Potter’s Tools
Humble Clay studio, Cottonwood Falls, Kansas – Larry Matson’s studio space is a work of art in itself, filled with a clay worker’s tools, a throwing wheel, finished pieces, and a dozens of small things that inspire his creativity.
Rain Drops
Grass Blades
Blackeyed Susan Forest
Marion County, Kansas – These wild blackeyed susans tower like a forest above the camera, but are really only a couple feet high. The camera and a wide angle lens were placed on the ground and pointed straight up toward the sky, giving you a bug’s eye view of a…
Clover – before opening
Clover – after opening
Salsify
Lyon County, Kansas
Passing Feets
A slow shutter speed setting on the camera captured the passing feet of people as they headed home after the concert. Bodies move quickly by and become transparent to the camera, while shoes stay in place for a moment and leave a ghostly record of humanity passing…
Flint Hills Portrait
Symphony in the Flint Hills 2010
Some Cowboys
Symphony in the Flint Hills – It wouldn’t be a full experience without the cattle workers of the tallgrass prairie. Cowboys on horseback were cruising throughout the site looking after the safety of the visitors.
Ranch Horse Demonstration
Symphony in the Flint Hills 2010 – Rex Buchman talk about preferences in a good working ranch horse, and gave some illuminating talks & demonstrations during the Saturday event.
Symphony Tent – Nightfall
Symphony in the Flint Hills 2010, Chase County, Kansas – One of the tents after sundown.
Ready for the Music
Symphony in the Flint Hills 2010 – Chase County, Kansas
Prelude
Symphony in the Flint Hills 2010 – It’s early afternoon, the concert area quietly waits for performers, and the thousands of visitors who will soon flow into the soft rolling hills.
Wagon Driver
Symphony in the Flint Hills 2010 – Chase County, Kansas