We were pleased to hear that one of our photos entered into the annual Keep Iowa Beautiful photography competition was chosen as an award winner! The “Fall Color Express” image taken in Boone County, Iowa received 1st place honors. Proceeds from the entry fees will be used to offer cash awards for the photography contest and for support of KIB’s programs &am[...]

Thank you so much for the support! Your votes helped me capture 1st Place/Best of Show in the Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area photography contest! To see a list of all of the winners, click here.

I am completely honored and excited to announce that tonight on Iowa Public Television at 6:30PM I will be featured on the latest episode of the Iowa Outdoors show. I spent two days with a film crew back in May discussing landscape and wildlife photography. This is definitely not a personal achievement alone - I've met so many friends in the photography comm[...]

We were pleased to hear that two of our photos entered into the annual Keep Iowa Beautiful photography competition were chosen as award winners! The "Fiery Sky" image taken in Warren County, Iowa received 1st place honors. The "Loess Hills Sunrise" image was taken at Murray Hill Scenic Overlook in Harrison County, Iowa received Honorable Mention honors. Proc[...]

Thank you so much for the support! Your votes helped me capture 1st Place/Best of Show for the People's Choice award in the Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area photography contest!   I also received 2nd place in the judging portion for my "Sunrise Surprise" image in the Iowan Farmscapes category. To see a list of all of the winn[...]

Thank you WHO TV Channel 13 News and Laura Barczewski for the feature on the morning show today. But more importantly, thank you to everyone who I've met along the way that has helped me in one way or another on this crazy quest I've started in trying to photograph all 9 species of owls in Iowa. I certainly cannot take all of the credit as the latter half of[...]

Thank you to the Delano Herald Journal in Minnesota for using my image of totality during the eclipse as part of their headline on the front page of their newspaper!

Thanks to Cityview Magazine in Des Moines for the nice write-up! Justin Rogers is a Fort Dodge native who glorifies the beauty of Iowa, both urban and rural, in photo prints. A self-employed web designer in West Des Moines, Rogers has the flexibility to “chase the light” that he believes, like Monet chasing haystacks before him, makes or breaks a piece of a[...]

On campus tonight at Iowa Central Community College to juror the Iowa Central Community College Professional Photography Program spring photography salon. Congrats to all the students!

Special thanks to Michael Libbie for having Kelly Sharp (Heart of Iowa Market Place) and I on Insight on Business - The News Hour to talk about our individual businesses as well as our combined photography book project we completed recently - "Images From the Heart of Iowa". More information, including the full interview can be found at the link below: ht[...]