Corn husking in 2024
October 27, 2024
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Dust and sweat, cold and heat, cuts and punctures from dead corn stalks all punctuated long days of corn harvesting in the early 20 th century. Thanks to modern machinery and farming practices, those hard days are literally in the past…. except when an old-fashioned competition takes place. This year marks 100 years in Iowa of a yearly corn husking...
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Digital files vs. PRINTS!
March 23, 2024
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Digital Files vs. PRINTS!
One of the most common questions photographers are asked today is: "Can I just have the digital files?" Many photographers offer packages that just include digital files. They show up, shoot a scene, process the files, hand them over and business is done. The next question is...... what happens next?
I've been approached...
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Using Sleeklens actions on landscape photography
September 15, 2016
I spend a considerable amount of time in Adobe Photoshop. That's where I can turn my capture into pure art, highlighting what makes the image important to me. Oftentimes it's merely cropping to draw the viewer's eye where I want it. I may feel the image needs a bit more pop of color, a bit of detail in the shadows. I don't always get perfect light...
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Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge- a week of mornings
March 11, 2013
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Spending a full seven mornings in a row at Squaw Creek NWR for a personal project, proved better than I'd hoped.
I'll admit, I didn't always make sunrise. Life has a way of taking advantage sometimes. One morning I made an extra effort as it presented itself with ideal conditions for sunrise photography- as seen above. This March sunrise on Mallar...
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Pushing the limits
March 02, 2013
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I found myself needing more of a verbal creative outlet, something more than Facebook can give, a place for the ramblings of my continued exploration of photography. I've always tried to tell stories through pictures as well and create complete art pieces capturing a colorful moments in time. Facebook, although a good professional outlet, has left...
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