My Favorite Photos of 2016

The past year has brought a variety of things to photograph: sailboats on a lake in Colorado, an engagement, state championship baseball, football in a rainstorm — to name a few. Hover over the images below (or through the Continue Reading link below) to read the caption.

Year ago: Chain of Rocks Bridge

Digging through old photo, I found these from Nate Papes and I’s trip to the Chain of Rocks Bridge a year ago today. The bridge, built in another era, closed years ago, but carried traffic for Route 66. The entrance on the Missouri side  was closed, but the bridge can still be accessed from the Illinois side.Continue reading “Year ago: Chain of Rocks Bridge”

Major League Cardinals play Springfield Cardinals

It’s not often that you have the opportunity to photograph the World Champion St. Louis Cardinals in Springfield, Mo. On Monday, April 2, the St. Louis Cardinals traveled down to Hammons Field to take on their Double-A Springfield affiliate team.While the entire team didn’t travel because of the quick turnaround to Wednesday’s state-side MLB openingContinue reading “Major League Cardinals play Springfield Cardinals”