Seth Boyes joined the Dickinson County News staff in March of 2017. In his first week at the DCN, he covered a train derailment near Graettinger. The tankers carrying ethanol burst into flames. Seth's photo of the event won first place for Best Breaking News photo at the 2018 Iowa Newspaper Association Convention and Trade Show. Since, Seth has won nearly a dozen awards for writing, photography and multimedia content. Seth graduated from Iowa State University in 2009 with a degree in Integrated Studio Arts. His original cartoons run regularly in the Spencer Daily Reporter and the DCN. Both he and his wife Janet hail from Clear Lake and have come to expect summers to be full of the hustle and bustle of tourists and visitors.

The burning of the jeans

Posted Thursday, January 25, 2018, at 5:11 PM

It seems I've got Winter Games madness already. Just a quick pun for fun. This presented a challenge in balancing the color for the black and white copy on newsprint. When converted to grey-scale, there was quite a bit of color loss in the flame, so I had to adjust each hue individually and actually found I could bring out a heavy texture that looked almost like the paper had been burnt. Understandably, but surprisingly, that was the most effective balance. Enjoy your Winter Games, all you U of O alumni.