Each winter I really enjoy watching the bald eagles when they migrate into the area. Kansas does have a number of nesting pairs of bald eagles and it is possible to see them year-round, but in the winter the eagles are concentrated around the lakes. When I first started photographing the bald eagles, I would…
(click on any photo in this post to enlarge it) Each year there are certain things I try to make sure and photograph, waterfalls running full in the spring, burning of the prairie, the blooming of the butterfly milkweed, etc. One thing I try not miss each year is the Kansas wheat fields right before…
I had the opportunity earlier this week to spend some time wandering around in the Flint Hills, which is always a good way to spend a day. The day started by meeting fellow photographers from the Kansascapes Photo Alliance at the Bird Runner Wildlife Refuge where we are going to shoot a year long project. …
The full moon today (Saturday the 20th) is supposed to be a ‘super full moon‘ where the full moons occurs when the moon is closest to the Earth (perigee). The moon will be somewhere around 14% larger than normal. I went out Friday evening to try and photograph the moon rise a day early. Why…
Last Thursday I took advantage of the warm weather (temps in the 70’s!) to go out and photograph the moonrise. One of the things I try not to miss each month is a chance to photograph the moon rising. One to two days before the actual full moon is a good time to do some…
Last week I took the opportunity to drive up to the north end of Tuttle Creek Lake with a friend. On the way back home we stopped at the Oldsburg Marsh area to get some photographs of the sunset. I was able to get down to the shoreline and catch the sunset reflecting off the…
I’ve noticed several photographers posting sets of their 10 favorite photographs from the past year so I thought that might be interesting to try. Turns out it was an interesting exercise digging through all the photographs I made this past year, but not so easy to select 10 for this post. Initially I had planned…
The photograph above was taken a couple of weeks at sunset. I had just pulled off the road into a scenic overlook near Carnahan Creek where I was out with one of my photography classes. As everyone was getting out of the vehicle, we noticed the sun going down behind a hill. With the sun…
Fall is my favorite time of year for many reasons, but one of the main ones is the weather. I’ve never been a hot weather person and I love the cool temperatures of fall. We have been having some nice weather lately, but….we haven’t had hardly any cloudy skies the past couple of weeks. Almost…
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…