Peaceful Meadow

I get to drive past this scene every day. When the morning fog reveals itself through these Iowa rolling hills, it reminds me of some of the Smoky Mountain views. While Iowa doesn’t have things like dramatic mountains and waterfalls, it does have a unique beauty to it when you take the time to look.

Milky Way Silo

Got out for some Iowa astrophotography a couple times in the past few weeks. Testing a new technique to capture the night sky but with less ISO noise. I'm impressed...

Change of Seasons

An ice storm rains on fall’s parade, competing for the attention.

Memorable Iowa Cornfield Sunrise

On June 18, 2015, Justin Rogers and I set out to photograph sunrise at this scenic Iowa field. I was planning to capture a panoramic of the scene that morning and had I not made some technical errors in the field while shooting, it would have been an epic one! The light this morning was nothing short of stunning. My heart sunk when I got back to the computer and realized my pano attempt was a failure. I tried multiple methods to fix the error in post, and to this day, I hang on to the files for the day my Photoshop skills improve enough that I might be able to rescue the image. Fast forward two years, I was doing some culling and found this image from that memorable morning. It was the first of the images taken that morning as I was setting up for the pano. So not all was lost. I did manage to come away with a ‘keeper’ from that morning and some valuable lessons to boot.

Catching Some Rays

These two hay bales caught the warm morning rays as the sun came over the distant horizon.

Corn Leaf

Highway Sunrise

Low lying fog made a great mood for this winding highway sunrise.

Winter Fog Tree Stump Reflections

I love the simplicity of these tree stumps reflecting in the small pools of water surrounded by ice on this cool, foggy, January morning.

Winter Fog Tree Stump Reflections

I love the simplicity of these tree stumps reflecting in the small pools of water surrounded by ice on this cool, foggy, January morning.

Silo or Chimney?

I set out to capture the supermoon rise over an Iowa landscape but had too much cloud cover. On a positive note, the cloud cover made way for a spectacular sunset. This was one of the images from that evening. The clouds aligned over this silo in such a way, it almost looked like a chimney or smokestack!

Morning Light Reflections

The calm conditions gave way to beautiful morning light reflections on the water.

Morning Light Over Raccoon River

It was a cool but still morning as I watched both the moon and sun rise over the Raccoon River. Everything was reflecting the colors in the sky, even the driftwood! I never get tired of mornings like this.

Iowa Corn Crib Under Morning Light

This old corn crib stands alone in an Iowa field after harvest season. Looks quite majestic in its own way.

Nighttime Sky

I was out shooting the Milky Way over a landscape and looked up and saw this and was taken back to all the times as a child I would stare up at the nighttime sky.

Morning Valley Overlook In Loess Hills

A peaceful morning overlooking a valley of prairie grass highlighted by a patch of red vegetation in the Loess Hills area.

I Don't Know What To Title This Image

I just thought this scene looked beautitful....

A Dash Of Red

I was drawn to this little dash of red color.

Red Leaves

Leaves glowing in the warmth of the setting sun.

Evening's Last Light

The sun had set below the horizon only ten minutes earlier and begun lighting up the clouds with color. This was some of the evening's last light.

Foggy Glow Out In Them Hills

I was drawn to the glowing fog out in the hills and the zigzagging lines the trees made.

Fairy Tale Forest

This photograph seems to come straight from the page of a fairy tale. I’m was in a hurry to get to my destination before the fog lifted in hopes to capture some wall worthy images, but it was so thick it forced me to slow way down, doubling my commute time, as I could barely see the road in front of me. Fortunately, the fog hung for several hours, providing a number of great opportunities. This image is a result of that memorable morning.

Boathouse

This boathouse is sitting on a lake, only this morning the lake was completely enveloped by fog.

Life Jacket

This leaf seemingly hung near shore all winter long.

Spring Morning Rainbows Over Establishing Corn

This was an incredibly surprising morning out. It began overcast and I wasn't sure if there would be any break. After a breif light rain shower, the clouds broke just enough for a rainbow to appear. In fact, 1.25 rainbows appeared! The light was beautiful and in every direction I turned there was a photograph to be captured. This is one of them.

Backlit Dewy Grass Creekside at Badger Creek

It took many attempts, standing in waders, to get this shot. But after much perseverance, I captured what I was looking for. I love the backlit drops of dew on the blades of grass surrounded by the fog coming off the creek.

Sliver Of Beautiful Light

This was an incredibly surprising morning. It began overcast and I wasn't sure if there would be any break. After a breif light rain shower, the clouds broke and a sliver of beautiful light bathed the landscape in front of me for about ten minutes.

Classy Country Fence Sunset

A beautiful Iowa sunset overlooking a grassy pasture from a classy country fence.

Iowa Country Sunrise

Iowa isn't all corn fields, but there are a lot of them. This is a stereotypical Iowa country sunrise.