Falls in Drought

This small falls is on Cat Creek on the Shadow Valley Ranch, southeast of Cassoday. It normally has a noisy two-foot drop, but drought has silenced it.

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I’m an Oklahoma native who transplanted to Kansas in 1974. In 2002, after careers in teaching (math and physics) and programming, I was inspired by the book America Wide, by Australian photographer Ken Duncan. His iconic panoramic images just stayed with me, so I retired to begin an “encore career” as a Kansas landscape photographer. My wife, Shellee, and I live in Wichita where my studio, Prairie Vistas Gallery, is located.

I love to photograph Kansas. The whole state possesses a kind of beauty that doesn’t shout for attention. It’s extremely varied, textured, and subtle. I enjoy shooting very early or late in the day, when colors are more saturated, and when the low sun reveals the contours of the landscape and tints the clouds and the prairie grasses.

I like to make photographs that can give respite or transport the viewer to another time or place, whether real or imagined. I find fulfillment in sharing common sights that are not so commonly noticed—a fog-shrouded Flint Hills sunrise, a rural road that curves beyond our view, or a glowing stand of roadside grasses on a damp October morning.

I take photographs for Kansans, Kansas expats, and Kansas visitors. My goal is to reveal that the countryside we drive through every day is worth a second look, that it possesses beauty and significance on its own terms. I’ve succeeded if my photo along a township road in Ellis County can prompt a viewer to opine “What a great spot! I’d like to drive through there”.