Rush City Grain Elevator

Yep, another grain elevator shot.  Whew, how many of these can any of you take?  Well, we’ll find out.  I’m going to start including a short video on my thoughts regarding the WHY of the image post as well as the HOW of it.  Today is the first of these.  Please feel free to post [...]

Space Series #3, Painting with Light and Exhibition

Hi Gang,
Today’s series of images was with my client, Mary Jane.  She is my favorite type of client because her only objective was to have fun and document this moment in her life.  One of her defining characteristics is a love of flowers.  She has her own side business designing floral arrangements and her favorite [...]

Evolution and Voice: Space Series #2

Hi Gang,
What does it mean to find your voice in an endeavor, be it artistic, business, personal? I’d like to hear your thoughts on this.
Today’s images are of Christian and Diesel  shot in the studio and I want to use them as a setting for some photography issues that have emerged lately.  In a recent [...]

Final shots from Santa Monica Pier

This set of images is of Larry Dallas Poling, a street performer on Santa Monica pier. I photographed him at the end of the day, right before sunset. I really loved his sound and guitar work, but after a few minutes he told me to beat it…that I was hurting his tips. [...]

Studio Fashion Shoot

Last Saturday was a great day; It was one of the few fashion shoots I attempt and despite all the controversy and criticism surrounding fashion photography, it still feels like the most difficult work I’ve attempted and some of the greatest fun.  Maybe the fun had less to do with it being a fashion shoot [...]

Outtakes

Hey Gang,
This post features a number of outtakes from recent studio and location shoots that I thought were just fun images worth sharing.  Hope you enjoy.

Throwing a Hail Mary

This set of images was taken on the night of Dec. 23 and during the day, Dec. 24, 2009.  Our epic snowstorm blowing in, my friend Chet and I decide to head to Duluth and take what comes our way.  We arrived in the harbor at night, but in reasonable conditions.  The winds were blowing [...]

(I) Studio Portait: Professional Singer Kelly Rea Jackson

I recently had the pleasure to do a short shoot with professional singer, Kelly Rea Jackson, in the studio. Kelly is a high energy, playful spirit. We did a slight variation on two themes and these three images are a sampling of the session. Below you can see a slide show of [...]

NPC Competition with Lisa

A recent client, Lisa, participated in the NPC (National Physique Committee) bodybuilding, fitness and figure competition in Wyzata, MN a few weeks ago.  The day after the competition we photographed Lisa in the studio to document what she has accomplished.  She is a self-employed business owner, a mom, a daughter, a sister, an aunt and [...]

(I)Black and White Photography: Capella Tower and B/W Adjustment Layer Tricks

Today’s image is from a recently completed commercial shoot of the Capella Tower, downtown Minneapolis, MN.  The management claims its the tallest skyscraper in Minneapolis by 1 foot, towering over the IDS building.
After completing my work in color for the client, I decided to play around with the image in black and white.  Its MUCH [...]

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