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Nebraska. Flat. Plains. Farms. Fences. And then you get to the western side and seemingly out of nowhere — because it is out of nowhere and nothing — eroded buttes and features arise from the grasses. The Oregon Trail ran…
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Overcoming Gray Skies in Landscape Photography
In 2018, Minnesota saw lowest amount of Autumn sunshine since 1983. It seemed like it was always cloudy and when you’re a landscape photographer, cloudy skies can make for unexciting photos — that is unless you embrace the gray. So, how…
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Blue Ridge Parkway Trip Report
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.…
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Faces of the Dead: Fake Photos and Pareidolia?
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.…
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Glacier National Park Photo Trip Report
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…
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Lighthouse and Waves
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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…
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Summer So Far: Midyear as an artist update.
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…
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They Want to Put a Bridge in Front of the Fall River Waterfall!
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…
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Small Changes in Photographic Composition Make the Photo
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…
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Found Bike Project
The Found Bike Project began on May 16, 2016. I found an old-but-well-maintained bike on the North House Folk School campus and photographed it with a 35mm f/1.4 lens. After posting it on the Internet, those that saw it encouraged…