A few breaks in the clouds and the return of the light
For a bit towards the last half of December I wasn’t sure I remembered what a nice sunny day looked like. It seemed like we were always under a dreary grey sky. I don’t know how people that live in perpetually cloudy locations can take it. A couple of weeks and I was climbing the […]
Photographs from Big Basin and St. Jacob’s Well
Earlier this fall my Dad and I made our annual photography trip down to the Barber-Comanche-Clark county area. We have been going down to this area of Kansas for the past several years and I always enjoy these trips. The Bean family got its start in Kansas in Comanche County in 1885 and it is […]
2015 Kansas Calendars
Hard to believe that 2014 is getting close to ending, but we are in the downward slide to the end. That means it is calendar time though to get ready for 2015! I’ve got my 2015 calendars online for ordering now at:http://www.calendarlink.biz/scottbeanphoto/artist-design.html Like last year, I have 2 calendars, a general Kansas Nature and Landscape […]
Making the most of dark Kansas skies – photographing the Milky Way.
On September 12th two coronal mass ejections from the sun hit the earth generating the possibility of northern lights in northern Kansas. I’ve never seen the northern lights so my wife and I and a good friend headed out north of Manhattan to see what we could see. Turns out the northern lights didn’t make […]
A Foggy Morning at Tuttle Creek Lake
Happy Monday! We have had some wonderful foggy mornings the past few weekends and I’ve really enjoyed getting out early with my camera. I love shooting in foggy conditions, you are never quite sure what you are going to come across when it is foggy and everything can change literally in a second as the […]
Sunflower Field, Nemaha County, Kansas
(ISO 100, 105mm, f/16, 1/60) TGIF! It is time for the commercial sunflower fields to be blooming in Kansas. This field in Nemaha County was just past its prime when I photographed it last weekend, but was still a pretty sight. (ISO 400, 250mm, f/7.1, 1/640) I came across this field while out for a […]
Saturday Sunrise at Tuttle Creek Lake
(ISO 100, 24mm, f/13, 1/100) Happy Monday! I was up early this past Saturday and made a stop at Tuttle Creek Lake for sunrise. I was on my way to deliver donuts to some nearby family so the morning was already off to a great start (how can a morning be bad if you have […]
Wild horses in the Flint Hills of Kansas
When I first learned that the Flint Hills are home to several thousand wild horses, I knew I had to try and photograph them someday. These horses are in Kansas as part of a program run by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and are in areas called “Long Term Holding facilities” where horses are […]
The Flint Hills – my guest blog post for NANPA
I had the wonderful opportunity to write a guest blog post about the Flint Hills for the North American Nature Photography Association (NANPA) website. If you are interested in nature photography, considering joining NANPA! You can find out more about the group at:http://www.nanpa.org/
August Print of the Month Sale
It is time for the August Print of the Month Sale:http://fineartamerica.com/weeklypromotion.html?promotionid=148711. As in the past this sale is for a 16×20″ canvas gallery wrap for $99. Sale will last until 8/9.