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Black and White Photography: Cascade River

By admin | Published March 25, 2012

  Technical Details: Canon 5D MkII, Canon 16-35mm @ 35mm, f/16, ISO50, 1.3 Second shutter speed, Singh Ray Warming Polarizer Hi Gang, Welcome to today’s post, which is about keeping things simple.  I’m not one to go for “photography as a metaphor for life,” but I’m afraid the post might read that way.  I’m afraid [...]

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The Weisman Art Museum: Black and White Photography

By admin | Published March 19, 2012

  Technical Details:  Canon 5D MkII, Canon 24-70mm, f/11, ISO200, 50 Seconds Shutter Speed Filter 1: Singh Ray Gold & Blue Polarizer, Filter 2: Hi Tech 10 stop ND, Filter 3: Singh Ray 2 stop Reverse ND Hi gang, Today’s post features black and white photography of the Weisman Art Museum and the use of [...]

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Alter Ego Take #2

By admin | Published February 22, 2012

  Hi Gang, In my last portrait post I featured some images of Martha McCarthy, co founder of the Social Lights Digital Marketing Agency.  Today’s post features her business partner, Emily Pritchard.  I’m presenting a start to finish description of my workflow in this post, but suffice it to say that this was one of [...]

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Box of Chocolates – Death Valley National Park

By admin | Published February 11, 2012

  Hi Gang, I was shooting with a client in the studio last week, the owner of Max’s in Saint Louis Park, MN.  Her store is known for incredible jewelry, but she also has a very fine collection of fine crafted chocolates.  Ellen Hertz, owner of Max’s, was kind enough to bring some chocolate for [...]

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Lake Superior – Two Harbors, MN

By admin | Published January 27, 2012

  Technical Details: Canon 5D Mk II, Canon 24-70mm, Hitech 10 stop ND, ISO 100, f/8.0, 4 minute exposure Hi Gang, In today’s post I’m sharing an image shot recently in Two Harbors, MN.  The image features the impressive 858 foot Roger Blough freighter.  You may be interested in learning more about this gem of [...]

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Essential Black and White: Death Valley National Park

By admin | Published January 24, 2012

  Hi Gang, In today’s post, the final from the Death Valley series, I share a collection of black and white images from Badwater Basin to Furnace Creek to Panamint Dunes to Alabama Hills.  There are no stories of ruining famous photographers’ compositions, no information about geology of the park.  Nothing.  Just simple black and [...]

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Death Valley Alabama Hills – Workflow Tutorial

By admin | Published January 22, 2012

  Hi Gang, I get a lot of questions about work flow.  In today’s post I go through, step by step, my workflow on a landscape image.  Its not the ONLY workflow I have; it really depends on the scene, but its one I used quite often with some recent images.  Many of the images [...]

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Alabama Hills – Death Valley National Park

By admin | Published January 20, 2012

  Hi Gang, Welcome to today’s post with images from Alabama Hills.  I’ll get back to that place in a moment.  First, I’d like to discuss the unintended consequences of blogging. One of my earliest posts ever was of a woman and her daughter on Nicollet Mall.  They were homeless.  I photographed the daughter and [...]

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Furnance Creek / Salt Creek Basin – Death Valley National Park

By admin | Published January 12, 2012

  Hi Gang, Today’s post features 5 images from somewhere between Furnace Creek and Salt Creek basin.  Furnace Creek basin is just to the south and to the north is Salt Creek proper.  A little further south sits the Mequite sand dunes.  Salt creek is a year round surface level salt water creek and home [...]

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Badwater Basin – Death Valley National Park

By admin | Published January 9, 2012

  Technical Details: Canon 5d MarkII, Canon 16-35mm @16mm, F/16, ISO100, 0.8 sec exposure, no filters Hi Gang, Welcome to today’s post.  Zabriskie Point, in my previous post, has an interesting geological relationship to Badwater Basin.  Millions of years prior to the actual sinking and widening of Death Valley, a lake covered a large portion [...]

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