Freeman Taxidermy

Yesterday, I photographed Clint Freeman as part of my project to document Harrisburg, Missouri. Over the last few years, Freeman, a Harrisburg native, has taken taxidermy from a hobby to a profession. On Monday, he was touching up two deer mounts.

Harrisburg Hazard House

For the next couple weeks, I'll be photographing in and around Harrisburg, Missouri. This photo is from the Hazard House just south of town. Named for the past owners, the home is flanked by a long fence filled with old scraps, deer skulls, dolls and more. For the last decade, Terry McBride has been renovating the 170-year-old farm house. When he bought the house, the previous owners had mostly abandoned the property and the home was filled with junk. This junk now fills the 50-foot fence, although McBride holds onto some of the more valuable pieces like an 1855 nickel. I'll be posting more photos from the Hazard House and Harrisburg in the coming weeks.  Enjoy this preview.

Who's Behind Your Burger?

For the last several weeks, I've been working on a project to document the farmers, bakers, and ranchers who are bringing a hamburger to your table. The stories are all together now on my website where you can browse the origins of your dinner. Go take a look and enjoy.

Covered-L Ranch

Kansas City Polar Bear

Last week we spent an early summer day at the Kansas City Zoo. Despite the unusually warm March weather, there was an extremely active polar bear by the entrance. Here are a few photos from the day. Enjoy.

Here are a few details from some of the other animals.

Prehensile tail porcupine

Straw-necked ibis

Straw-necked ibis

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