On with the “road trip” blog posts….my last post detailed the drive down to the Gyp Hills and our first evening of photography in the Gyp Hills. This post starts off with sunrise the next morning. We had decided to drive the scenic drive from Medicine Lodge to Hardtner over to Aetna Road then up…
For the past few years my Father and I have been taking photographic road trips down around Comanche County. In the past, we have headquartered out of Coldwater (where the Bean side of the family settled several generations ago) but this year we decided to stay in Medicine Lodge and focus on photographing the Gyp…
Infrared ‘season’ is about over for me…we are quickly losing all the vegetation from the trees as fall is finally taking hold. Vegetation strongly reflects IR light… combine the strong reflectance of vegetation and the dark skies of IR photos and you can get some very striking images. But as we lose a…
Everyone knows that photography is all about light (and shadows). Often photographers will talk about “the right light” or “magic light”. Photographers can spend hours talking about the “exposure triangle” of shutter speed, f-stop, and ISO and how those factors control the amount of light recorded while making a photograph. I’m sure my wife can…
I haven’t been out with my camera much lately for a variety of reasons but mainly due to the insane heat wave we are in right now. I don’t like hot weather at all! If you don’t believe me about the heat, check out the high temps we have had in Manhattan since July 15th:…
(click on any photo in this post to enlarge it) Photography is a strange blend of technical skills and knowledge and creative abilities. On the technical side you have things like f-stop, shutter speed, depth of field, etc. On the creative side you have things like composition and vision. The technical side of photography…
I get asked quite a bit where good places are in Kansas for photography. Personally, I really enjoy driving country roads so often my answer to this question is in terms of “a drive.” More and more I’m finding many of my “drives” take me to Wabaunsee County. If you haven’t explored Wabaunsee County you…
(click on any photo in this post to enlarge it) I’ve visited Mount Mitchell in the past a couple of times and was fortunate to be able to photograph the spring burning of Mount Mitchell in 2009. The Mount Mitchell Heritage Prairie is managed by the Audubon of Kansas in partnership with the…
Last Saturday I had great plans for another sunrise shoot at the small cove along Tuttle Creek Lake that I had recently visited with Chris from LaBrissa Photography. Friday evening I did a bit of homework to see what the conditions might be like Saturday morning. First, I checked the position of sunrise with The…
(click on any photo in this post to enlarge it) This weekend I had the opportunity to spend another afternoon photographing on the Bird Runner Refuge with the gang from the Kansascapes Photo Alliance. The light was less than ideal, but you can always find something to make a photograph of in any…