Bryan Hansel Photography

  • Do you skip out on Rainy Day Photography? If you do, then you are missing out. If you go out on rainy days, you already know the secret. The secret is simple: rainy days make for great photography. This is…

  • In the middle of February, I joined Northstar Canoe and a seasoned crew of adventurers on the Rio Grande River. We paddled the lower canyon using the new Northstar B-17 in the IXP layup. While I write a photography column…

  • If I had to pick one national park as a favorite, I’d pick the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. There wouldn’t be any hesitation or delay in my answer. It is by far my favorite park. If I had to pick…

  • While many approaches exist to produce simplicity in photography, the idea of additive composition instantly creates a simple minimalist shot that works as a palette for as much complexity as needed. In my workshop presentations, I talk about a three-part…

  • In 1987, my buddy Steve and I were watching TV when a news report reported that Jim Reinders had built a replica of England’s Stonehenge near the city of Alliance, Nebraska. We decided that one day we would visit Carhenge. College…

  • Plein air painter Neil Sherman first told me the name of The Tombolo. He heard it from painter Howard Sivertson. I can imagine Howard walking the beach in his red suspenders to paint the spot. The Tombolo is one of three…

  • My first strong memory of a canoe was paddling a beat-up, old, fiberglass canoe on the backwaters of the Mississippi River. Many adventures ensued. Kirk Wipper, the founder of the Canadian Canoe Museum, captured what a canoe means to me when he…

  • I recently did my typical year-end post where I talk about how my year went as an artist: what worked, what challenges I had, how I feel about my work in that year. In that post (see: My Favorite Shots of…

  • Each year I like to look back and see how things went. In 2017, I put a lot on my plate. It was the year that I was on the road the most since back when I was 25. I…

  • My Early Winter in the Badlands Photo Workshop is the last workshop of the year. I always look forward to it, because I love being in the Badlands and that time of year is quiet in the park. Next year, I’m…