Bryan Hansel Photography

December Newsletter: Previsualization in Photography

Dec 3, 2012

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Bryan Hansel

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With November come and gone, we northlanders have found ourselves in winter. In fact, I can tell you exactly the day it happened. Winter happened the day after Thanksgiving. On Thanksgiving, we took our visiting family on a mild fall…
November 2012 Newsletter – Quick and Dirty Night Photography

Nov 5, 2012

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Bryan Hansel

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It’s hard to believe that it’s November already. October went so quickly that I don’t even really remember it. At the beginning of the month, they wind blew the fall colors off of the trees and at the end of…
How to Use a Wide Angle Lens for Landscape Photography

Oct 9, 2012

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Bryan Hansel

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Wide angle lenses are the most misused tool in landscape photography. Photographers put one on their camera, point it at a sweeping vista, and wonder why the result looks flat and confusing. The problem isn’t the lens; it’s the approach.…
Lens Compression in Landscape Photography: How Focal Length Changes Your Image

Sep 2, 2012

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Bryan Hansel

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I sometimes hear photographers say they don’t use filters because filters change reality. I always wonder how those same photographers feel about their choice of lens, because a lens changes the look of reality far more dramatically than any filter…
Creating Water Swirls

Aug 6, 2012

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Bryan Hansel

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One feature of streams and rivers that I like to look for are swirling eddies that trap foam. If you find a big enough one, a long exposure will create a circular design within the eddy that you can add…
Finding a Strong Photography Foreground

Jul 6, 2012

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Bryan Hansel

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Finding a Strong Photography Foreground Landscape photos often need a strong foreground to draw your view in. A foreground is the element in the picture that is closest to you when you take a picture and is at the bottom…
Grand Marais Photographer June 1 Newsletter

Jun 1, 2012

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Bryan Hansel

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Brrrr….May has been chilly, which is a shock after such a warm March, but not so shocking after a chilly April. Things in the northland are warming up though and it’s gotten green out. Grand Marais is coming to life…
The Grand Marais Photographer Newsletter May 2012

May 1, 2012

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Bryan Hansel

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March was warm and April was not so warm, which was an interesting switch. On the north shore, you never know what you’re going to get in April. It’s one of those months that locals call the mud season, because…
What Landscape Photography Settings Did I Use?

Apr 1, 2012

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Bryan Hansel

in Newsletter, North Shore, Picture

I get asked “What landscape photography settings did you use?” often, and I don’t mind letting the cat out of the bag. But without knowing the lighting conditions, telling someone the settings for a particular picture doesn’t do that much…
The Grand Marais Photographer Newsletter March 2012

Mar 1, 2012

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Bryan Hansel

in Newsletter, Picture

489 pictures out of about 1,500. That’s the number of pictures that I kept in February. Out of those 489, I had 70 that I considered worth flagging for adjustment. Out of those 70, I really love about 5 or 6…

About the author

Bryan Hansel is a professional award-winning landscape photographer and outdoor educator with over three decades of experience. His work has been featured in numerous publications, including National Geographic and Outdoor Photographer, and he was recognized as the Best Photographer in Minnesota by Lake Times Magazine in 2018. In addition to his successful career as a photographer, Hansel is also an accomplished outdoor educator and guide, leading photography workshops to some of the most breathtaking locations in the country.