Category: Picture
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Sorry to interrupt your Solitude
In September, I visited Glacier National Park again (I’m running a couple of Glacier Photography Workshops next year). It was terrible weather and I was solo. Much of the trip was just forcing myself to get out into the rain and take pictures. I ended up with some great waterfall images and the weather did…
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Interview about Night Skies
I was recently interviewed for a story about the night skies in Grand Marais. When interviewed for a story like this, you usually only get a small fraction of what you said into the story. I had a couple of quotes in the story, but thought it would be worthwhile posting all the answers from…
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Devils Tower and Badlands Night Photography Trip Report
I’m a couple of trips behind on these trip reports. Back in June, I lead a photograph workshop to Devils Tower and the Badlands National Park to photograph the night sky. We had excellent conditions and shot the Milky Way over the Tower and over Badlands formation. The group was fantastic and everyone was fun…
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Bayfield Trip Report
Back in mid-May, I spent a few days in the Bayfield, Wisconsin area scouting for my May 14 to 17, 2020 Sea and Landscapes of Bayfield Peninsula Photo Workshop. I love the Bayfield area, but usually when I’m over that way I bring a kayak and paddle the sea caves. This time I left the kayak…
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Getting Good Photos of Landscapes or Good Vacation Photos
The secret of getting good photos is as simple as taking one action. Whether you are on vacation or just want to get good landscape photos, you can take this action. You can usually do this without causing too many scheduling problems with your travel partners. Your travel partners may whine a little and you…
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Sanibel Island
My first trip to Sanibel Island was a road trip in a gold-painted Cadillac. I was old enough to remember but young enough to think that recording the song The Chordettes’ Mr. Sandman from the rear speakers onto an cassette player was cool. That’s how it went from Iowa to Florida. When my brother and…
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Best Lightweight Camera System for Travel
Typically when I travel, I drive and tend to bring everything and the kitchen sink, but I’ve been flying more often recently and have been thinking about how to make the best lightweight camera system for travel. My criteria is simple: It has to cover 12mm-ish to 300mm on full frame. It has to have…
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Death Valley, Glacier, and Lake Superior: A Year of Landscape Photography
A year on the road — about 100 days, 20 workshops, and locations spanning Death Valley to Glacier National Park. Here are my favorite shots from 2018, with the story and technique behind each one. January Artist’s Point is one of my most-photographed locations on Lake Superior, and I’d shot this specific corner of it…
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Go Western Nebraska!
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 through this area and the prominent features are the Courthouse and Jail Rock, Chimney Rock…
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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 do you overcome gray skies in landscape photography? Here are a couple of tips. Embrace…
