by Rick | Jul 30, 2019 | Blog, Inspirational
s,”I didn’t know I was so pretty,” the young lady said as she flipped through the proof book of her senior pictures. Her eyes welled up with tears. That was the best compliment I ever received as a photographer. For nearly a decade before the digital...
by Rick | Jul 2, 2015 | Blog, Travel
Put away your red slippers and Toto jokes; there really is no place like the Flint Hills of Kansas. My heart feels at rest when I’m there; this is my heart’s home. Here’s an excerpt from my soon-to-be-published novel, Voices on the Prairie: The wind...
by Rick | Jun 25, 2015 | Blog, Huggable Heroes
If it’s built after 1915, I’m not interested. – Jerry Toews Jerry Toews (Taves) wandered down the alleys as a kid in Nickerson, Kansas, digging through 55-gallon burn barrels looking for things like old clocks to fix. Now, as a retired band...
by Rick | Feb 25, 2015 | Blog, Inspirational
It’s not what you hold in your hand that makes a good photograph; it’s what you hold in your heart. I often grab my camera with one thought: there is something beautiful waiting to pose for me so I can show it off to the world. The best images I capture begin with...
by Rick | Dec 6, 2013 | Blog
“It is not what you hold in your hand take takes a great photo; it’s what you hold in your heart.” – unknown I don’t always pay attention to advice, but when I do, it goes well for me.Some of the best landscape photography advice came...
