Postcards from New Mexico

Earlier in October, I flew down to New Mexico for my grandpa’s 90th birthday. Again, not a photography trip, but I threw in my X-T5 just in case and I’m very glad I did. We woke up (very) early one morning and drove over to the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta—an event that I was aware of, but didn’t really know much about.

It ended up being way more interesting than I’d expected and I’m so glad I had a camera with me. More than 500 giant hot air balloons all taking off from the same spot and spectators were just allowed to wander freely throughout the field. You can see a behind-the-scenes video here, and a bunch of photos below: