Winter in St. Louis

I haven’t been shooting much high school sports the past few weeks, in part because of the ice storm, so I thought I’d make a few posts about what I’ve been up to. In addition to this post, look for: The giant Amoco sign Main Street in St. Charles The Courtesy Diner

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.

New Melle Christmas Tree Lighting

We attended the New Melle, Mo., Christmas tree lighting Saturday night. It was right at twilight and all of the images were handheld, so I had to use 6400 and 8000 ISOs to get the shutter speed up to 1/60th of a second. While there’s a little grain, I think the results turned out prettyContinue reading “New Melle Christmas Tree Lighting”

New Melle Festival kicks off Missouri fair season

Last night we went down the road to the New Melle Festival supporting New Melle Sports & Recreation. It’s a small town fair and one of the first of the season. With just a few rides and stands, it was a great way to kick off fair season in Missouri.