Fluff Piece

Sorry for the bad pun. We're having our first week of nice weather in Columbia and while eating lunch in the park, someone brought over a bucket (literally a bucket) full of puppies. Everyone swarmed.

Enjoy some photos.

Early Morning

I wasn't planning on photographing anything this morning. However, when I stepped outside, it was too nice of a morning to pass up. I ended up running a mile through our neighbor's pasture to try and get to the wide valley in the second photo before the fog burned off and the sun got too high. Overall, a good way to start the morning.

A weekend of fire

Once again this past weekend, I went out to help out with a couple controlled burns in Mid-Missouri. Friday started with the Tiger Fire Crew from the University of Missouri out at Tucker Prairie. Most of the day was spent burning at Tucker, a natural grassland near Kingdom City. Saturday followed with a burn on some private land near Centralia in a formally cedar-covered field. 

I know the blog is pretty fire-heavy right now, but I also have some pretty exciting non-fire shoots planned in the next week. Enjoy these for now.

Tucker Prairie

Tucker Prairie

Tucker Prairie

Tucker Prairie

Tucker Prairie

Tucker Prairie

Centralia

Centralia

Wild Haven Fire

Last weekend, I helped out with a prescribed burn at the Audubon Society's Wild Haven Nature Area just outside of Columbia. Twenty acres were burned as part of a plan to manage native glade habitats. The fire was calmer than last month's grass fire, but I did get a couple photos. Enjoy.