Night Photography Workshop

Learn to photograph at night. Join photographer Bryan Hansel, www.bryanhansel.com, for a night of shooting in the dark. After 45 minutes of classroom time, we’ll head out to photography the night. Learn about ISO and noise, long exposures and setting the correct white balance to get outstanding night photos. We’ll discuss making star trail photos, light painting and how to photograph the Northern Lights.

Required Equipment: Digital Camera w/ manual setting or a night mode, tripod.
Recommended Equipment: Remote shutter release.
Min: 3, Max: 10
Date: Wednesday, Sept. 29th
Time: 6:30-9:30pm
Fee: $45 per person
Instructor: Bryan Hansel
Sign up: Call (218) 387-2000

Pinhole Camera and Solargraphy Workshop

Pinhole photography is the simplest form of photography with a fascinating history dating back to Leonardo da Vinci. To take a picture, you only need a box and film. During this class, students construct their own pinhole cameras and load them with one sheet of black and white paper. We’ll discuss using these cameras to capture the movement of the sun through the sky, an art form know as Solargraphy, and you’ll learn about how to take month-long pictures. The instructor, Bryan Hansel, will show some of his recent solargraphy pictures. (See one here.) Great class for middle school and up.

Min: 4, Max: 15
Date: Wednesday, Sept 22nd
Time: 6:30-8:00pm
Fee: $15
Material Fee: $2
Instructor: Bryan Hansel
Sign up: Call (218) 387-2000

A calm Cascade Lake in twilight. This is the source of the Cascade River, which is a poplar river to visit on the northshore. It’s known for scenic waterfalls. It’s so calm at the start of its journey to Lake Superior.

“If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water.”
- Loren Eiseley

Star trails and northern light over Elbow Lake, MN. To create the image I used a full-frame fisheye and shot 27 30-second exposures. I stacked the exposures using LR/Enfuse.

Boat along the shore in Hovland, MN.

A picture from Saturday morning’s free photo walk. I lead 12 participants from Artist’s Point and the Coast Guard station to the Folk School. Along the way, we talked photography, shot pictures, and enjoyed the company. We couldn’t have asked for better weather or lighting. It was a great turn-out! And it started at 6am.

We were in the south over the weekend and found lots of spring flowers at Wild River State Park, which is just north of Taylor Falls. This is my favorite capture there.

From Lake Superior.