For 2019, I decided to offer a Paddling Calendar of some of my canoe and kayak images from various trips that I’ve taken over the years. Images range from kayaking trips on Lake Superior to canoe trips in the Boundary Waters and they journey south to the Rio Grande River as well. All but one
This year’s Northern Nightscapes Calendar includes images from Cook County, Minnesota. All the images were created in the darkest county in Minnesota which contains an area as dark as the darkest places in the world. I love the night sky in Cook County and it is a compelling reason to live here. Like all beautiful
I’m excited to release my Northern Landscapes Calendar for 2019. The images (see below) range from sea smoke in the Grand Marais harbor, my favorite islands on Lake Superior in winter, multiple sunrises, fall color near Hovland and the gales on Lake Superior. All the images are from the north shore of Lake Superior. Most
In the middle of October, I taught a photography workshop in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. After the workshop was over, I drove up the Blue Ridge Parkway with the goal of making it to Marby Mill in Virginia. I hadn’t been to Marby, yet, and wanted to see it. My first stop was
During the 10/10 storm event on Lake Superior, I took video and photos of Shovel Point. In one (and only one) of my shots out of the 100s I shot everything aligned perfectly to create waves that looked like faces. Seeing faces, animals and other objects where none exist is known as pareidolia. It’s a psychological
Glacier National Park, established as a national park in 1910, is considered Crown of the Continent. Early in the park’s history, the Great Northern Railway tried to brand Glacier as the Little Switzerland of the United States. They constructed lodges and remote mountain chalets throughout the park. The Going-to-the-Sun Road, completed in 1932, is one of
The first Grand Marais lighthouse light its light on September 1, 1885. Over the next few years, storms beat against and damaged the first lighthouse until 1919 when storms damaged it beyond repair. Before the Gales of November of 1920 a new lighthouse guided mariners from a slightly different and more protected location. In 1922,
This morning, I decided to look back over the fine art images that I’ve captured this summer (starting June 1st and ending August 9th). I came up with 94 images. When I narrow that down to my favorite images of the 94, I end up with 37. That’s fewer than 1 image per day, which
Sign the petition: https://chn.ge/2vRshPp The Fall River enters Lake Superior a few miles west of town (heading south on Highway 61). There used to be a rest area and parking lot at the location, but it was removed years ago. Before the river enters the big lake it plunges over a 25-foot waterfall. There’s a pool
The research vessel Kiyi comes to Grand Marais only a few times a year. It usually stays one day before it ships back out onto the big lake. On this visit, the sky had interesting clouds and the crisp, early-spring air kept the haze from forming over Lake Superior like it does as the temps
