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Greensburg 360
Made a return trip to Greensburg two years after it was leveled by a tornado.Every now and again, I try to make a 360 panorama of the town's park. Basically, I shoot a series of vertical photos,...
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You Want Ketchup Or Mustard With That?
The winner of this funnel cake eating contest received a free skybox party during a semi-pro baseball game. Hardly worth the trouble, I'd say. Suspect this guy doesn't even like baseball. Funnel Cake...
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It's That Time Of Year (Updated)
I used to define a successful night of storm chasing by coming home with a photograph of a tornado. Guess I'm getting old and wiser. Or maybe just slower.Had some nice lookin' storms come into the...
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Webster County, Nebraska
"Trees were so rare in that country, and they had to make such a hard fight to grow, that we used to feel anxious about them, and visit them as if they were persons. It must have been the scarcity of...
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Summer Solstice Garden Party
Saturday was the annual Summer Solstice Party at Bartlett Arboretum in Belle Plaine, Ks. Step through the gate at the arb's east border, and you essentially step into another time and place. It's...
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A Grape Catch For The World Record
Every now and then, an assignment comes across the desk and you just know it's gonna turn out good. This was one of those assignments. A Grape Catch for the World Record from Travis Heying on Vimeo.
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Fields Of Gold
Was out in central Kansas Thursday working on a harvest story. Being out in a wheat field when it's 100 degrees out, swatting mosquitos and chasing after some nice light reminded me of the summer of...
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Wichita To The Rockies in 3.5 Minutes
Don't you wish you were this fast?Wichita to the Rockies in 3.5 minutes from Travis Heying on Vimeo.Have been meaning to try a long-distance time lapse for a while now. What better place to try it out...
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When Photojournalists Go Camping
Spent a lovely August weekend on the banks of the Niobrara River in northern Nebraska with three college buddies. Matt Miller, Lane Hickenbottom, Ryan Soderlin and me were all photographers for the...
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Twenty Years
Moments of introspection are not usually covered in this blog, so don't go getting used to it.The girl in the photo above is my mom. Not sure how old the photo is, but I'm guessing late 1940's or early...
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Hitting The Target Audience
This video I shot last summer had marginal success when I posted it on Kansas.comA month ago, I got a request from Outdoorlife.com for permission to post the video on their site. Between plays that we...
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Praying For His Intercession
Last summer I began work on documentary about the life and actions of Fr. Emil Kapaun.Kapaun, who was ordained a priest in Wichita in 1940, went on to do extraordinary things while serving as an Army...
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This Proves I've Really Been Working
My first teaser trailer for my first documentary. Pass the word along, will ya?Kapaun documentary trailer from Travis Heying on Vimeo.
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Kapaun Documentary Trailer #2
Here's the second trailer for the documentary I'm working on.Kapaun documentary trailer #2 from Travis Heying on Vimeo.
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Time To Put A Fork In This Sucka
The master of audio engineering, Carter Green, masters the audio for my documentary Wednesday morning at Greenjeans Studios in Wellington, Kansas. This was really the last major step that needed to be...
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Probably Not Gonna Have A Red Carpet
Drove to Kansas City Friday morning to pick up five boxes that looked like this: In those 5 boxes were 1000 of these. So the DVD is done and for sale. Here's the link to order onlineNow I just gotta...
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Big Night
Despite my constant worrying no one would show up, last night's premier of my first-ever documentary "The Miracle of Father Kapaun" went off wonderfully. Fifteen minutes before showtime, the auditorium...
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Whoa! How'd That Happen?
Not a single entry for this blog so far in 2010, but that's ok, because I think I've found a new use for it.Breaking news here in the Heying house: We're in the process of adding a new resident, and...
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On The Road Again.
The last time I shot college basketball, I blogged extensively about it. It's been a couple of years, but it sure has been nice to blow the dust off the still cameras (okay, maybe a bit of an...
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Chase(ing) A Dream
This is Chase Kear. I've blogged about him before because he was part of a pretty big project I did last year.Chase nearly died on October 2, 2008 while practicing the pole vault at Hutchinson...
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What Happens In Vegas, Stays In Vegas. And Then Eventually Show Up On A Blog
Spent a few days in Vegas this week with reporter Roy Wenzl to work on a story. Hadn't been there in nearly 10 years. Hardly looked like the same place. My stay in no way resembled the movie "The...
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The Last Stand
Many historians have attempted to tackle what happened to Gen. George Armstrong Custer and his 7th Cavalry soldiers on June 25, 1876. Recently, author Nathaniel Philbrick wrote about the topic in the...
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"And if ya' let me cool you one time, you'll be my regular stop"
There's a debate ragin' here in Wichita. All my flavors are guaranteed to satisfy from Travis Heying on Vimeo.
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"True Dreams... Of Wichita"
Photographed the Dave Matthews Band in Wichita on Saturday night. Not really music I'm all that familiar with, but from the standpoint of a newspaper photographer, it was one of the most photo-friendly...
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She's Here.
Helen Elizabeth Veazey-HeyingBorn 7:55 p.m. on September 2, 20105 pounds, 10 ounces17 inches longPerfect
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