Philmont Week 3

Hello! Another week at Philmont, here are some of my favorite shots--enjoy!

Philmont staff play music on Saturday, June 1 at Philmont Scout Ranch in Cimarron, N.M.

Philmont staff play music in preparation for their roles at living history camp, Pueblano, on Saturday, June 1 at Philmont Scout Ranch in Cimarron, N.M. Pueblano is an interpretive logging camp set in 1914 that also has a musical night program. 

A wrangler leads burrows down the Santa Fe trail on Friday, June 7 near Philmont Scout Ranch in Cimarron, N.M. 

Tents light up during a marketing photo shoot on Sunday, June 9 at Philmont Scout Ranch in Cimarron, N.M. 

A participant helps clean up a burrow pen at the interpretive camp, Abreu, on Monday, June 10 at Philmont Scout Ranch in Cimarron, N.M. 

Abreu, Philmont Scout Ranch. Cimarron, N.M. 

Order of the Arrow Trail Crew (OATC) participants build trails on Wednesday, June 12 at Philmont Scout Ranch in Cimarron, N.M. OATC is a two-week trek in which participants spend one week helping to build and restore trails and the other week hiking. 

OATC participants walk along the trail they are working on at Flume Canyon in Cimarron, N.M. 

John Baster of Norman, Okla. takes a picture of a forrest fire that broke out south of Philmont property on Thursday, June 13 at Philmont Scout Ranch in Cimarron, N.M. 

Participants look to see chickens at the interpretive camp, Abreu, on Monday, June 10 at Philmont Scout Ranch in Cimarron, N.M. 

Philmont Weeks One and Two

This summer I'm working at Philmont Scout Ranch in Cimarron, New Mexico as a photographer. This basically means I'm getting paid to play in one of the most beautiful places ever for the summer. Here are some of my favorite frames from my first couple weeks of work!

Philmont Staff dance in a dust storm on Wednesday, May 29 in Base Camp. The harsh drought and Philmont's efforts to conserve water have resulted in less grass and more dust. 

Philmont Wrangler James Miazza guides a  horse to be branded on Thursday, May 30 at Ranch Headquarters at Philmont Scout Ranch. The Ranch has 30-40 new horses this year, all of which needed to be branded.

Philmont backcountry staff bring out materials to build teepees for the backcountry during Living History on Sunday, June 1 at the Kit Carson Museum. 

Philmont Backcountry Warehouse Manager Blue Price teaches backcountry interpretive camp members various skills during Living History on Sunday, June 1 at the Kit Carson Museum. 

Philmont maintenance worker Kyle Graves paints a building on Tuesday, June 4 at Philmont Scout Ranch in Cimarron, N.M. 

Philmont staff play music outside the Silver Sage Staff Activities Center on Tuesday, May 28 at Philmont Scout Ranch in Cimarron, N.W. 

Wranglers brand horses on Thursday, May 30 at Philmont Scout Ranch in Cimarron, N.M.  

Wranglers brace themselves as a horse reacts to being branded on Thursday, May 30 at Ranch Headquarters at Philmont Scout Ranch in Cimarron, N.W. 

Philmont staff member Corey Mullins reaches for a frisbee on Friday, May 31 at Philmont Training Center in Cimarron, N.M. 

Philmont staff member Jonathan Coyle throws a frisbee on Friday, May 31 at the Philmont Training Center in Cimarron, N.W. 

Deer walk by the Villa Philmonte at dusk on Friday, May 31 at Philmont Scout Ranch in Cimarron, N.W. 

A deer sits by a tent on Monday, May 27 at Philmont Scout Ranch in Cimarron, N.M. 

Inside the Villa Philmonte. Cimarron, N.W. 

Adele Owen walks by a set of hats while selecting a costume on Tuesday, May 28 at Philmont Scout Ranch in Cimarron, N.M. Owen works as a character at an interpretive living history staff camp.