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 (Opens in a new window), in winter, sometimes it’s ice and sometimes it’s snow covered
These are some of my favorite photos from this year’s Winter Photography Workshop at Lutsen Resort. I taught the photography side of the workshop and Adam Harju taught the winter part of the workshop. We had temps as cold as -30F with the windchill. Winds up to 50 mph during the sunset session. I’d say
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 binding wasn’t. It seemed like we were on the precipice of an unfolding adventure. One
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. The author’s goal was to write about the subject quickly, clearly, simply, and produce a
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 Provincial Park, of which, the bay is part of. It’s a very nice park and
Another Sunday gone and another Lutsen Resort Summer Photo Workshop given. These workshops are free for Lutsen’s guest, but if you’re not staying there and are interested in a session, let me know. This week was bright and sunny, which are hard conditions to shoot under at mid-day, so I slapped a fish-eye lens onto
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 the trees. I told him to concentrate his efforts on the tallest tree. Wow. Such
These lighthouses were my goal for the trip. We tried to visit them twice, but the first time my friend, Steve, didn’t feel like paddling in the dark in the building waves, which just at twilight were building to shoulder height and they were building fast. The next day was beautiful, so we went over
This is the first island that Steve and I landed on. It had a nice protected interior from the waves. We hiked around the little rock and found lots of sign of nature’s struggle, including bones, crayfish remains, etc… On this island I found two bull snakes. Inukshuk on the Bustard Islands. This is from
