(I)Landscape Photography: Osseo barn, silo, Jane and farm dog

Last weekend I went to Madison, WI for a halloween/Badgers Football/euchre/croquet weekend with some friends.  On may down I decided to take an hour to just PLAY around in the Osseo, WI area.  Despite its international fame for the Norski Nook pies, Osseo is really just a sleepy farming community.  It was cold, cloudy and [...]

(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 [...]

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 [...]

Landscape Photography: Iconic Windmill

Hi Gang,
This the second of three images I made on my one day in the Flint Hills of Kansas.  This post is written primarily for the landscape photographers who follow my blog, but anyone interested in the creative process might get something from this post.  There were three key lessons I was reminded of in [...]

Landscape Photography: Lake Superior and the Concept of Play

I recently watched a TED.com talk on the concept of PLAY.  I’ve had a discussion with many friends over the past couple of years about Play, how its lacking in life for most adults.  It’s inspired to share some previously unshared images, images that in my mind were created in the process of PLAY.  You’ll [...]

Venice Beach Flash Photography Example

Hi Gang, I recently had a few hours to kill in L.A. so I headed down to Venice Beach. Next week I’ll post and discuss some of the street photography I did and this week I want to post some of the miscellaneous things I shot.
I’m starting with the last photo [...]

Death Valley and Split Neutral Density Filters

Hey Gang,
You’re probably happy to know this will be the last image from DV. It was shot in the Cow Creek area of the park, another salt basin with ground water seeping up through it, providing the visual juxtopostion that is Death Valley. The ranger told me that the valley evaporates 100 inches [...]

Death Valley Mesquite Dunes Singh Ray Polarizer 3

This week I’ll finish with a couple more dunes images then move to some different images from Death Valley. Then we’ll take a break for the holidays and come back strong afterwards with some new images, new video content and a new….?????
Technical: Canon 1Ds MarkII, 24-70mm@43mm, ISO400, f/13, 1/200 sec hand held, singh ray [...]

Death Valley Mesquite Dunes Singh Ray Polarizer 2

Location: Mesquite Flats Dunes, Death Valley
Technical: Canon 1Ds MarkII, Singh Ray warming polarizer, hand held, 16-35mm lens @35mm, f/10, ISO100, 1/500th shutter speed. Black and white conversion in Adobe Photoshop CS4
If you’re interested in the HOW of black and white creation in these images, email me and I’ll consider producing a short video tutorial on [...]