Levity

Albuquerque balloonist Kathy Smith invited us to go for a ride in her gorgeous hot air balloon, aptly named Levity. The photos below include ten shots from our first trip (canceled just before takeoff due to wind conditions), and many additional shots from our second trip—which included almost an hour of airtime over Albuquerque. It was thrilling.

As you can see, I photographed everything that would fit through my camera lens, and a few things that wouldn't. The launch sequence photos of our balloon, as it left the ground, were taken by Sam Bradshaw.