vibrant Guatemala is from the Air.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1554178882033{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;}” offset=”vc_col-lg-4 vc_col-md-5″ el_class=”lightc”][vc_column_text]The city is a blend of 400+ year old buildings, ruins and modern shopping malls. The classic adobe roofing forms a patchwork with rusted tin panels as well as the brightly painted facades of the buildings

    For me it’s one thing to get to know an area by foot – but an aerial perspective reveals the density and inter-relationship of a place. Especially these dense cities of Latin America.

    -Brendan

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  • Colorado Fall Aerial

    Colorado Fall Aerial

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    In the meantime I was staying with an old friend in Lakewood a suburb outside of Golden. After three years living in the front range and two years away abroad it was amazing to return and see how much development has occurred in just a brief amount of time.

    The suburbs had melded together – new housing developments breached the open prairie that previously defined city limits. The entire Denver metropolitan area seems expanding with the same boundless fervor that is common for so many American megalopolis’ sprawling in an urban chain from Berthud all the way south to  Colorado Springs.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”3738″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” style=”vc_box_border” onclick=”custom_link” css_animation=”top-to-bottom” css=”.vc_custom_1493103908355{margin-top: 20px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;}” link=”https://www.picsporadic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/web_gopr8907-pano-edit.jpg”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″ css=”.vc_custom_1490866556777{background-color: #232323 !important;}” offset=”vc_col-lg-3 vc_col-md-3 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content_no_spaces” content_placement=”top” css=”.vc_custom_1493092617192{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;background-color: #383838 !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1493092586674{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;background-color: #232323 !important;}” offset=”vc_col-lg-offset-2 vc_col-lg-8 vc_col-md-offset-1 vc_col-md-9 vc_col-xs-12″][rev_slider_vc alias=”solterra-development”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content_no_spaces” equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”middle” css=”.vc_custom_1490866456532{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;background-color: #383838 !important;}”][vc_column offset=”vc_col-lg-offset-2 vc_col-lg-5 vc_col-md-offset-1 vc_col-md-6 vc_col-sm-offset-0 vc_col-xs-12″ css=”.vc_custom_1493103890844{padding-top: 40px !important;padding-right: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #232323 !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”Red Rocks Amphitheatre” font_container=”tag:h1|font_size:30px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:40px” el_class=”white”][vc_column_text el_class=”white”]The only time I had visited the Red Rocks Amphitheatere was for work during a load out for the String Cheese Incident – I remember there was a late season storm and the semi-trucks struggled up the steep slope to the loading dock – Red Rocks is nefarious among bands as one of the worst load-ins in the west.

    Looking at the map I noticed just how close the Amphitheatere was to where I was staying . So I made a plan to capture it with the drone. The next day I woke before sunrise – threw my 3DR Solo in its backpack and rode my cyclocross bike 10mi to Morrison in the cold October morning breaking a sweat anxious to get the shot. The exciting part about sunrise photo shoots is you never know exactly what you are going to get.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”3800″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” style=”vc_box_border” onclick=”link_image” css_animation=”top-to-bottom” css=”.vc_custom_1493130152569{margin-top: 20px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_column_text el_class=”white”]I setup the drone on the opposite valley and few over to the site to catch some photos of the Amphitheatere. There was a surprising number of people there climbing around the stairs setting up to watch the sunrise. I used the opportunity to frame some shots and plan my flight pattern.

    On my second battery I flew up to the ridge separating the Morrison valley from the front range – the sun poured over the cresting mesa catching the morning clouds. The sky behind the Amphitheatere exploded in nuclear color. The thing about Colorado is just when you think the sunrise is over – bam! It gives you more and more![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″ css=”.vc_custom_1490866556777{background-color: #232323 !important;}” offset=”vc_col-lg-3 vc_col-md-3 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content_no_spaces” content_placement=”top” css=”.vc_custom_1493092617192{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;background-color: #383838 !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1493092586674{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;background-color: #232323 !important;}” offset=”vc_col-lg-offset-2 vc_col-lg-8 vc_col-md-offset-1 vc_col-md-9 vc_col-xs-12″][vc_custom_heading text=”Video:” font_container=”tag:h1|font_size:30px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:40px” el_class=”white” css=”.vc_custom_1493098337607{padding-left: 20px !important;}”][rev_slider_vc alias=”red-rocks-video”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1493099470971{padding-top: 5px !important;padding-right: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;}”]“10/26 Red Rocks Amphitheater Aerial Sunrise” by PICSPORADIC – Watch on YouTube – Make sure to like and subscribe![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content_no_spaces” equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”middle” css=”.vc_custom_1490866456532{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;background-color: #383838 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/4″ css=”.vc_custom_1493129861877{background-color: #232323 !important;}” offset=”vc_col-lg-offset-2 vc_col-lg-3 vc_col-md-offset-1 vc_col-md-3 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs”][/vc_column][vc_column offset=”vc_col-lg-offset-0 vc_col-lg-5 vc_col-md-offset-0 vc_col-md-6 vc_col-sm-offset-0 vc_col-xs-12″ css=”.vc_custom_1493129822265{padding-top: 40px !important;padding-right: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #232323 !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”Table Mountain Golden, CO” font_container=”tag:h1|font_size:30px|text_align:right|color:%23ffffff|line_height:40px” el_class=”white”][vc_column_text el_class=”white”]With our date of departure to Peru growing ever near we started to spend more time working on the bikes, getting them ready for the big expedition.

    A lot of that time was spent at Pedal Pushers Cyclery  in Golden Colorado. Liz had recently gotten a new Scott Spark RC bike from Scott for the trip and we were putting it through its measures at the shop – with a full conversion kit from XC race machine to long distance bikepacking rig.

    Luckily I found some time to do some droning and experienced first hand why they call it Golden.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”3736″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_border” onclick=”link_image” css_animation=”top-to-bottom” css=”.vc_custom_1493130749581{margin-top: 20px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_column_text el_class=”white”]Table mountain presides over golden hosting a variety of single pitch sport climbing along its cliff band. The most distinctive feature of the mesa is its nearly flat cap that is formed by ancient lava flows. I have spent many times at it’s crag drinking beer whist admiring the monstrosity of the Coors brewing plant below.

    For this shot I wanted to time it with the last light of day – the final ray of light hitting a few hikers perched atop the mesa.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content_no_spaces” css=”.vc_custom_1490866307880{background-color: #383838 !important;}”][vc_column width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-lg-offset-2 vc_col-lg-8 vc_col-md-offset-1 vc_col-md-9 vc_col-sm-offset-1 vc_col-xs-12″ css=”.vc_custom_1490866348013{padding: 20px !important;background-color: #232323 !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”3722″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” style=”vc_box_border” onclick=”img_link_large” css_animation=”top-to-bottom” css=”.vc_custom_1493107479916{margin-top: 20px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content_no_spaces” css=”.vc_custom_1490866307880{background-color: #383838 !important;}”][vc_column width=”3/4″ offset=”vc_col-lg-offset-2 vc_col-lg-8 vc_col-md-offset-1 vc_col-md-9 vc_col-sm-offset-1 vc_col-xs-12″ css=”.vc_custom_1490866348013{padding: 20px !important;background-color: #232323 !important;}”][vc_text_separator title=”Gallery” title_align=”separator_align_left” el_class=”gallery”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1493107366254{background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.01) !important;*background-color: rgb(0,0,0) !important;}”]

    [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content” equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”top” css=”.vc_custom_1493131009854{margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-top-width: 5px !important;border-bottom-width: 4px !important;padding-bottom: 4px !important;background-color: #383838 !important;border-top-color: #777777 !important;border-bottom-color: #777777 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_col-lg-offset-2 vc_col-lg-2 vc_col-md-offset-0 vc_col-md-3 vc_col-xs-5″ css=”.vc_custom_1493130893441{margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;background-color: #232323 !important;}”][vc_column_text]Published: [date] by PICSPORADIC [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″ offset=”vc_col-lg-3 vc_hidden-md vc_col-xs-2″ css=”.vc_custom_1493130931896{background-color: #232323 !important;}”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/12″ offset=”vc_col-xs-3″ css=”.vc_custom_1493130942451{margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;background-color: #232323 !important;}”][vc_facebook type=”button_count” css=”.vc_custom_1490816047681{margin-top: 4px !important;}”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/12″ offset=”vc_col-xs-2″ css=”.vc_custom_1493131255091{margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;background-color: #232323 !important;}”][vc_googleplus annotation=”none” css=”.vc_custom_1490816144508{margin-top: 2px !important;}”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/12″ offset=”vc_col-xs-12″ css=”.vc_custom_1493130965656{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 4px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;background-color: #232323 !important;}”][vc_column_text][comments][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

  • Aerial Photography

    Aerial Photography

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    A collection of imagery taken from the sky

    [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content_no_spaces” content_placement=”top” css=”.vc_custom_1471112180184{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1471465164273{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;}” offset=”vc_col-lg-offset-1 vc_col-lg-4 vc_col-md-offset-0 vc_col-md-6″][vc_custom_heading text=”Photos above the earth” google_fonts=”font_family:Exo%3A100%2C100italic%2C200%2C200italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C500%2C500italic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal”][vc_column_text css_animation=”left-to-right”]In the summer of 2016 I got my first drone: a Solo by 3D Robotics. After a few unfateful first flights including several crashes – I began using it in production for action sports and videography. Where I missed the opportunity was with photos that I could take with this drone.

    The drone picks up where the traditional photographer is limited – (usually around 6′ ) extending the perspective beyond the earthly realm. Drones afford the photographer limitless opportunities to see the world in new ways.

    Through digital blending I have developed a unique technique of stitching together enormous panoramas (oftentimes from around 20 photos)  to showcase landscapes and the human world in rich detail from above.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″ offset=”vc_col-lg-6 vc_col-md-6 vc_col-xs-12″ css=”.vc_custom_1471552288521{padding-right: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”1836″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” onclick=”link_image” css=”.vc_custom_1473137328620{margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1473139859402{margin-top: 5px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: 10px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”]

    The 3DR Solo cruising above land, air and sky in Northern Vermont

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    Sunset over Lamoille County, Vermont as seen from the fire tower on Mt. Elmore.

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    180deg View above my house in East Burke, Vermont
     

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