Allergic To Iowa

Chalk the Walk

2012-05-07T17:40:00.000-05:00

Chalk the Walk in Mt. Vernon, May 5th 2012

Recent work

2012-04-20T18:36:00.000-05:00

Ron Paul

2011-12-29T13:55:00.000-06:00

Some shots from the Ron Paul visit to Manchester, IA.. Dec 22, 2011

Happy Winter Solstice(First day of Winter)

2011-12-22T22:07:00.000-06:00

B/W Field

2011-11-21T18:30:00.000-06:00

Sunset

2011-11-19T13:00:00.000-06:00

Falling Away

2011-11-04T18:30:00.000-05:00

I took this three nights ago while I was messing with HDR.

Our cold weather yesterday must have finally told my Maples to drop their leaves.

No Real Than You Are

2011-10-26T18:44:00.000-05:00

A Giant Lego Man Has Been Washing Up on Different Country's Beaches...

His name is Ego Leonard and he's 8-feet tall and weighs in at 100 lbs

Photo: Jeff Hindman

Four years ago one washed ashore in Zandvoort, Holland, and then in 2008 Brighton, England. And the most recent(picture above) on the shores of Siesta Key Beach in Florida..

A search on Google will eventually take you to this website:

I for one would like to take this opportunity to welcome our new plastic overlords .

Warhol-esque

2011-10-14T20:15:00.000-05:00

Recently I had the pleasure of taking on a very unique and fun project. My client wanted some Andy Warhol type prints made of his own children:

First I took pictures of his kids, then I converted them to digital art:

Once approved I then converted them to screens, so I could screen print them in an Andy Warhol style:

After printing the outline, I hand painted them, to fill in the colors:

Here is an outline print:

Color fill:

After printing and painting:

Finished product: I then stretched the canvas over frames:

Finished, hung on client's wall:(Please forgive the sun glare)

Pikes Peak State Park

2011-10-10T19:09:00.000-05:00

Fall is in the air

2011-10-07T17:18:00.000-05:00

Random gravel roads

2011-08-31T21:26:00.001-05:00

I went for a drive this weekend, hit some random gravel roads and brought my camera along.

Guy builds his own TRAM

2011-06-16T21:10:00.001-05:00

Saw this article on Make:(click link below photo to see article and video)

http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2011/06/home-built-funicular-motorized-people-mover-system-on-make-projects.html

Kind of reminded me of the cool one in Dubuque you can still ride:

Renaissance Fair in Amana Colonies

2011-06-15T16:54:00.000-05:00

A few weeks ago I went to the Renaissance Fair in Amana

I went last year as well.. And last year was WAY more photogenic than this years.. So I'll post the pics from 2010:

An Amazing Time-Lapse Video

2011-06-03T21:39:00.000-05:00

This was all shot by farmer and photographer Randy Halverson

"For the month of May I shot Milky Way timelapse in central South Dakota, when I had the time, and the weather cooperated. The biggest challenge was cloudy nights and the wind. There were very few nights, when I could shoot, that were perfectly clear, and often the wind was blowing 25mph +. That made it hard to get the shots I wanted. I kept most of the shots low to the ground, so the wind wouldn't catch the setup and cause camera shake, or blow it over. I used a Stage Zero Dolly on the dolly shots and a "Milapse" mount on the panning ones.

Canon 60D and T2i
Tokina 11-16
Sigma 20mm F1.8
Tamron 17-50

Dynamic Perception Stage Zero Dolly dynamicperception.com

Shot in RAW format, the Milky Way shots were 30 seconds exposure F2.8 or F1.8 with 2 second interval between shots, for 3-4 hours run time. ISO 1600

Ten seconds of the video is about 2 hours 20 minutes in real time.

Simon Wilkinson from thebluemask.com created the soundtrack "Exodus" for the video"
-His Vimeo page Click here to see the video link

Random Photo Art

2011-05-14T18:09:00.000-05:00

Recently I was digging through some old pics.. These are some of the ones I decided to play with just for fun:

San Francisco 08'

Chicago 08'

American Pickers

2011-05-07T20:17:00.000-05:00

Today at the Isle of Capri in Waterloo there was a meet and greet with the American Pickers. I'm a fan of the show.. And so is my Dad. So we went.

I really had no idea how the casino would be about taking cameras in.. So I thought Just in case.. I will see if I can find their van outside and take pictures of it... I drove back by the delivery area..Thinking maybe they would park there to unload... Nope. While we were walking in I spotted it WAY off in the distance in the middle of nowhere in a side lot.

Once we got inside they announced where the line would be forming. I think we got lucky because we were 20 feet from the line entry. Besides the people that knew where it was already and had already been waiting we got a semi-decent spot in line. Once Mike and Danielle showed up at 3(right on time) and the line started moving. It took about 45 minutes to get to them.

They both acted as if they were your next door neighbor... Very cheerful, happy to pose for pics with people, signing whatever people handed to them... They seemed just as genuine and friendly in person as they are on the show...

Dubuque Mini Adventure

2011-05-02T11:57:00.000-05:00

Yesterday was one of the first decent days we have had here in Iowa this year. It got up to a balmy 60 degrees! This years Spring has felt more like extended Winter. I decided to go to Dubuque and do some exploring. First stop was the Mines Of Spain.

The area is high up, along the Mississippi River valley... It had some great views.

I took this one in a field behind Crystal Lake Cave.

Next it was time to head into Dubuque, downtown along the Mississippi River Walk.

The shot tower

I'm Ready For May

2011-04-27T21:22:00.000-05:00

I really, really, REALLY thought April meant the coming of Spring. Last year early April brought nice weather and it seemed to hang around some.. This year It seems like we had 3 very precious warm Spring-like days.. And the rest were rainy, cold, and gray.

Today was a typical Iowa gray and depressing day.(shot today)

And then right before sunset the gray went away and the sun decided to make an appearance

It was nice to see the sun, even if it was just for 20 minutes or so.. It brings hope for the coming weeks ahead.

(Shot today as well)

First Camera

2011-04-23T13:08:00.000-05:00

Yesterday I was digging through old pictures and found these precious jewels.

That's me on my 6th birthday.. My first camera was given to me...

I think that was a loose dog running across the road.

That's my brother swinging.

That's my sister and her first attempt at modeling.

That's my sister attempting to soil herself.

My brother with his camera standing by in case mine went down.

My sister modeling her Westminster kennel club award winning breed.

My sweet Care Bear watch, Del Monte Bear, and monster truck.

My failed attempt at making aviation history.

University of Iowa Pow Wow

2011-04-10T12:33:00.001-05:00

I have always been fascinated with Native American culture.. I was fortunate enough to hear about a pow wow happening in Iowa City yesterday.. My only regret was bringing my 6 year old point and shoot camera in place of the newer one..Sometimes it's nice to travel light but since this event was indoors the pictures paid the price for my laziness :-)

While the performances were great.. I think my favorite part was the drumming and singing.

Fine Art

2011-04-05T20:22:00.001-05:00

Cool Sky

2011-04-02T10:00:00.000-05:00

While it wasn't very warm yesterday.. It sure was pretty out.. Here are some random (edited) shots I got

Bridges of Madison County 2

2011-03-24T18:47:00.001-05:00

After digging up some of the pictures used for yesterdays' post I decided to do some further editing.

This one was my favorite:

Here is the reverse side of the same bridge:

I used the same style on this tree picture I took the same day:

Bridges of Madison County

2011-03-23T12:05:00.000-05:00

Since things around here are a little slow(photo-wise) I figured I'd share some pictures I got about a year ago when I drove through Madison county.

The Famous Bridges of Madison County:

oops, wrong file!...

Wait, why would you even have that on your computer?

Okay, here are the real ones:

The area is also the birthplace to John Wayne: