Globe/Miami Arizona

anwmn1

On Dec. 23rd I made the 1 1/2 hour drive to Globe Arizona for a special Holiday Event at Besh Ba Gowah Indian Ruins. The event only started a few years ago with 30 luminaries placed around the ruin. This year there were more than 1600 luminaries!

I made it to Globe with plenty of daylight left so I wandered around looking to shoot some of the old buildings.





This bar has been around for a long time and later that night I contributed to the establishment.


Some very old buildings




Around 5pm I headed over to the ruin to get an idea of what was ahead of me.

A small ladder-


It was getting cold so a fire was started


The moon began to rise just as the sun was setting


Lots of Luminaries








Besides hot cocoa and apple cider there was also a performance by the local Apache Indians


I could have stayed for several hours but a friend was ready to call it quits. Okay - just one more shot!


On the way home I couldn't resist stopping to get some moonlight shots of some Saguaro Cactus. These are both painted with light as well.







Thanks for coming along!

Ann McRae

Thank you, Aaron. Lovely images of a tradition I wasn't aware of. Beautiful luminaries - are they filled with lights or actually with candles - amazing amount of work for a very beautiful reward.

ann

grimace

Beautiful Job!!

Panther

Wonderful Job Aaron, that must have been an amazing evening!!

Great shots!!

anwmn1

Ann McRae wrote:

Thank you, Aaron. Lovely images of a tradition I wasn't aware of. Beautiful luminaries - are they filled with lights or actually with candles - amazing amount of work for a very beautiful reward.

ann

Thanks Ann

There are actually candles in each and every bag. There were about 30 people going around lighting all of them.

I wasn't aware of this until a few weeks ago and made sure not to miss it.

anwmn1

grimace wrote:

Beautiful Job!!

Much thanks Adam

anwmn1

Panther wrote:

Wonderful Job Aaron, that must have been an amazing evening!!

Great shots!!

Thanks Craig- it was a great night.

The crowd was a pain at times (always walking into the frame) but I could have stayed for several hours. Think I will next year.

hamster

Beautiful, amazing photos. If you hadn't mentioned a crowd, I would have guessed the place was deserted! 10,11,12 are my favorites.

spechtal

Very incredible Aaron. Thank you for sharing.

stirfry

I really like the b/w conversion on the first one, but my favorite of all of these great shots has to be the one with the fire in the foreground and the ruins in the background. Love that one.

I'll have to make a note to look for this event in 2008 - looks like something not to be missed. Thanks for the preview!

anwmn1

hamster wrote:

Beautiful, amazing photos. If you hadn't mentioned a crowd, I would have guessed the place was deserted! 10,11,12 are my favorites.

Thanks Hamster-

There was about 150 people wandering around the site and walking right through my frame. If you look closely at the left window in #11 and above the wall on the left side you can see the motion blur of people.

At about 9pm when all the performances were done people started to clear out.

anwmn1

spechtal wrote:

Very incredible Aaron. Thank you for sharing.

Thank you Angela for the kind words

anwmn1

stirfry wrote:

I really like the b/w conversion on the first one, but my favorite of all of these great shots has to be the one with the fire in the foreground and the ruins in the background. Love that one.

I'll have to make a note to look for this event in 2008 - looks like something not to be missed. Thanks for the preview!

Thanks Stirfry. That shot caught a lot of peoples attention when I was taking it since I was lying in the dirt about a 1 foot behind the fire. Heard a lot of funny comments.


I hadn't heard of it until this year and was glad I made it out there. Are you in AZ?

kdog

Very cool series, Aaron!

Globe looks like a pretty funky place and is now officially on my list of place to see. The luminaries shots are awesome.

Good job on the illuminated saguaros too. Very creative.

Cheers,
-joel

anwmn1

kdog wrote:

Very cool series, Aaron!

Globe looks like a pretty funky place and is now officially on my list of place to see. The luminaries shots are awesome.

Good job on the illuminated saguaros too. Very creative.

Cheers,
-joel

Thanks Joel

Globe is on the way when you ride Hwy 77 (the old 666 highway)

a-baird-photograph

As always, incredible and great eye. I like the fire pit shot as well. I'm 6'-5" and being that low to the ground I generate comments too. I added the event to my calendar for next year. Thanks for posting!

stirfry

anwmn1 wrote:

Thanks Stirfry. That shot caught a lot of peoples attention when I was taking it since I was lying in the dirt about a 1 foot behind the fire. Heard a lot of funny comments.


I hadn't heard of it until this year and was glad I made it out there. Are you in AZ?

You know you're a true photographer when .... .

PHX is sort of our "home away from home" - we're not Snowbirds (!!) but we're out there every 2-3 months for a few weeks at a time visiting family

photocat

I have put it on my travel plan in january Aaron. Thank you so much for sharing. I will not have the luminaries, but the place in its own should be interesting enough!

anwmn1

Photocat and Stirfry -

Thanks again for the comments- if you need ideas of places to see while in Az let me know. I can send you a list