How to Photograph the Moulton Barn

The T.A. Moulton Barn rests nobly in the flats below the Teton Range.  This barn is the most of what remains of the Thomas Ama Moulton homestead built between 1912 and 1945.  Because of its iconic splendor, this barn sits high atop the bucket list for many photographers the world over.  According to Flikr, this...

Hillside Park Bismarck

  This is fog across Hillside Park the other morning. Like a lot of people who grew up in Bismarck Mandan, Hillside/Lions Park has somehow remained a constant in my life. As a young child my family lived on 13th Street for a few years. On summer days, we would walk to Hillside Park, stopping...

Winter Collection

During the North Dakota winter, the tendency is to stay indoors as much as possible.  That's understandable as the season can be unforgiving with scouring winds and week-long snaps of sub zero temperatures.  However, the season also affords moments of profound beauty, stillness, and wonder.  A favorite pastime of mine is just going out and...

2016 Wrap Up

Well another year has come to pass.  Although this blog has been pretty quiet lately, that doesn't mean I haven't been out enjoying the world through photography.  In fact, I have been taking more photographs on more excursions than ever. I hope to post a few backdated galleries soon. Aside from having a busy year...

Missouri River in January 2

The weather this month has been unseasonably warm.  Certain days have felt like spring.  The sunsets have been incredible, like this one on the shores of the Missouri River mid July.  All of a sudden the dreaded season of winter in North Dakota doesn't seem so bad.  At times, it even feels like a hospitable...

Missouri River in January

For this first post of 2015 I would like to share a picture taken from the shore of the Missouri River right outside of Bismarck, North Dakota. While temperatures this day dropped below zero, with enough warm clothing I was able to stay toasty (except for my hands which I had to de-glove a few...