Recently Arches and Canyonlands National Parks have considered banning night photography workshops — these aren’t parks that I run workshops in but nonetheless I have concerns. While those parks still allow night workshops, they may stop allowing that usage of the park in 2018. In the meantime, the parks enacted a new rule that prevents photography
Even six days after 2016 ended looking back seems so long ago. In 2017, it seems like we entered a new harsh reality and the good old days where the world had your back seem long gone. Artistically in 2016, I felt stagnant. I didn’t have many breakthroughs and don’t feel like I pushed myself.
A few of you were waiting for my Northern Nightscape Calendar for 2017. I almost didn’t do one, because the Northern Landscape Calendar is a much better seller. But, because I knew that a few of you want this, I decided to get it done today. This calendar includes 12 images (plus a thirteenth on
Filters are important for the type of landscape and seascape photography that I do. For sunrise and sunsets, I almost always use a Singh-Ray ND grad and often use a Singh-Ray Mor-Slo ND filter (see my Filters for Outdoors article for more info). Because those filters are rectangular or square, respectively, you need a filter
My Northern Landscapes 2017 Calendar is now available for purchase. This year was a difficult one for me. I’ve been traveling so much that I haven’t shot much in northern Minnesota. That made it easier to pick photos, because there were fewer, but it also made it harder to select photos because they were fewer
Just a quick note from Grand Teton National Park. The other day, I hiked (bushwhacked) into the Old Patriarch Tree. The Old Patriarch Tree is a limber pine and an iconic tree that stands alone in the sagebrush flats. The park road used to go past the tree, but it’s now a 3/4 mile hike to get
With so many places to travel and photograph, one might ask a landscape photography why he would choose northeastern Iowa for a photography trip. If you asked me that question, I’d give you a simple three word answer: It is beautiful. It’s so beautiful that I’m adding an Iowa photography workshop there next year. Northeastern
At the end of June, I taught a five-day photography workshop in the Badlands and Black Hills. Equal time was spent in the Badlands and Black Hills. We based out of Wall, South Dakota for the Badlands part and in the Black Hills we stayed in Custer. I lived for a brief time in Rapid City
The release of my 2017 workshop schedule is a bit behind schedule. I usually try to announce the workshops in April, but having a one-year-old has certainly thrown wrenches into my gear works. Without further ado, here’s the 2017 schedule of workshops: 2017 PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOPS February 3 to 5 — Lake Superior Winter Photo Workshop February 17 to
Every now and then, you get an amazing night. In Cook County, on any clear night when the moon isn’t out, you get an amazing starry sky. If the northern lights are out, it can be even more amazing. That’s amazing + amazing + amazing + amazing = Super Duper Amazing! I had one of
