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Lake Superior, North Shore, Picture, Workshops and Classes

Lutsen Resort Photo Workshops Open to Public


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Lutsen Resort’s Spring Photography Workshop * Price: Workshop available to the public at $45 per person. * For Reservations: Call 218-663-7212. Limited space available. * For more info, email: activities@lutsenresort.com * Dates: Friday, May 2, 9, 16, 30 * Time: 9am – Noon Join Lutsen Resort and local photographer, Bryan Hansel (www.bryanhansel.com), for a three-hour

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North Shore, Picture, Rivers, Winter

Kadunce River


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The Kadunce River on the northshore of Minnesota is one of those rivers that you never know exactly what you’ll get. Sometimes, it’s a raging whitewater river (Opens in a new window), sometimes it’s calm and easy to hike up (Opens in a new window), in winter, sometimes it’s ice and sometimes it’s snow covered

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North Shore, Picture, Rivers, Winter

Skiing the Cascade River


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Adam backed off the rock ledge looked over his shoulder, pushed off, gathered speed, and jumped off. I watched him soar through the air, land the leap, fall forward, and I shouted, “Are you okay?” He was fine, but his binding wasn’t. It seemed like we were on the precipice of an unfolding adventure. One

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Community Ed Cheat Sheets


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Community Ed Cheat Sheets for those in the Basic Digital Class. Right click and Save these images to print out and paste on a 3×5 notecard. They’ll serve as reminders for you. There’s also a white balance cheat sheet here: White Balance Cheat Sheet

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Lake Superior, Picture

Agawa Bay


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Due east and 265 miles from Grand Marais, MN and you’ll hit Agawa Bay and the Agawa rock. The rock is considered sacred and painted with many pictographs. On Monday and Tuesday, I had the chance to visit Lake Superior Provincial Park, of which, the bay is part of. It’s a very nice park and

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Lutsen Resort Photo Workshop


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Another Sunday gone and another Lutsen Resort Summer Photo Workshop given. These workshops are free for Lutsen’s guest, but if you’re not staying there and are interested in a session, let me know. This week was bright and sunny, which are hard conditions to shoot under at mid-day, so I slapped a fish-eye lens onto

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Georgian Bay Three


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This was a fun shot to make. It’s around a minute or so of exposure. I used my strobe to flash the foreground, the tent and then twice on the trees. Steve was behind the tent with his flashlight painting the trees. I told him to concentrate his efforts on the tallest tree. Wow. Such

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