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Back from Austin just in time for the 2010 Rock Rodeo. This even was a blast! The weather was perfect and watching some of these Boulder Colorado Junior Achievers crush the rocks was pretty amazing. As I am sure everyone already knows, Daniel Woods got the FA of Desperanza at the contest, and that was pretty cool to witness. I also got to photograph along side with Andy Mann and Gustavo Moser which was a lot of fun. It was great to have different photographers doing their different things and seeing everyones images in comparison at the end of the day. Congrats to the comp winners, and special thanks to Hueco Rock Ranch and all of the volunteers for making this event what it was.

Thanks again to everyone! Click HERE to see all of the images from the Rock Rodeo 2010!

Today Stanberry and Associates launched their new “Farm and Ranch” website. The home page features my images that I was able to sell to them as stock for the new site. I think the images integrate really well and the site has a really nice look/feel to it. Nice job Stanberry marketing staff! Here’s a screen capture of the site, and to view and watch the slideshow on the Stanberry site, click here

I was fortunate enough to be able to photograph Carnaval again for 2010. I’ve been photographing it since 2005, and every year it gets better. This year, the organizer Mike, flew me in from El Paso so I was able to take a weekend break from rock climbing, hang out with the wife, do some laundry etc. Mike’s message to me on the phone after the event went something like this: “Merrick, it’s Mike. What the *bleep* are you doing with your camera? Did you take vitamins on Saturday night? These look like they were taken by a real professional….” Haha…. To say the least, I think I have a happy client which makes me psyched. Here are some of the images from the 2010 Carnaval:

To see all 428 images of the  2010 Carnaval, click here. Be careful though, some may be NSFW.

Caine just after his flash of this wonderful climb on East Mtn. BTW this was Caines last climb of the season, so he was pretty psyched to get the flash. Nice job mate!

I <3 our trailer…..

We went out for Caine’s 30th Birthday to El Rancho. Food was decent, but the company and the drinks were really good which is what is truly important. The next day some of us went out on tour to East and had a blast.

Went out with Heather Johnson last week and photographed her on one of her projects that she sent this season Butterpumper. Congrats Heather! Here is the image:

Getting caught up with all of these… Here is the third set that I edited. Lovin it out here, even had some snow again last night. Enjoy:

So last night at Hueco, it rained, sleeted and snowed. This morning was super chilly, overcast and nasty, but the desert weather never ceases to amaze me. The end of the day turned out to be super beautiful, and I some how convinced Caine to climb on his North Mountain FA for a photo shoot on his 30th birthday. The Australian pulled through, and we got some killer shots. Happy Birthday Caine, and thanks so much!

So I was kind of waiting on approval to post some images that I took, but I haven’t heard back yet, so I guess I’ll skip posting those, because I want to show you some more of what I got. Hueco has been a blast, and it’s so beautiful out here. The days tend to fly by, even the days that I am resting. The trip is half way over now, but there still seems like there is so much more to do both climbing and photographing. Here is the second set of images I got out here taken about a week or so into the trip. Enjoy.

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