Only a few times that light and sky conditions converge to offer the perfect shooting light. Here, with a beautiful field of shimmering wheat as the subject, light and cloud cover offers the richness in light that is rare in any region of this great state. Hasselbald FlexBody, Zeiss 50mm Distagon lens and Velvia 50 ISO film.
Wyman Meinzer is the only official State Photographer of Texas. He was raised on League Ranch, a 27,000-acre ranch in the rolling plains of Texas. Since then, he has traveled across the state many times to capture the first and last rays of sunlight as they kiss the Texas landscapes.
He started his career as a professional predator hunter. He transitioned into a research associate for the university and now teaches a senior-level course in Special Problems Photography at Texas Tech University in addition to his ongoing book projects and freelance magazine assignments.