Tumbleweeds

My wife and I made a trip to visit her parents in western Kansas last weekend, and found the tumbleweeds to have taken over. Tumbleweeds were introduced from Russia’s Ukraine when some farmers inadvertently brought them to South Dakota in 1886 along with seeds for flax.  The plants break away

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Everglades Slideshow

I have a slideshow that I created from my recent trip to Florida.  This show is from the Everglades and all of the images were captured in a 24 hour buy ambien germany period, which is all the time I had.  The show is just over 17 minutes long. Click

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Christmas Card Photos

My daughter Angela and her husband Tommy asked me to shoot some pictures of their baby TJ for christmas cards this year.  I did some playing with special effects in lightroom.  Here are some examples done with the same original. This is the one that they decided to use.

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Photos from Sanibel Island

I made a trip to Florida in early October and these are some shots from Sanibel Island.   All the information in this post was believed to be accurate at the time it was published.  Please be sure to double check with the location before relying on this information as

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Email updates from my blog

I have just added the option to sign up and receive updates in your email when I make a new post to my blog.  By using this you can keep up with my posts without having to keep checking for wheather or not I have updated new content.  I hope

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Capture Arkansas Book

 I found out today that one of my photos was choosen to be included in a major photo book published by the Arkansas Demcrat-Gazette. The  Best photography book of Arkansas ever published is on sale right now. How can we be sure it’s the best ever? The area’s best photographers

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Balloon Festival

In October I went to a Hot Air Balloon Festival in Poteau Ok. These are some shots using my new 50 D Canon.  This first shot was done in almost total darkness other than the light form the fire and the lantern behind the cook, shot handheld at an ISO

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Fall Color Photos

Ok, so I have not posted in a while, but will hopefully start posting on a regular basis showing some of my current photography.  These photos were taken over two weekends, mostly in the Ozark National Forrest and the Buffalo National River in Arkansas. All the information in this post was

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Please don’t eat the “Diaper Cake”

My daugher and her husband are expecting thier first baby, and my wife and some other friends hosted a Baby Shower for them today.  One of the things they did was make them “Diaper Cakes”, something which I had never heard of (of course there are a lot of things

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Earthship Biotecture

My son just got married in Salt Lake City, Utah and my youngest son and I drove to the wedding and did a considerable amount of sightseeing and photography along the way.  One of the things we came upon was solor community in northern New Mexico.  These homes are apparently

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