Wind turbines spin in a farmer’s field on a cold winter evening in Central Illinois.
Mar 04, 2013 | Categories:Agriculture, Features, For Hire, Freelance, Hire Me, I'm Available, Illinois, In The 309, Photography, Rural America, nature, scenic | Tags: efficient, electricity, energy, environment, farm, generate, green, IL", Illinois, In the 309, Midwest, rural, tower, turbine, wind | Leave A Comment »
As the full moon rises, it silhouettes the vintage grain elevator in Maquon, IL. Be sure to join me on Facebook – Twitter – Flickr
Feb 26, 2013 | Categories:Agriculture, Features, For Hire, Freelance, Hire Me, I'm Available, Illinois, In The 309, Night, Photography, Rural America | Tags: Agriculture, grain elevator, IL", Illinois, In the 309, maquon, Midwest, Night, old, vintage | Leave A Comment »
With our wildly fluctuating temperatures in Central Illinois lately, we’ve had our share of foggy days and nights. And I love shooting in fog. One such evening was this past Monday, when I headed towards the Illinois River after work. This is the Tazewell & Peoria Railroad’s massive Illinois River lift bridge shrouded in a [...]
Feb 01, 2013 | Categories:Engineering, Features, For Hire, Freelance, Hire Me, I'm Available, Illinois, In The 309, Photography, Railroad, Transportation, scenic | Tags: bridge, fog, foggy, IL", Illinois, Illinois River, In the 309, lift, Railroad, Tazewell and Peoria, train, Transportation, weather | Leave A Comment »
It’s last call down at the local bar. Just before they turn out the PBR sign hanging out front, an empty BNSF grain train rumbles through Yates City, on its way back to North Dakota for a reload. Be sure to join me on Facebook – Twitter – Flickr
Jan 27, 2013 | Categories:Agriculture, Features, Flash Photography, For Hire, Freelance, Hire Me, I'm Available, Illinois, In The 309, Photography, Railroad, Rural America, Transportation | Tags: bar, beer, BNSF, flash, IL", illinos, In the 309, late night, Midwest, Night, pabst blue ribbon, PBR, Photography, Railroad, railway, sign, strobist, train, yates city | Leave A Comment »
Rising over I-55 just south of Chenoa, IL, County Road 3000 N disappears into the sunset on a winter evening. And as always, be sure to join me on Facebook – Twitter – Flickr
Feb 20, 2012 | Categories:Country Roads, Features, For Hire, Freelance, Hire Me, I'm Available, Illinois, In The 309, Photography, Rural America, Transportation, Travel, scenic | Tags: Chenoa, cold, country, county, County Road 3000 N, drive, evening, HDR, high dynamic range, highway, IL", Illinois, In the 309, overpass, pavement, road, sunset, travel, trip, winter | Leave A Comment »
Earlier this month, while checking the satellite image on one of those typically cold, mid-winter days, I noticed a promising clearing line forming out near the Mississippi River that appeared to be timing itself well to arrive just before sunset. Those conditions can work together to make for some spectacular sunsets, when the last rays [...]
Jan 31, 2012 | Categories:Agriculture, Features, For Hire, Freelance, Hire Me, I'm Available, Illinois, In The 309, Rural America, nature, scenic | Tags: clouds, colorful, farm, fire, IL", Illinois, In the 309, light, pink, prairie, rural, sunset, winter | Leave A Comment »
Helle Road runs through the rolling hills of the Spoon River valley just south of Ellisville, IL. In this view from last fall, the lightly traveled gravel path disappears into the far hillside amidst a forest of colorful trees. Be sure to join me on Facebook – Twitter – Flickr
Jan 24, 2012 | Categories:Features, For Hire, Freelance, Hire Me, I'm Available, Illinois, In The 309, Photography, Rural America, nature, scenic | Tags: colorful, country roads, Ellisville, fall, gravel, IL", Illinois, In the 309, road, road trip, Spoon River, trees, valley | Leave A Comment »
Two views of downtown Williamsfield, IL on a warm early fall evening. Be sure to join me on Facebook – Twitter – Flickr
Nov 14, 2011 | Categories:Features, For Hire, Freelance, Hire Me, I'm Available, Illinois, In The 309, Photography, Rural America | Tags: country, culture, downtown, evening, IL", Illinois, In the 309, life, Midwest, Midwestern, rural, small town, sunset, Williamsfield | Leave A Comment »
To me there is nothing more symbolic of summer in the Midwest than lightning bugs. They’re almost like a mini-fireworks display over the fields. So what better day to post this image than the 4th of July? Be sure to join me on Facebook – Twitter – Flickr
Jul 04, 2011 | Categories:Agriculture, Features, For Hire, Freelance, Hire Me, I'm Available, Illinois, In The 309, Night, Photography, Rural America, Travel, nature, scenic | Tags: bin, country, Edelstein, evening, farm, fireflies, firefly, grain elevator, IL", Illinois, In the 309, insect, light, lightning bugs, Midwest, Midwestern, nature, Night, rural, scenic, sunset | Leave A Comment »
May 15, 2011 | Categories:Agriculture, Features, For Hire, Freelance, Hire Me, I'm Available, Illinois, In The 309, Photography, Rural America | Tags: Agriculture, barren, cold, country, crop, farm, field, Illinois, In the 309, Midwest, Midwestern, rural, silo, winter | Leave A Comment »
Today’s Post Office comes to us from way out west in the 309 area code, in the tiny town of Smithshire, IL. View Post Offices in the 309 in a larger map
Mar 31, 2011 | Categories:Architecture, Features, For Hire, Freelance, Hire Me, I'm Available, Illinois, In The 309, Photography, Rural America, post office | Tags: Architecture, area code, country, government, Illinois, In the 309, Midwest, Midwestern, Photography, post office, project, rural, small town, tiny, travel, united states | Leave A Comment »
Finally getting back to blogging! For my first post here in a while, I guess I’ll go back to the well of “In the (Three Oh Nine)” photos. This one is from earlier this winter, from one of my post office-seeking photo trips. I found this scene just north of Raritan, IL.
Mar 24, 2011 | Categories:Agriculture, Architecture, Features, For Hire, Freelance, Hire Me, I'm Available, Illinois, In The 309, Photography, Rural America, scenic | Tags: Agriculture, area code, barn, barren, cattle, cold, country, desolate, farm, IL", Illinois, In the 309, Midwest, Midwestern, Nick Suydam, photo, Photography, raise, raritan, rural, small town, snow, winter | Leave A Comment »
Today’s Post Office is Norris, IL. Population 194. View Post Offices in the 309 in a larger map
Mar 02, 2011 | Categories:Architecture, Features, For Hire, Freelance, Hire Me, I'm Available, Illinois, Photography, Rural America, Travel, post office | Tags: Architecture, building, country, endangered, government, IL", Illinois, In the 309, letter, mail, Norris, post office, rural, small town, town, variety | Leave A Comment »
I thought I’d deviate from the Post Offices for once, and add to the “In the Three Oh Nine” series. This is the E.D. Edwards Generating Station south of Bartonville, IL along the Illinois River. It’s a 749 Megawatt coal fired power plant belonging to AmerenCilco, the local utility. Feeding the burners at Edwards Station [...]
Mar 01, 2011 | Categories:Engineering, Features, For Hire, Freelance, Hire Me, I'm Available, Illinois, In The 309, Night, Photography, Railroad, Transportation | Tags: Bartonville, big, coal, e.d. edwards., electric, electricity, fired, generating, IL", Illinois, In the 309, pollution, power plant, smoke | Leave A Comment »
Today’s Post Office is Cameron, IL. Population 651. View Post Offices in the 309 in a larger map
Feb 24, 2011 | Categories:Architecture, Features, For Hire, Freelance, Hire Me, I'm Available, In The 309, Photography, Rural America, Travel, post office | Tags: Architecture, cameron, country, government, IL", Illinois, In the 309, post office, rural, small town, variety | 1 Comment »
Today’s Post Office is Marietta, IL, population 150. View Post Offices in the 309 in a larger map
Feb 23, 2011 | Categories:Architecture, Features, For Hire, Freelance, Hire Me, I'm Available, Illinois, In The 309, Photography, Rural America, Travel, post office | Tags: closing, country, endangered, government, Illinois, In the 309, letter, mail, Marietta, post office, rural, small town | Leave A Comment »
Today’s Post Office is Table Grove, IL, population 396. View Post Offices in the 309 in a larger map
Feb 21, 2011 | Categories:Architecture, Features, For Hire, Freelance, Hire Me, I'm Available, Illinois, In The 309, Photography, Rural America, Travel, post office | Tags: budget, country, deliver, endangered, government, Illinois, In the 309, letter, mail, post office, rural | Leave A Comment »
Today in Post Offices, we have Knoxville, IL, population 3183. View Post Offices in the 309 in a larger map
Feb 18, 2011 | Categories:Architecture, Features, For Hire, Freelance, Hire Me, I'm Available, Illinois, In The 309, Photography, Rural America, Travel, post office | Tags: budget, country, cuts, deliver, endangered, government, Illinois, In the 309, letter, mail, Midwest, Midwestern, post office, rural, small town | Leave A Comment »
Today we have the Wyoming, IL Post Office. Wyoming is one of three towns in the area that shares a name with another state. Wyoming, IL; Population 1366, Zip Code 61491 View Post Offices in the 309 in a larger map
Feb 17, 2011 | Categories:Architecture, Features, For Hire, Freelance, Hire Me, I'm Available, Illinois, In The 309, Photography, Rural America, Travel, post office | Tags: Architecture, Central, country, deliver, endangered, Illinois, In the 309, letter, Midwest, Midwestern, Photography, post office, postal, rural, service, zip code | Leave A Comment »
With the recent news that the United States Postal Service is going to close up to 2,000 post office locations around the country, in mostly rural areas, I decided that I needed to begin documenting the small town and rural post office locations around my area. Beginning last week, I drove the countryside in search [...]
Feb 16, 2011 | Categories:Architecture, Features, For Hire, Freelance, Hire Me, I'm Available, Illinois, In The 309, Photography, Rural America, Travel, post office | Tags: Architecture, closing, country, deliver, endangered, government, Illinois, In the 309, letter, mail, office, po, post office, postal, receive, rural, send, small town, travel | Leave A Comment »
A week ago, I was doing a little exploring of the Peoria area, waiting for the sun come out. The weatherman had said it would be a ‘mostly sunny’ afternoon, but by 5pm, the sun had not shown itself. There was a clearing line in the west though, so I knew we’d get a bit [...]
Nov 02, 2010 | Categories:Features, Illinois, In The 309, Photography, Rural America, Transportation, scenic | Tags: barge, Creve Couer, IL", Illinois, In the 309, in the three oh nine, Pekin, Peoria, river, scenic, sunset, towboat, tugboat, water | Leave A Comment »
