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Colorado-based Nikon landscape photographer often exploring the American West in the Five Billion Star Hotel, a Mitsubishi Delica L300 4x4.
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Offering traditional prints on metal, acrylic, canvas & more. www.JasonFazioPhotography.com About Me: www.JasonFazioPhotography.com/about

09/03/2026

𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗺𝗻 𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟳 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝗣𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿? 🍂

Some scenes don't ask for dramatic skies or towering mountains.

Sometimes it's simply an old cabin tucked quietly among glowing aspens, surrounded by a sea of golden grasses. The kind of place that feels like it has watched countless autumns come and go.

Today I'm trying a little experiment, too.

Facebook allows only a couple of posts each month with an external link before it begins limiting them. I'm curious to see how much reach this post receives compared to the others.

If this image were hanging on your wall for an entire month, would you give it a spot in the calendar?

I'd love to hear your thoughts before the voting closes.

You can help choose the final photographs for the 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟳 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝗣𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿 by voting here: 👇

www.JasonFazioPhotography.com/2027-calendar-candidates

I'm looking forward to seeing which images rise to the top.

09/02/2026

𝗦𝗲𝗲 ’𝗲𝗺 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻.

A pair of tire tracks through tall summer grass, heading straight toward Pikes Peak.

Nothing particularly complicated about this one.

Except you can't make this photograph anymore.

The land is being developed.

I have a running 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁-𝗢-𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀-𝗧𝗼-𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘁 filled with compositions I've noticed, imagined, scouted, or told myself I'd get back to when the conditions were right.

More and more of them are disappearing before I do.

Trees grow. Buildings go up. Roads change. Fences appear. Access disappears. Fires happen. Open land becomes something else.

Sometimes you don't realize you're photographing something for the last time until long after you've packed up the camera.

I'm glad I didn't wait on this one.

This photograph is a 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 for my 2027 Landscape Photography Calendar.

Does it deserve one of the twelve spots?

𝗦𝗲𝗲 '𝗲𝗺 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻.
𝗩𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻.

Voting is underway, and the calendar pre-sale is open through September.

𝐽𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛𝐹𝑎𝑧𝑖𝑜𝑃ℎ𝑜𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑝ℎ𝑦𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑐𝑜𝑚/𝐶𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑠

And maybe there's a larger reminder buried in this photograph:

If there's somewhere you've been meaning to go...

𝗚𝗼.

09/02/2026

Pay to Play... 🙄

09/01/2026

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗺

Sometimes I put photographs into my calendar vote knowing perfectly well they're probably going to lose.

This is one of them.

I included this photograph last year. It didn't get much love.

So naturally, I brought it back. 😂

I'll concede that it isn't much of a traditional landscape photograph. It's tight. There isn't some enormous mountain vista stretching toward the horizon.

But I love this image for an entirely different reason:

𝗣𝗵𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗰𝘀.

This is a single exposure.

Look at the water on either side of the fallen log.

On one side, the breeze has transferred its energy into the pond, breaking the reflected autumn color into hundreds of little ripples.

On the other, glass.

My assumption is that the log was acting as a tiny windbreak, sheltering the water immediately behind it and allowing that nearly perfect reflection to form.

Same pond.
Same moment.
Separated by one old log.

One side gets the energy.

The other gets the reflection.

And apparently I'm enough of a nerd that this makes me ridiculously happy.

So, knowing what's actually happening in the photograph...

𝗗𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂?

Or is this poor thing headed for another year near the bottom of the calendar vote? 😂

You can compare The Conservation of Calm, aka Autumn's Physics, with the rest of the 2027 calendar candidates at:

𝐽𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛𝐹𝑎𝑧𝑖𝑜𝑃ℎ𝑜𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑝ℎ𝑦𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑐𝑜𝑚/𝐶𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑠

And yes, you can vote for the pretty mountain pictures instead. I'll try not to take it personally. 🤓

09/01/2026

𝗜 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮 𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁.

I have delivered.

Seven years ago, I wrote a blog called Social Media & The 10% Rule. The basic idea was simple: spend less time building someone else's platform and more time building something you actually own.

Fast-forward to 2026.

Facebook put me in jail for three months after a failed verification attempt. My reach has tanked. My Wall barely resembles the place I originally signed up for. Obvious AI-generated nonsense flourishes while actual creators fight for visibility.

And now Facebook would like me to pay monthly for the privilege of giving you a clickable hyperlink to my own website.

😂

So I went back and reread what I wrote in 2019.

Turns out, that guy had a point.

Today's rant is Social Media & The 10% Rule: Seven Years Later.

And because Facebook won't let me make this next part clickable without paying them, you're going to have to kick it old school:

𝗝𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗙𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗼𝗣𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆.𝗰𝗼𝗺

Look for the newest blog.

See what I did there?

I'm using Facebook to point you toward something I actually own.

Maybe I'm finally learning how this 10% thing works.

09/01/2026

𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆.

And the light doesn't particularly care.

I'm not sure how (IG) feels about this habit of mine, but sometimes I find myself roaming the countryside for miles and hours without much of a plan.

On this particular late afternoon, I spotted a thunderstorm building in the distance.

It looked promising.

There was just one problem.

I needed something to put in front of it.

I started running through locations in my head. Eventually, I thought of this old windmill.

Perfect direction. Open countryside. Nothing cluttering the horizon.

There was just one tiny problem.

It was about an hour away.

Off I went.

The photograph tells the rest of the story surprisingly peacefully.

It conveniently leaves out the frantic drive, California stops, repeated glances toward the sky, and the steadily increasing realization that clouds have absolutely no obligation to wait for photographers.

Somehow, we both arrived.

This one is officially a 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 for my 2027 calendar.

Was the hour-long chase worth it?

Voting for the 2027 calendar is still underway, and this photograph has some competition.

I've hidden the trail to the ballot right here:

𝐽𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛𝐹𝑎𝑧𝑖𝑜𝑃ℎ𝑜𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑝ℎ𝑦𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑐𝑜𝑚/𝐶𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑠

Take a look at the other candidates and vote for the ones you'd actually want hanging on your wall next year.

09/01/2026

𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 & 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟭𝟬% 𝗥𝘂𝗹𝗲

That's the title of a blog that I wrote years ago. It is the very first blog post on my BLUF blog. I just reread it. Before doing so, I was mad at Facebook. After doing so, I wondered why I was mad at Facebook. I knew what they'd do. They did.

I'll "link" the blog post in the comments, however it will not be "clickable." You'll have to copy & paste it into your browser. Hence the reason for this post and the reason I'll be updating, appending, re-venting, or whatever you want to call it, tomorrow.

I'm a little PO'd...

Oh, the pic. It has nothing to do with anything. But, it's a huge puff ball, huh!? Found it in my yard this evening.

~ Faz 👋

08/31/2026

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗶𝘀𝗳𝗶𝘁

This one doesn't know what season it belongs to.

To most of the country, snow-covered mountains probably make this a winter photograph.

But this is Colorado.

Snow on the high peaks can hang around well into spring, and sometimes summer. Meanwhile, all that perfectly liquid water in the foreground doesn't exactly scream January.

So I've got a problem.

This photograph didn't make it into any of the seasonal categories for my 2027 calendar vote.

If I had to put it somewhere, I'd call it **Spring**.

But maybe I cut this one too soon.

𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗶𝘀𝗳𝗶𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗮 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗼𝗿𝘆?

Before you answer, you might want to see what it would be up against.

The current Spring candidates are at:

𝘑𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘍𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘰𝘗𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘥𝘰𝘵𝘊𝘰𝘮/𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘴

Take a look, cast your votes while you're there, then come back and tell me:

𝗗𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗶𝘀𝗳𝗶𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘁?

~ Faz 👋

08/31/2026

𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟳 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿?

Every calendar starts with too many photographs.

Over the coming weeks, I'll be sharing a handful of candidates, one image at a time. Some will make the final cut. Many won't.

This autumn morning in Grand Teton National Park has always been one of my favorites. The cottonwoods were glowing in the first light while the Tetons quietly faded into the morning haze behind them.

Now comes the hard part.

Deciding which images deserve a place on the wall for an entire year.

If this were your calendar, would this photograph make the cut?

I'd love to hear your thoughts.

If you'd like to help shape the 2027 calendar, I've put together a page where you can vote for your favorites.

The address is tucked into the border of the image. I'd love to have your input.

~ Faz 👋

08/30/2026

Have three spare minutes?

Help me choose which images will end up in my 2027 Landscape Photography Calendar!

(Shares greatly appreciated!)

Link in comments 👇

Note: FB will likely suppress my link because I won't pay them for the ability to add links to my posts. Gotta live when a multi $ billion company suppresses a single employee small business. But, hey, it's their platform, right? 😩

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