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Grand Prairie Cloudscape
This past Sunday, I took a drive to a large area flat farmland just north of Interstate 70 in Callaway County, Missouri. I took pictures of the fast-moving cumulus clouds, gravel roads, and the surrounding countryside for my fine art photography portfolio. I was...
Allen St Reflection
A few hours before sunset, I decided to travel to Centralia, Missouri, for some fine art photography along the railroad tracks and around the town square. During the drive, I noticed a large dark shelf cloud to the West. I arrived in Centralia and stopped by the...
Gans Creek
Last Autumn, I did some drone photography above the Shooting Star Trail in Columbia, Missouri. The trail is part of the Gans Creek Wild Area Trail System in Rock Bridge Memorial State Park. The serene pathway winds through forested hollows surrounded by rugged cliffs....
Mark Twain Memorial Bridge
Bridges are fantastic subjects for photographers. Their distinctive shapes and structures often provide a unique contrast to the surrounding landscape. They usually span important waterways and notable towns and cities. Here’s a scene from a commercial...
Volkswagen Beetle Triptych
One of my favorite techniques is light painting photography. There are two basic ways I do light painting. I will either shoot under a full moon and use powerful flashlights. Or, I will shoot at twilight and use radio-controlled flash units. When shooting under a full...
Downtown Marceline, Missouri
During the recent Covid-19 lockdown, I had a lucky break and was hired by Chariton Valley to photograph several towns in Eastern and Central Missouri for one of their ad campaigns. I photographed Brookfield, Hannibal, Marceline, Monroe City, and Palmyra. It was a...
Apple-Bourbon Pulled Pork Pizza
Alex Povis, the art director of Feast Magazine, hired me for an editorial photography assignment at Pappo's Pizzeria & Pub in Columbia, Missouri. She asked me to photograph the Apple-Bourbon Pulled Pork Pizza, Toasted Ravioli, Caprese Salad, and a couple of frothy...
Abandoned Home Facade
One of my favorite locations for fine art photography is along the river bottoms in Chariton County, Missouri. This past summer, this area was under floodwaters from the nearby Missouri River. I recently took a drive to scout this location and survey the damage from...
Cessna Citation Cockpit
I had the pleasure of doing some aviation photography for Bill Quinn of Aviation Management Systems. Bill asked me to take some photos of a beautiful Cessa Citation aircraft at the Columbia Regional Airport in Columbia, Missouri. For this photo, I had the plane facing...
Center for Missouri Studies Staircase
Joe Seymour of River City Construction called and asked me to take photos of one of their recent building projects in Columbia, Missouri: The Center for Missouri Studies at the State Historical Society of Missouri. Based in Ashland, Missouri, River City Construction...
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