Quite often, my thoughts and feelings are conveyed through the photos I capture. Photographs are truly worth more than words. They have deeper meaning. To me, a photograph is not just the sun setting on a corn field, not just a tractor stirring up dust in the field, not just cows grazing. I see more. When I snap a picture, I see through the camera lens: faith, family, tradition, strength, hard work, pride, love, and even hope.
Often times, you may find me with my camera, as I never know when I will be inspired by what I see or spot a great idea for a photo. Even on my jogs in the country, I search for inspiration for my next photo. In the spring, I cannot help but notice the warm, yellow-orange sun beaming down on the shiny, green rows of corn or my dad in the tractor making his way across the field. Harvest is another time of inspiration. One fall while waiting on my dad to fill the grain wagon for me to haul into the bin site to unload, I took time to discover the environment around me. Lying on my stomach in the middle of a grassed waterway, I patiently waited to take that perfect picture of a Monarch butterfly on top of a red clover blossom. I am sure it was a crazy site to see from the cab of the combine! My dad was probably wondering what his daughter was up to again! The outcome of the photos was exactly what I had hoped. Several Monarchs fluttering, almost melodically, throughout the waterway inspired me to take pictures of the free spirited and wonderfully beautiful insects. These sites start a thought process...thoughts that I want to capture in photographs to share with others.
Agriculture is what I know, love and appreciate, and I want to share my love of agriculture through my photographs.
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