Tag: Newsletter
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May Newsletter: How to use a Vari-ND Filter for Waterfall Photography
April was a whirlwind for me. I was in Florida for the first part of the month both on vacation and then kayaking in the Florida Keys with friends finishing up a three-year kayaking expedition. On the way back from Florida, I swung through the Smoky Mountain National Park, and when I got home, I…
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February Newsletter: Compositional Elements are Key
What and odd month that just passed. January came in cold, got warm, rained, hit the 40°s F and then dropped to the -20°s F. The shoreline went from ice to basalt to ice, and the ground near the lake went from snow, to clear, to ice, to snow — sort of reminds of the…
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November 2012 Newsletter – Quick and Dirty Night Photography
It’s hard to believe that it’s November already. October went so quickly that I don’t even really remember it. At the beginning of the month, they wind blew the fall colors off of the trees and at the end of the month I taught a Night Photography Class at the North House Folk School. What…
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Finding a Strong Photography Foreground
Finding a Strong Photography Foreground Landscape photos often need a strong foreground to draw your view in. A foreground is the element in the picture that is closest to you when you take a picture and is at the bottom of the photo. Something in the foreground should capture a viewer’s attention and, especially for…
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The Grand Marais Photographer Newsletter March 2012
489 pictures out of about 1,500. That’s the number of pictures that I kept in February. Out of those 489, I had 70 that I considered worth flagging for adjustment. Out of those 70, I really love about 5 or 6 of them. Getting 5 or 6 photos that I love in one month is a…
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Grand Marais Photography – December 2011 Newsletter
December Reflections December is also a good time for looking back on some of the pictures taken this year. Here are a few that I really enjoyed making this year. Click on the thumbnail to see the full image. In addition to taking lots of photographs this year, I took a 45 day long kayaking…