Landscape Photography: Giving Up #1

Today’s image is the first of three I’ll be posting as a series titled, “Giving Up.”  In early Octoboer, 2009 I left Saint Paul at 3 am to catch sunrise on Lake Superior in Duluth.  The forecast was for rain, it rained all the way up I35, then stopped in Duluth.  Then started again in [...]

(V) (I) Landscape Photography Tutorial: Duluth Harbor Black and White

Hi Gang, today’s post is an image and video tutorial of a photo I captured on Oct. 2, 2009 in Duluth Harbor.  Some may recall the storm that passed through there and I showed up on the back side of it, when things had calmed just a little.  The structure in this image is the [...]

Welcome to my New Photography Site

NEW NEWS Well, I did it again. I have a new site with a new domain name and for good reason. The short of it is a change of focus and a need for better SEO (don’t worry if you don’t know what that means). Those two simple sounding issues [...]

Lake Superior: Split Rock Lighthouse and New Web Site

Hi Gang,
This image was shot just before sunrise, August 13, 2009.  The fog started to move inland off Lake Superior and into the harbor of Split Rock Lighthouse.  There were high clouds (not seen in this image) and the fog was frequently changing its character.  I don’t often shoot the lighthouse, but these conditions were [...]

Video from 2009 Digital Landscape Photography Workshop

Hi Gang,
Lots of upcoming posts and news, but I thought I’d start off this phase with a montage of video and still images shot during the 2009 Digital Landscaped Workshop, August 9-13, 2009, on the north shore of Lake Superior.  A huge THANK YOU goes out to Marek, Mark, Sharon, Chet and Amy, our participants.  [...]

Scouting The Workshop on the Gitche Gumee

I’m still digesting the amazing workshop week we all experienced.  I have to send out a BIG THANK YOU to all the participants, including Marek, Amy, Mark, Sharon, Chet, and Travis, who  assisted and contributed to the wonderful vibe of the group.
I went out Sunday afternoon before the workshop to scout a trail in Gooseberry [...]

Landscape Photography: Establishing Relationships

Hi Gang,
I’m choosing today’s image to discuss the relationship between subjects in big scenic landscapes.  In a few weeks I’ll be teaching a 4 day workshop on landscape photography up on Lake Superior, a very amazing but difficult place to shoot big landscapes and this discussion will be the FOCUS of our shooting: finding relationships [...]

Landscape Photography: Beautiful Experiences and HDR Images

Today’s post title is inspired by another amazing photographer, Guy Tal.  In a recent post on his blog, Guy discusses the purpose behind his landscape photography,  “…you are there to make images of beautiful experiences. Make it a beautiful experience first, and you will have something to photograph.” Guy’s writing articulates  very well a message [...]

Landscape Photography: Lake Superior Redux

A previous take on today’s image was posted here. This past weekend I was shooting a friend’s house and had a few minutes to run out and work with some thunderstorms that were starting to roll in.  I decided to head back and try a new composition on this location.  Hope you enjoy.
Technical: Canon 1Ds [...]

Landscape Photography: Lake Superior Black & White Collection

Hey Gang,  this is a collection of 5 black and whites, shot mostly during the wind storm (except #2, shot when it was pretty much calm).  Below are some technical notes on each image.  Unfortunately, in converting to jpgs for the web a bit of contrast is lost.  The full resolution version of these images [...]

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