These photos were shot a couple months back and have now been printed and copies of the magazine have been sent out. Since all of this happened, I can now place a couple shots on my blog for you guys to see. I do not like posting photos from clients when they have not had a chance to post on a website or run in a publication, I want to make sure they get first presentation.

I have added a (PDF Here) of the story design, for some reason I can not save it so that when the PDF is open it shows you the two page side by side version. The layout looks better in two page view so that you can see the double truck photo with text on it.

The Summer season of Theatre in the Park just wrapped up and I thought I would post a couple photos from this years shows. From top, Oklahoma!, 42nd Street, Beauty and the Beast and Titanic. I posted photos from all of the shows at www.kc-prints.com where I have been selling photos to the cast a crew. Thanks for checking this out, Kansas City Photographer Aaron Lindberg.

As an editorial photographer you have to go out on a limb to try and get the best shot that you can. I know it might seem easy to shoot a story about the development of buildings in an area since they are not exactly moving around and you certainly don’t need to make them smile for the camera.

A couple weeks back I shot an assignment for Urban Times about the development in the Westside of downtown Kansas City. As I was walking around, trying to find my angle, I stumble across this area where a nice house was being built and the KC skyline was in sight, bad part was that there were trees in the way of the skyline and it just wasn’t clicking. After 5 minutes of contemplating what to do and almost getting back in my car to leave, I see a lady with her kids letting the dogs out of the house across the street from the construction. I walk over to say hi and tell them a little bit about what I was doing and simply asked if I can shoot from one of the windows that faced over the construction. The lady was super friendly and showed me a couple different views from inside the house that looked to the skyline and from there everything fell into place.

What amazes me the most about this event was that a complete stranger let me into their house to put the finishing touches on my assignment. Sure I had camera gear draped around my neck and shoulders and didn’t look like someone who just happened to be walking around aimlessly approaching people outside of their houses, but it was nice to know that there are people out there who are willing to help out like this. I wonder in how many other cities would this of happened in? Do you think if I was in New York and approached a total stranger they would let me in, I really doubt it. That’s what I love about the Mid-West, there are a ton of nice people around here. If you would like to see more photos from this story, take a look at the layout designed by Justin Kite - PDF here. Thanks for checking this out, Kansas City Photographer Aaron Lindberg.

I went outside today and saw something staring at me with its head raised looking over the grass, I knew right away what it was since this was not our first encounter. I ran inside and grabbed my camera, threw on the 35-70mm 2.8 macro to see what I could get from her. Of course she was camera shy and kept her head in her shell but eventually poked it out as she tried to scramble away from me. I snapped a few shots than sent her on her way to where ever it was she was heading before I stopped her.

This is a Ornate Box Turtle which happens to be the state reptile of Kansas named in 1986. (Thanks Piper Elementary School for teaching me this back in the day.) Thanks for checking this out, Kansas City Photographer Aaron Lindberg.