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Monday, July 23, 2012

TAKE MY PIX, PLEASE - STEVE JOACHIM

Welcome! This is the first of the "Take My Pix, Please" blogs carrying pictures for writers to take for free and use on blogs, for book covers, websites. No compensation, no attribution necessary. My son, Steve, took some incredible shots on his college study trip to the Colorado Plateau. I have received his permission to give these photos away. So he has the first blog. These 20 pix were all taken by Steve Joachim. I hope you enjoy them. Please let us know what you think.
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We hope you find these pix useful as well as enjoyable. Please let us know if this idea is worthwhile and you can use the pix. Thank you for stopping by.



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31 comments:

Aimee said...

I think it's a great idea, Jean! Let Steve know that his pics are amazing! Thanks for posting them.
Amy

Lisa said...

Love the pics Jean. A couple of them remind me of when I was in college in Colorado

Missy Tippens said...

Beautiful, Jean! Steve's an amazing photographer.

Anonymous said...

Gorgeous pics!

Jeanine said...

Nice pictures. We traveled there a few years ago. Lovely area of the country.

Amber Dane said...

Beautiful work and sounds like a good idea. I like them all,but 4,5 and 8 are favs. Very kind of your son to offer to do something like this. Much success, he has a great eye :)

L. j. Charles said...

I think it's a great idea, and the photographs are beautiful. Thanks so much for sharing.

High Five Bakeshop said...

Wonderful pictures! They remind me of the vacation to Garden of the Gods in Colorado that my late husband and I took with our kids when they were very small. Beautiful!!
Thanks for sharing!

Daryl Devore said...

Wow - these are incredible - well except for the rattlesnake.
This is a brilliant idea. Writers will thrilled with this. I am going ot copy these and tweent and Fb and follow this blog.

Lindsay said...

Love the pictures especially #13

M. S. Spencer said...

Jean, bless you and your husband! Romance authors ROCK. These are beautiful photos--right now none of my books take place anywhere that they would work, but I'm saving them anyway, just to enjoy. Thanks, M. S.

Mirriam Smyth said...

Wow, these are beautiful! Faves are 5 and 15. Might have to use them as desktop backgrounds :) Great idea, Jean. Please tell Steve these are amazing!

M. S. Spencer said...

Oops, my bad. I meant your son! M. S.

Noelle Pierce said...

These are fantastic! Thank you for sharing them.

Sheri Fredricks said...

Beautiful pics! I really appreciate his generosity!!

Kayelle Allen said...

How generous! These are gorgeous!

Cathy Brockman said...

wow awesome photos. Thank you so much.

CC Coburn said...

These are wonderful. Please thank Steve for his generosity. I live in CO and have yet to visit where those beautiful red swirly things are. I know they're in western CO, but where?
CC

Tempe O said...

Lovely pix and thanks for sharing! I love all the dessert pix <3

Calisa Rhose said...

Thank you Jean. Please thank Steve for his generosity. These are breathtaking! I saw one I might like to try to alter for a website header. Would that be acceptable? To alter them slightly?

Anonymous said...

4, 5, and 8 are my favorites. Well done and thank you.
Holly A

Sharon said...

Beautiful pictures! It's been literal decades since I went there - timeless beauty! Thank you for posting!

Vicky said...

What a great idea for a blog! Please thank your son for his generosity in sharing these beautiful pictures.

Janice Seagraves said...

Awesome. Love the photos.

Janice~

Ike Rose... said...

Beautiful work

Pender Mackie said...

These are amazing photos. Your son is very talented and generous.

I have a new release coming out later this year and one of the scenes takes place in a similar location. I'd like to use one of the pictures on my blog when I start taking about my new book.

Jean and Steve, thanks so much.

Unknown said...

Thanks for sharing these gorgeous photos. I've added this page to my Favorites bar.

Unknown said...

Thank you for your generosity. Your son's pics are incredible. Unfortunately, the location of my work differs so as much as I'd love to use them, it won't fit the context. But what a talented son you have!

Fiona Marsden said...

BEautiful pics. Thanks for sharing.

Megan Kelly said...

Thanks to you and Steve. Lovely pix. I'm setting up a Pinterest account and will post everyday pix like flowers, free to use. Great idea.

Vivien Jackson said...

Love those shots from inside the canyons. Light play is gorgeous. Kudos, Steve!