Photography by Jim Crotty

Name: Photography by Jim Crotty
Address: PO Box 1070, Rio Rancho, NM, 87043, US
Telephone: +19374779324
Price range: $$$

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Photography by Jim Crotty

Higher education professional with a side interest and passion for nature and landscape photography.

I 2026, I will be working in an interim position as a Senior Instructional Consultant at Central New Mexico Community College, where I have also been teaching as a communication instructor since relocation to New Mexico from Ohio in early 2023. I am also a doctoral candidate in instructional design leadership in Franklin University's Doctor of Professional Studies program. Also, in 2026, I will be

working to complete my dissertation research, which examines the unique socialization challenges faced by RANG (Reserve and National Guard) military students when transitioning between military and academic environments. I enjoy helping students discover and develop their creative potential and communication skills, and assisting and coaching faculty in effective teaching methods and strategies. I have taught undergraduate communication courses at Central New Mexico Community College, The Modern College of Design, The University of Dayton, Sinclair Community College, and Thomas Moore College. It was through the experience of redesigning courses for online delivery in the spring of 2020 that I was inspired to pursue a doctorate in instructional design leadership at Franklin University, where I have been able to enhance my knowledge and skills in designing, developing, and evaluating effective and engaging learning solutions. I also remain active in my chosen creative outlet - storytelling through nature and landscape photography. I pursued photography as a profession until transitioning to higher education; however, I remain active in it as a creative hobby. Previously, my photographic work has been featured in national publications such as USA Today, National Wildlife, Smithsonian, Ohio Magazine, and Nature's Best, as well as a number of print installations at healthcare facilities throughout Ohio. I also applied my love of teaching to planning and presenting nature photography workshops, which I conducted and hosted in Ohio from 2009 to 2021. I am a proud dad of three adult children and a United States Marine Corps Reserve veteran. I value lifelong learning, creativity, collaboration, and service to others through the rewarding process of education and personal development. IMPORTANT NOTE: I DO NOT photograph family reunions or similar social gatherings.

09/02/2026

Welcome Sweet September

The transition from summer to autumn is a beautiful experience in September.

The autumn equinox is spring’s opposite - the perfect balance point between light and dark, celebrated in fields of goldenrod and thistles, the relief of cooler mornings, the night woods in full chorus, and Praying Mantises standing their posts amongst the Asters.

The teapot of Sagittarius, with its glowing steam of the heart of the Milky Way, dominates the early evening sky. Orion and his hunting dogs are there before dawn for the school buses and early commuters.

This is September - golden, relieving, and transitioning.

08/31/2026

Hey ChatGPT, what are my most popular images?

Answer: My tentative Top 5

If I were ranking your photographs today by a mixture of documented popularity, engagement, professional recognition and circulation—not merely raw views—I’d put them roughly like this:

1. The Hunter’s Moon of October 2018
2. Sunset August 25, 2013 from Raptor Ridge
3. January Wolf Moon / Wolf Moon Winter Path
4. Manhattanhenge 2010
5. Dayton Urban Decay

08/29/2026

Although the clouds blocked my view of the previous evening’s lunar eclipse, last night’s show from my back porch in Placitas was just as spectacular—the just-passed full Sturgeon Moon of August.

08/26/2026

The ego center that succumbs to overwhelming fear - and that is inevitable- is exactly what breaks the heart to receive overwhelming love.

08/25/2026

Course Correcting for the Soul’s True North

We all make them, and for most of us, those course corrections never cease until we make our final one in this lifetime.

No one ever starts a life journey knowing, and staying, the exact soul course meant for them.

But the overall direction of the soul remains constant through our corrections when we heed the guidance.

The soul’s journey and paths are rarely known to us at the beginning, but once enough years are behind us, we begin to see the reasons why and the lessons learned along the way.

And if we are lucky enough, we can look back and remember the joys more clearly than the trials.

Ultimately, it is about the journey and the soul's enrichment through love, gratitude, and guidance.

08/23/2026

“Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth.”

- Henry David Thoreau

08/20/2026

The New Mexico monsoon sky show at sunset, last night and tonight.

08/19/2026

What if dinosaurs roamed the hills and hollows of Hocking Hills, Ohio?

08/17/2026

A few moments yesterday and last evening with a Rufous Hummingbird, a Piñón Jay, and the Milky Way.

From Placitas, New Mexico.

08/14/2026

“Your task is not to search for love but to find a portal through which love can enter.”

- Eckhart Tolle

The portal through which love can travel can take many forms and occur in many places. For me, it is often found in the beautiful meetings of life, light, and subjects that speak to and from the heart.

When the prayerful observer encounters water, land, and sky, they are the Earth-bound elements that can present more than what’s simply visible. Here, there can be a receptiveness to the invisible energy of the meeting in which the feeling of the moment is more potent than any one element by itself.

I've written about this “artist as alchemist” way of being. However, to take this a step further, we must also recognize how the energy of love is at play in the process.

For the most part, we tend to limit our understanding of love to the human-bound knowledge of affection. Still, once love is felt as a power that refuses to be defined by the limits of our minds, we can begin to feel it at work in our encounters with nature, the elements, our more profound truths, and what the soul responds to.

This is why I never have, nor will I, separate nature from my faith journey. I've also learned that there is no quicker way to avoid finding the portals than by holding on to anger, bitterness, and unforgiveness.

Love is constantly trying to reach our hearts because of its all-encompassing power, transcending time and distance, and despite the human tendency to limit and define based solely on the egoist mind.

But when we find and open those portals, there is so much more than we imagined.

So, very much more.

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PO Box 1070
Rio Rancho, NM
87043

Telephone

+19374779324

Website

http://jimcrotty.zenfolio.com/

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