Bryan Hansel Photography

This photo shoot planning form was a project that I was working on for the students of my photography workshops. Seems like it’s a good time to make it available to everyone. While we might not be able to travel,…

Since we’re all stuck inside and doing meetings on Zoom, it’s time to roll out a few fun and free Zoom backgrounds from the North Shore for you to use. If you haven’t used Zoom background before, they are an…

This is a little different than usual for me, but I often sleep in my car for photography. That makes this sort of relevant. The reason that I have a Subaru Outback is because it was long enough for me…

One of the things that I’ve learned working as an outdoor professional and outdoor educator for the last 15 – 16 years and as an outdoor enthusiast for most my life is how to manage risk. Not everyone understands risk,…

Every year, I like to look back at my work and evaluate how I did as an artist and see if or how my work progressed. Looking back at my 2018 recap, it seems like I was feeling optimistic. While…

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…

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…