Kansas Wind Energy
Last week I spent a few days traveling around Kansas shooting video and photos for this story for the Lawrence Journal-World about wind energy. When I arrived back in Lawrence, I had put 1,000 miles on my VW Rabbit, clicked more than 1,200 accuations on my Nikon D200, and logged about 5 hours of HD video on my Canon HV20. The Canon HV20 is an amazing little camera and it affords me the abilty to pull still photographs from the HD video. The image is big enough to run 10 inches wide in our newspaper. Wow! Watch the video below.
Wakarusa Fest Photos
Just to set the record straight, I’m generally turned off by jam bands, dead heads, and patchouli oil. For the fourth consecutive year, thousands of tye-dye wearing music lovers set up camp at the Clinton Lake State Park for the Wakarusa Music & Camping Festival. The four-day festival has basically become what Woodstock was generations ago. Although the music and overall “cultural experience” doesn’t do much for me personally, I’ve always loved photographing the event.
Shawnee Mission Skatepark
I think that I’ve shot this same photo of Phil Wasson at least 10 times. And every time, I still love it as much as the first. Anyway, for those that don’t know, this is Phil airing the bowl at the Shawnee Mission Skatepark. It’s a fun place with lots of fast lines. Click here for a slideshow of photos from the day riding with friends.
