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2023 Calendars from Bryan Hansel


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For 2023, I’m happy to announce two calendars! The first is the one I do every year called the Northern Landscape Calendar. The second is a Canoe County calendar of just canoe images! Northern Landscapes Calendar 2023 Description: A year worth of landscape images from northern Minnesota. These photos, taken by landscape photographer and outdoor

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Favorite Photos of 2021


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Seems like just yesterday when I wrote my my Favorite Photos of 2020 post. Where did the year go? Anyone want to guess how 2021 went for me? About the same as 2020 but with interesting exceptions. First, I’ll talk creatively. I had another down year. Creativity and Imagination Takes Time We are doing online

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Feedburner Subscriptions Going Away


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Hi, Everyone, I just wanted to let you know that Feedburner, my former email newsletter provider, is ending support for email subscriptions. If you haven’t signed up at for my newsletter called More or Less About the Photo over at Revue or your email didn’t get imported correctly, you won’t get any posts or emails

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Switching Newsletter Providers


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This is a quick note to let you know that I’m switching newsletter providers. I’m changing from Feedburner, which basically just emailed you an article from my blog, to Revue, which is a newsletter specific company. Why? I’ve been thinking about switching companies for several years, but my experience with email marketing companies, such as

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Favorite Shots of 2020


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With 2020 in the rearview mirror, it’s time to look back in my annual artist’s recap of the prior year. First, 2019 wasn’t an ideal year for me. My summary in my 2019 post bluntly stated, “In 2019, that forward momentum stalled. It stalled so much that this has been one of my most challenging

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Winter Photography for Glasses Wearers


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If you wear glasses and wear a mask, whether that’s for keeping your face warm or to prevent the spread of COVID-19 or the flu, I wanted to give you some helpful hints about mask wearing during winter.  One thing that I’ve noticed with masks is that people who wear glasses have a hard time keeping

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K&F Concept Filter Holder Review


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Last year the company that produces the 100mm filter holder system that I’ve been recommending to my photography workshop students stopped making that filter holder. Since then, I’ve been trying various holders to see if I can find something to start recommending again. At the same time, K&F Concept approached me to see if I

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The Landscape Photography Zine – Free Issue


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Announcing issue one of The Landscape Photography Zine. This is a free issue. It might be the only issue. It’s a zine, and it’s designed to print at home on one piece of 8.5×11-inch paper. It’s nearly impossible to to put everything that I’ve learning about landscape photography in a small zine of this length,

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Grand Marais Harbor Life 2021 Calendar


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I’m pleased to announce that my Grand Marais Harbor Life Calendar 2021 is out. As in previous years, my Minnesota Calendar for 2021 features images from northern Minnesota and Lake Superior. 2021 Calendar Image Descriptions All the images in this calendar come from the Grand Marais harbor. I’ve taken these shots over a number of

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The Lows of Photography


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One of the struggles that I have as a photographer and small business owner is that sometimes I reach a point where I don’t know what to do. Often it’s when I have an overwhelmingly long project list or when I’m caught up with projects and can’t figure out what’s next. There seems to be

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