ENTRY DESCRIPTION
This grand structure stands today at the corner of Main Street & Pennsylvania Avenue in Ness City, Kansas. The building was completed in 1890. This was the home of the Ness County Bank that was founded in 1885 by N. C. Merrill.

This example of American Architecture was designed by the Holland & Hopkins firm of Topeka Kansas. The estimated completion cost was $75,000.00.

In 1890, when this building was completed, it truly was a skyscraper on the plains of Kansas.

AUTHOR
I am passionate about photography, videography, technology and aviation. I deeply enjoy working with people, animals and objects to capture that “elusive, just right image”, which makes people pause for a moment of enjoyment.

My family and I are Texas natives who now live in Colorado. In 1986, I earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering Technology from Texas Tech University. Also, I have enjoyed being a commercial pilot and a former flight instructor. In Nashville, Tennessee, I worked for a premier commercial real estate developer. During my corporate career, I traveled the United States and much of the world. This breadth of life experience uniquely enables me to see the world in a very special way. My love of photography started at a very early age with a Brownie camera. Photography helped pay for my college. While at Texas Tech, I worked for a camera store which allowed me to gain experience with many different cameras, lenses, and film formats. Today, I use Adobe Photoshop CC, LightRoom CC, and Final Cut Pro for post processing. I am always amazed at what these tools can do when compared to the darkroom equipment I used in the bygone.

Today, capturing interesting moments in digital media is a wonderful blend of art and technology. These moments take on different meanings of value. Perhaps, value is found in a portfolio of images that enable you to better communicate the value of a property or product that you are selling. Can a value be placed on a photo or video that captures the priceless moment of a life event? How much gratification is gained from looking at a professionally composed image of a beautiful place on earth? We are so influenced by our vision.

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