Personal Vision

A visitor to the Des Moines Art Center takes in the glow of a neon work of art.

A street performer sits on a curb in Old Havana, Cuba while mockingly smoking a cigar. 

A crescent moon graces a colorful sky above the Alaska Range and the Tanana River about 40 miles southeast of Fairbanks. Photo taken about 4:30 p.m. January 1, 2017.

Frozen water vapor crystal structures... snowflakes. 

A view from the 2nd story of one of Eastern State Penitentiary's cell blocks.

Twin starbursts appear over the 18th green while finishing up an afternoon round in Mesquite, Nevada.

I shot this moon outside my house on the last night of the year.

My eldest daughter is on the cusp of not believing in Santa Claus. She seems torn between wanting to believe and the reality that it is her parents who are giving her presents. Meanwhile her younger sister is just grasping Christmas traditions and is happy as a clam believing in the jolly old elf.

This picture was originally a lighting test for a different image we had planned for our Christmas card. I just liked this one so much that I jettisoned the "family" picture I shot and sent out this outtake instead. Sometimes pictures are gifts.

Scene from the performance of Little Drummer Boy during the Heartland Men's Chorus Holiday Show.

Zion National Park in Utah