Category: Events

Such a festival only comes around once a year, and to Iowa? Almost never! The Des Moines Coffee and Donut festival is a mixture of two things I absolutely love: coffee and donuts. While I tend to enjoy the coffee with abandon, the donuts are a special treat – and usually best reserved for the…

Who doesn’t love the energy of an event put on for families and children – especially one designed to foster the love of reading and celebrate the life of Dr. Seuss? I had the honor of photographing the Denver, Iowa Public Library‘s annual Dr. Seuss celebration – both the celebration itself as well as the dedicated…

Lots of us have causes that we feel strongly about – myself included. Despite the fact that it’s a pain in the butt and requires me to make a special trip to the recycling center, I sort out the recyclables and take them down to the center to try and reduce any excess waste from…

“One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish!” Okay, so I’ll admit that I only have a few Dr. Seuss quotes memorized (and it’s probably not the best ones he had to offer), but I still had fun celebrating Dr. Seuss’s birthday with the people of Denver and their public library. While Dr. Seuss was…

I had the pleasure of being the official HackISU photographer this year. Taking back the negative connotations to the word “hack”, a Hackathon event (such as HackISU) is an event where programmers come together for a “no-holds-barred” event to create new products. Divided into teams, each group starts on a brand-new software or hardware project,…