Best Thing Since Sliced Bread
We spent the first weekend of 2011 visiting Steph’s brother in the small northern Missouri town of Brookfield. I had never been through north Missouri so I was looking forward to exploring an uncharted region of my state. Come to find out that other than being a bit flatter, colder, and more...
Read MoreRed Filter
In my MSU days when I was shooting on 35mm film my favorite setup was TMAX black+white film with a red filter on the camera. I thought this gave landscapes a kind of … “ansel adamsy” type effect. When I transitioned into digital, one downside was my loss of this effect. I tried...
Read MoreOld Route 66
When I was on the way home from Cider Days I stopped along the highway and took a cool pic of the valley near my parents house. This year on the way home from Artsfest I was about a half mile from home when another cool photo presented itself. I remember liking this stretch of highway...
Read MoreSpring is Here!
This has been among the coldest of winters I can ever recall so I guess it’s fitting that the first day of spring brought about 9″ of snow to the Joplin area. After several years with little to no snow this winter has been off the heez, as far as snow goes. Joplin averages 16″...
Read MoreSunday 'Yakkin Trip
Sunday after church Grant and I decided to take a quick afternoon kayak trip. As we often do, we chose Center Creek, except this time we did a section of the river neither of us had ever floated before. The furthest I had ever been down Center Creek was the park in Carl Junction. So this time we...
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