Infrared at the Garden!

Spent the bright sunny day shooting with a Cokin Infrared filter on the Missouri Botanical Garden grounds. Not the best shots but if anyone has some tips let me know!

Moments

A collection of images from a day of shooting at Shaw Nature Reserve south of St. Louis. The 2,500 acre property has a lot to offer from prairies to forests to wetlands. During a whole day of hiking and trekking around the property the success of the day came down to a few moments.

The first image of the sod house was a luck timing of the sun peeking out of the clouds. With photography half of everything is luck...the other half preparation.

The next shot was a moment of luck. I dropped my lens cap then happened to look over to see a chipmunk peering out of the log next to me. I had a moment to snap a few shots before the little guy scampered off.

The third image again. A moment. Rarely does nature provide us with a perfect composition but the way the branches filled in with each other it was a moment that couldn't be resisted.

Photography creates moments. A moment of time that usually will never be repeated. In the age of video and multimedia, it is still nice to find those decisive moments. Enjoy!

Chuck Berry Performs at Blueberry Hill

Chuck Berry Performance at Blueberry Hill from Kyle Spradley on Vimeo.

Chuck Berry performs at the Duck Room at Blueberry Hill. The infamous basement club in the Loop of University City features the legendary guitarist with shows each month. Even though Chuck is 84, he still can play and puts on an amazing show.

No Particular Place to Go

No Particular Place to Go from Kyle Spradley on Vimeo.

Chuck Berry performs No Particular Place to Go at the Duck Room in the basement of Blueberry Hill in the Loop in University City.

Johnny B. Goode

Johnny B Goode at Blueberry Hill from Kyle Spradley on Vimeo.

Chuck Berry performing the famous hit Johnny B. Goode at the Duck Room at Blueberry Hill. The infamous basement club in the Loop of University City features the legendary guitarist with shows each month. Even though Chuck is 84, he still can play and puts on an amazing show.

The Originator of Rock n Roll

More shots from the Chuck Berry show at the Duck Room at Blueberry Hill on February 17, 2010.

Ladies and Gentlemen...Chuck Berry

A few edits from the Chuck Berry show at Blueberry Hill's Duck Room from last night. More to follow soon along with some video!

Orchid Show - 2010

Missouri Botanical Garden Orchid Show - 2010 from Kyle Spradley on Vimeo.

The Orchid Show opens at the Missouri Botanical Garden January 30th and runs through March 28th. Video shot with Canon 7D.

Works best when you hit Play then pause to let buffer fully. Then play

Snowfall at the garden!

Amur Corktree
Temperate House
Tower Grove House
Linnean House
Shaw's mausoleum
Camellia bloom
Japanese Garden
My mallard friend
Don't eat the yellow snow!

Fly Fishing Magazine

Just was sent the link to this site. It is an online magazine on fly fishing photography. Cool stuff.

http://catchmagazine.net/

Missouri Botanical Garden in the Winter

Images from the Missouri Botanical Garden. Although we are in the midst of winter, the grounds are alive with color and activity. Enjoy!

Winter in Missouri Botanical Garden

First week of shooting at Missouri Botanical Garden as photo intern