Lake Nipigon is a four hour drive from Grand Marais. This four hours puts it an equal distance away from me as the Apostle Islands, so it becomes a hard call on which way to drive for a sea kayaking…
I did a 13 mile kayak circumnavigation of Susie Island on Monday. On the way, I stopped for a second to pay my respects to the Little Cedar Spirit Tree (Opens in a New Window). Traditionally, a pinch of tobacco…
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…
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…
I used to write for a magazine that had several articles in each issue called “Quick and Dirty.” They covered many topics, but the main goal of each article concentrated on accomplishing a complicated goal quickly with high quality results.…
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:…
Ilena in her Tahe (Eastpole) Reval kayak going through a sea arch (cave) on Lake Superior. Me doing a balance brace in front of an Inuksuk.
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…
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…