Sunday, June 28, 2009

Fields Of Gold

Was out in central Kansas Thursday working on a harvest story.


Being out in a wheat field when it's 100 degrees out, swatting mosquitos and chasing after some nice light reminded me of the summer of 1995. Back then I was shooting pictures in the wheat fields of Kansas as an intern for the Wichita Eagle. One of the best summers ever.

Hard to believe it's been that long.

Sunday, June 21, 2009

A Grape Catch For The World Record

Every now and then, an assignment comes across the desk and you just know it's gonna turn out good. This was one of those assignments.

A Grape Catch for the World Record from Travis Heying on Vimeo.

Sunday, June 14, 2009

Summer Solstice Garden Party

Saturday was the annual Summer Solstice Party at Bartlett Arboretum in Belle Plaine, Ks. Step through the gate at the arb's east border, and you essentially step into another time and place. It's pretty magical. Nothing artificial about it.

A dinner of fried chicken is probably the highlight. At least it is for me.

We're talkin' classy here, people. White attire is requested (required) and it looks like you're at a garden party in the year 1929, not 2009.

There's a croquet tournament. I played. Didn't bring my "A" game.

My co-worker Jaime serves as official photographer and and every year shoots the big group portrait. Before that though, we had a camera duel.

Draw!

Croquet. Gin-spiked lemonade. Fried Chicken. A beautiful summer evening. Even girls dressed in white riding around on horses. Hard not to enjoy an evening like that. I keep going to events like this and I'll have to change the name of my blog to Indoor Dog.