Category Archives: My Fifty-Two

Trips to visit my great Aunt Hilda were always an adventure. She was an antique dealer and had a lot of collectables in her little home. The front room was well organized just in case a buyer called looking for a specific piece. For a kid, the adventure was walking through the house without knocking over...

I have driven the country roads between our farms thousands of times. Most often I am thinking about what I have to do next after my roadside crop check. Earlier this summer I stopped, set up my gear, and shot this image of a field near one of our farms. We needed rain. I focused on...

Every road trip has at least one memorable moment. A recent trip to Northwest Iowa found me on the country roads with a farmer that was showing me around their family operation. The grass was green, lush, and wet from a rain shower earlier that morning. Kneeling in the wet grass to capture the perfect image...

Watching clouds build in the east I grabbed my camera and was out the door. A summer storm and windmill are two of my favorite items to photograph when I’m in rural America. Barns, fairs, and livestock round out my top five. I quickly framed my shots. So many wonderful colors were blending together in the...