Walden Colorao Leaf Peepin Baby Onesie

It’s leaf peepin season again and where better to do it in this part of the country than in Colorful Colorado! Hit the western slope of the Rocky Mountains near Walden and your eyes will see fall beauty. Walden is located in the North Park area west of the Continental Divide in the northwest corner of the state. Git Some!

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Image copyright 2023 Jon Burch Photography

Photography is all about using light to capture the emotion and beauty of a fleeting moment. For me, this adventure began with a single spring image using a small Kodak film camera of a freshly watered central Kansas ditch and has come full circle using modern digital techniques. My first camera was acquired by trading an ancient Royal typewriter to a fellow college student who was desperate to finish a term paper. It was a long time ago and that camera was my passport to an art that has fascinated me ever since. I owned and operated a professional studio in central Kansas for 20 years and moved to Colorado in 1994. Part of the studio's early success came from creating outdoor portraiture using controlled lighting...