Road Trip, part I: Down to Coldwater
Earlier this month I had the great pleasure of taking a 3 day, 1100 mile photography road trip through south central and western Kansas with my Dad (who is also a photography addict). We had a great time and it was great to get to spend time with my Dad driving through country we both […]
Lens hoods, lens flare, and shading your lens
The photo above was taken last weekend at Wildcat Park. I’m shooting right into the sun for this shot to demonstrate how to make a “sunburst” effect with the sun for my photography class. Very noticeable in this photograph are the colored shapes on the left side of the photograph. These spots are “lens flare” […]
A (lucky?) dramatic morning at Konza Prairie and Pillsbury Crossing
This past weekend I went to the Konza Prairie Biological Station’s “Konza Prairie Visitors Day.” Konza is a roughly 8600 acre area of native tallgrass prairie owned and operated by The Nature Conservancy and Kansas State University for conducting long term ecological research. While there are public hiking trails available, much of the prairie is understandably […]
The moon, the wind, and working with what you are given.
Earlier this week I was out to photograph the moonrise (which was the “harvest moon” on the 23rd). I headed out to Wildflower Road near the Carnahan Creek area which is a great spot to photograph the moonrise. While waiting for the moon to show up I did a bit of scouting and I was […]
Beauty close to home.
In keeping with the theme of my last two posts about finding beauty close to home, I’ve added a gallery to my website of photographs taken close to Manhattan, Kansas. Beauty is everywhere we choose to find it. “Close to home” gallery of photographs taken around Manhattan, Kansas.
Stockdale Park, another favorite location
In my last post I wrote about photographing a sunset from a familiar stretch of riverbank below the dam at Tuttle Creek Lake. A few days later I found myself photographing sunrise (of all things!) at another familiar place…Stockdale Park on Tuttle Creek Lake. I have taken a lot of photographs at Stockdale, the trees […]
Close to home: A familiar stretch of shoreline
I had recently had the chance to photograph a sunset at the Outlet State Park below the Tuttle Creek Dam, a place I have taken photographs in several times before. I was out with one of my photography classes at the Outlet Park for the sunset. Towards the end of the evening the class ended […]
Under the milkyway again
In my last post I talked about getting out to photograph the full moon rising. I try to never miss that. Another regularly occurring event I’m getting hooked on now is the new moon. Why? Because that is the best time to get out and photograph the stars. I hate to think of the moon […]
A date with the moon
I hate to admit this, but I live and die by my Outlook Calendar. If it’s not in my Outlook calendar, I won’t remember it. You should have seen me when I found out I could sync my Outlook Calendar between home and work computers and my phone… I was positively giddy (yes, giddy). One […]
Out and back just in time for the sunset
Last weekend I was in Waterville with plans to try and photograph the Milkyway again with my Dad. I had gone up early in the evening to have dinner with Mom and Dad (I never pass up a chance for a meal with my parents!). By the time we finished eating (and watching part of a […]