Raychel Sanner: Photographer and Filmmaker
Hold the phones, let’s break the news, I finally saw a storm in 2020 on purpose! While I doubted myself the whole way because moisture was just so bad, I still made the trek on Sunday to NE New Mexico for some proper social isolation and storm photography. Initially the sky was quite murky and […]
This was a really cool trip in every way. I found San Lorenzo Canyon by chance while browsing AllTrails. Wait, don’t you sit up at night looking at all the trails on AllTrails looking for cool, hidden finds? This canyon is located about 20-25 miles outside of Socorro in the middle of the New Mexican […]
I spent an evening in Diablo Canyon with some beautiful convective virga showers spreading overhead last night. This trip was my first to Diablo Canyon, so learning how the light would change through the sunset was a steep curve. Still, this is one of New Mexico’s countless hidden gems that make living here a completely […]
Snowscapes in Tijeras Canyon, New Mexico | 4/13/20 I am going to come clean and say the last couple of weeks have been pretty difficult for me. Over and over again I found myself worrying about things which I have absolutely no control over. This added stress caused me to have a pretty bad episode […]
Southern New Mexico just doesn’t ever really disappoint me in my travels down there. The landscape becomes much simpler as the trees of the Northern 1/2 of the state give way to pure Chihuahuan desert in the southern part of the state. This creates ample opportunity for sky captures that are incredible as well as […]
New Mexico is known as the ‘Land of Enchantment.’ That is a fitting name for this beautiful land, with the Rockies and Great Plains and Southwestern Deserts converging to create a space that’s unique in its beauty and diversity. It’s also a place that completely rekindled my love for weather and my appreciation for the […]
Um wow! Lots of photos recently to share. I promise there’s a real structure coming to this blog soon but the enduring piece will also be me just showing off my work via photos. The monsoon took a very unfortunate and dare I say it, ill timed, break — but as the calendar turned over […]
Friday evening was my unofficial (but official) return to the Plains. I’ve been trying to avoid going east so my visual work would have a more distinct feel since moving to New Mexico, but the pining of my old stomping grounds became too much. I was out of work by 3 and was able to […]
In lieu of actually photographing weather, today dry air is moving in quickly to New Mexico leading to clear skies and a slight breeze. The weather is perfect, how boring. Today I decided to challenge myself creatively. I’m used to photographing big things like storms and mountains, so getting up on a mountain at 10,000′ […]
Raychel Sanner: Photographer and Filmmaker 