Helpful Insights On Photography
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...
Mizzou Alumni Magazine Cover
I have a vast archive of photos of Columbia, Missouri, and the surrounding counties. I often provide stock art photography to magazine publishers and editors for stories concerning the local area. Publications such as Missouri Life, Show-Me Missouri Magazine, and...
National Churchill Museum
Renee Graham of the Callaway Tourism Board contracted me to take another batch of commercial photos for their ongoing publicity campaigns. She specifically asked for some Winter scenes around Fulton and Callaway County. During the first major snowstorm of the season,...
Mount Celestial Baptist Church
Here’s an example of my fine art photography work in a recent series of falling snow photos. The location is a place of worship near McBaine, Missouri, called “Mount Celestial Baptist Church.” The church is now abandoned and has moved to Grand Street in Columbia,...
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