I saw El Dorado Lake for the first time on my way to Chicago in the fall of 2012. About 25 miles northeast of Wichita, KS, the interstate cut through the north side of the lake, and one can see dead trees coming out of the water. "It would be cool to photograph it," I thought. Read more
In 2007, an 18-year-old man was goose hunting in a blind when a poacher shot at one of his decoys, killing the young hunter. This tragic event resulted in a foundation that teaches children about safe and ethical hunting. One of their events is an annual Youth Guided Turkey Hunt, which I got to photograph this year. Read more
It's been one of those nights I couldn't sleep. Suddenly, just after 3:30 a.m., a fire call came to 911, so I went to cover it. Little did I know that it will be one of the biggest structure fires I photographed to date, leaving an apartment building destroyed. Read more
