About Blake Shaw
- I am a photographer based in San Diego. I now specialize in bird photography, but also regularly photograph scenes of Mexico, Route 66, tennis, bicycle racing, flowers, and people. My work hangs in galleries in San Diego and elsewhere, and I am available for slide shows, lectures, and exhibitions.
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- Abstract/Motion
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- Birds
- Black and White
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- Day of the Dead
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- Gallery Shows and Slide Shows
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- Mexico
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- Veracruz
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November 14, 2018
November 13, 2018
November 12, 2018
Day of the Dead (Xantolo), Xilitla, Mexico
Day of the Dead, 2018, Xilitla.
November 11, 2018
November 10, 2018
Day of the Dead (Xantolo), Xilitla, Mexico
A girl participates in the somber and spooky parade of calaveras in Xilitla, Mexico, illuminated only by candlelight.
November 09, 2018
Day of the Dead (Xantolo), Xilitla, Mexico
After the parade of calaveras in Xilitla, Mexico.
November 08, 2018
Day of the Dead: Xilitla, Mexico
Xilitla is a small town in the Sierra Gorda mountains of Mexico, in the state of San Luis PotosÃ.
They celebrate Day of the Dead, though they also call it Xantolo, which means, more or less, All Saints Day, in the local language.
There are two parades, one on the evening of October 31, which is a rather raucous affair, and another on November 1, which is a somber, spooky parade of calaveras (skeletons) performed in darkness, illuminated by candles.
Here is a calavera on horseback, before the parade of calaveras. (tap or click to enlarge)
November 07, 2018
Green Heron
A Green Heron, photographed at Santee Lakes in September of this year.
November 06, 2018
Scaly-breasted Munia
A Scaly-breasted Munia (formerly Nutmeg Mannikin), photographed at Santee Lakes in September of this year.
November 05, 2018
Allen's Hummingbird
An Allen's Hummingbird, photographed at South Coast Botanic Garden in late September of this year.