Canon 135 f/2 L Lens Review
Here are some recent shots of the girls out in our yard enjoying the nice weather (which of course has not been as nice the past few days). These were taken with my newest lens acquisition, the Canon 135mm f/2L. It’s one of those lenses that is only useful for one thing, and that is...
Read MoreThe Winter Landscape
Winter in Missouri can be a pretty drab time considering most of the undeveloped landscape in the state is either farmland or deciduous forest. Even in spite of that I find the bleak winter landscape enjoyable. I like the change from the almost baroque greenery of the spring and summer...
Read MoreLiving Large
I love selling my photos. Especially larger sized prints. Mainly because I love seeing my photos the way they are intended to be seen – huge. I’ve done tons of 16×24 prints, and quite a few 20×30 prints. But the one pictured is my first 30×40. I would not have guessed...
Read MoreWeird Yard Signs
I get a kick out of the kooky signs people put in their yards. The signs are typically creative ways to say “keep out” or to express their (typically far right) political views…like the old semi trailer someone turned into a billboard along US 71 near Lamar. Sometimes a sign...
Read MoreYear of Sketching
This year for my birthday Matt gave me a “sketch a day” journal. It has a space for each day and the idea is that every day I sketch something and over time I can see how my styles have changed and (hopefully) grown. I figured it would be fun to try but wondered how long I would be able...
Read MoreFirst Time Out
The other night I participated in an impromptu kayaking trip. By the time we got on the river (Center Creek) it was almost 7:30 so we really had to work to get back home before dark – we just barely made it. We did the route I loosely refer to as “Upper Center Creek”, from Fir...
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