Mike Mortensen

Photographer

I am a native of Silver City, NM where I graduated from high school. I also graduated from Brigham Young Univ. where I majored in sociology and minored in Spanish. I spent two years in South America (Peru & Colombia) as a missionary for our Church. It was during my upbringing and the time I spent in S.A. that I learned to love the Hispanic people, their culture, and their language. I spent 25 years of my adult life teaching Spanish in public schools in Arizona, Colorado, Montana, and California.

I have been married to my wife Yvonne for 41 years and we have 8 children and 9 grandchildren and we feel family is what life is all about. Everything else is just icing on the cake.

When we moved here in 2006 I really fell in love with the beauties of nature that we are right in the middle of. There are a lot of beautiful things the other places we've lived, but nothing can compare to the variety that exists here. We can enjoy being on top of a 14,000 ft. peak or in the bottom of a deep red rock canyon or anywhere in between. I love it all and try to capture it all with a camera. I'm so grateful for the development of digital cameras. I couldn't afford to have everything developed that I snap a photo of.

I love sharing what we have here with anyone anywhere. I hope to soon have a web site where I can do that more efficiently.

I love sharing what we have here with anyone anywhere. I hope to soon have a web site where I can do that more efficiently.

Phone (970) 865-2156