I'm here to learn. I appreciate any help in that endeavor.

I am autistic. Therefore, good or bad, I am apt to see a subject differently than most and I sometimes take pictures that show this difference. I am also apt to forget my tripod, mittens, ISO setting, and the password to my computer. I often take pictures that reflect all this, too.

While I have troubles with names and faces, I will always remember the warm, dedicated, expressive hearts and souls I have met through Flickr. They have taught me so much - and only some of it was about photography.

I started taking photos, in a serious way, in November 2004. I've had a few published since then. Here are those I'm aware of:

"Emily Holga" was published in the article Are Longhaired Calico Cats Rare? on the Quora website (February 2015)

"Ballot" was published in the article Iowa Supreme Court To Consider Challenge To Felon Voting Law on the Iowa Public Radio website (March 2016) - [This photo has subsequently been used by several other sites related, directly or indirectly, to public broadcasting]

"Trowel" was published in the article 14 Days Until the End of the World on the Appalachiantrails.com website (March 2016)

"Super Cow" was published in the article 11 Things You Have To Do Before You’re An Official Iowan on the Onlyinyourstate.com website (February 2016)

"Ballot" was published on the Here & Now WBUR Boston NPR news website (March 2016) - [This photo has subsequently been used by several other sites related, directly or indirectly, to public broadcasting]

"Plaza Pond" was published in the article 15 Awesome Things You Must Do In Iowa’s Capital This Summer on the Onlyinyourstate.com website (June 2015)

"Radishes" was published on the HomeMadeByYou food website (Spring 2015)

"Drake LE1" was published in the article Number Of Colleges And Universities Under Investigation For Title IX Violations Up To 85 on the Generation Progress website (October 2014)

"River Crest LE" was published in the article Iowa communities hopeful as water levels recede on the Iowa Environmental Focus website (2014)

"Creston" was published in the article Students, other volunteers plant more than 70 trees in Creston on the Iowa Environmental Focus website (2014)

"Feral" was published in the article "5 Famous Cats of War" on the Care 2 website (September 2012)

"Federal Budget" was published in: Yes! Magazine (15 Jul 10)

"BlueBow" was published by the Lutheran Church of Hope, West Des Moines, Iowa, on a mailing postcard advertising their 2006 Christmas Candlelight Services.

"Alley" was published in: pict*re magazine - Special Volume: Night (January 2006).

"Holes" was published in: Stirring : A Literary Collection Volume 7, Edition 6 : June 2005. (cover photo)

"Squirrel" was published in: Stirring : A Literary Collection Volume 7, Edition 10 : October 2005. (cover photo)

"Burned Church" was published in: SOMETIMES CITY:vol02/iss01 (november/december 2002). (cover photo)

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