Rouse originally started taking pictures of large landscapes like the Canyonlands National Park and rugged coastlines. But on the way to those destinations, he would take pictures of everything he saw down below. Since he lives in Wyoming, that means he was flying over a lot of farms.
"It's kind of hard not to take photographs of farmland being based in Wyoming," Rouse said. "In order to get anywhere, you end up flying over miles and miles of crops. While flying I would basically survey the land and photograph where we flew over. Because of that process and being surrounded by endless landscapes of farmland, I just ended up with a ton of farmland photos."